October 24, 2006
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The Daily News
1 Every time some guy makes it big as a childhood star, his career tends to head South.
2 Looks like being Harry Potter wasn’t enough for actor Daniel Radcliffe. The 17-year old star of the Harry Potter films says he’s going to reveal all next summer when he stars in the Tony Award winning drama Equus, at some London theatre or other.
3 Equus is a disturbingly weird play about some psycho kid who gets naked and plucks out the eyes of a bunch of horses or something. It’s very symbolic. Of horses. Or something. But it’s way too intellectual for you or me or any audience to understand.
4 He blinds them. Yeah, that’s it. And people wear horses heads. And he rides them naked on stage. It’s very extremely symbolic. Too deep for the average Joe.
5 Anyway, in order for the movie to work he has to strip himself of the Potter character and become this other character.
6 Talk about small parts…
7 Come on! You KNEW that one was coming.
8 Ya gotta love it. Anyway, look to see Harry Potter riding on the back of some guy with a horse’s head. It’s very symbolic.
9 Moving on: Getting to the actual news each day has become harder. Since I get up at 5 a.m. each day, the newspaper hasn’t even hit the driveway yet, so I’m forced to use yesterday’s news.
10 Added to this is the guy who does our front yard has aimed his sprinkler head to the driveway proper, which means a) our lawn in that area is a dry yellow, and b) the newspaper, which lands where it waters is the only thing that gets watered.
11 Ah, vell… I imagine one could argue it’s a watered down version of the Merc. ; ) <——- sideways cutesy winky guy12 Slow news day.
13 Here’s something. Jay Leno just mentioned an interesting piece: it’s Praying Mantis Mating Season (PMMS), and evidently during lovemaking, the praying mantis female rips the male’s head off and eats it.14
15 Do I dare touch that one?
16 Moving Further On: The YB Drama Workshop has now cast the show, and they invited me to their first read-around, which took place in Tracy Wolcott’s room yesterday. Those guys have been doing some amazing work! The cast was great, the shows funny, vibrant, and alive, and it was a fun day all the way around.
17 I was honored that they welcomed me and any input I could give. My main input was that I was proud that they were doing everything in their power to make a fall show happen, despite roadblocks everywhere they turn.
18 Somehow, it all worked. There was a great moment when Jenny Arrelano and Cam met in the room and hugged. They are the only two who have been in shows all the way back to Midsummer in 2004. It sort of linked a proper continuance, and seemed that the Workshop evolved to the quality I saw at their very first rehearsal yesterday.
19 To say I’m proud of those guys is an understatement. They have done it all on their own, and I wish them all the best.
20 That’s about it for Tuesday morning. Hope you all have as great a day as I had yesterday. Let’s give it up for symbolic Harry Potter blind-horse plays, wet Mercs, and the Drama Workshop. Props all around.
21 Enjoy your Tuesday, even though we should abolish them.22 Peace.~H~
