DISCLAIMER

I am aware that my past few blogs have included some negative reviews surrounded by Comic-Con excitement. I apologize for yet another blog following that formula.

Dear Orson Scott Card,

That brain of yours created Ender Wiggin, one of my favorite literary characters of all time. The Ender leg of Ender saga was brilliant in the way several religions were looked at with an objective eye. Loved it. The Bean books are also quite nice, however, within the quality story-telling, there were fart/poop jokes. Seriously? It takes me completely out of the story, which is filled with very intelligent and funny characters in their own right. Do you really have to resort to poop jokes for a laugh? I think you are better than that.

Hugs and kisses,

~Jordan

Dear Broadway,

WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU? Reality TV shows? To its credit, the Legally Blonde: The Musical reality show on MTV was “so much better” than the awful Grease show NBC cranked out last year. Having the girls actually have to perform pieces from the show and see their rehearsal time with the creative team was a nice change. I thought that leaving the actual casting of the role to the hands of the professionals would mean that the girl who won would be able to play the role. Bailey is a HUGE disappointment as the winner and I am curious to see how she actually does performing the role 8 shows a week. At least Autumn and some of the other more talented girls have gotten exposure. Sadly, it would seem the only way to get a leading role on Broadway in the future is to have starred on a sitcom or be an under-qualified reality show contestant. Being a girl trying to make it in NYC, it is just depressing.

But Broadway, you are really going to crap. I find most of the music composed nowadays to be masturbatory nonsense with lyrics that never end and songs that really have no purpose or story to tell. I think that my love of musical theatre is slowly dying.

Broadway, pull yourself together.

Shuffle, ball change,

~Jordan

Today has been a rough day for the future of Jordan. I finally got frustrated enough at Orson Scott Card’s poop jokes to question my skills as a reader/editor and the whole Legally Blonde reality show debacle has made me want to just give up on theatre all together. The past few days have been filled with having to explain myself to people in Austin about why I’m wanting to just go into publishing and leave musical theatre altogether. I feel like I am crushing all the dreams people had for me, but I’m really not that happy with the way my little theatre career has been going. But after my OSC revelation, I think I pretty much suck with the whole editing thing too.

Anybody want a dogsitter?

COMIC-CON in two days. Please god let me have a good time.