Brett Wean
@brettwean.bsky.social
Senior Director of Writing and Entertainment Outreach at The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention @afspnational, Actor/Improviser, Film Nerd, erstwhile columnist at @scriptmag
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Brett Wean
@brettwean.bsky.social
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There’s a Safer Way to Portray Suicide in Movies and TV. This Man Shows Them How.
Brett Wean has worked on projects involving Papa Roach and Station 19.
www.menshealth.com
Men's Health Magazine published an interview profile of me and my work with the entertainment industry for The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention @afspnational.bsky.social! I'm thrilled to be featured in this way.
#mentalhealth #suicideprevention #menshealth #entertainment
#mentalhealth #suicideprevention #menshealth #entertainment
I hope Bud Cort gets to change into whatever flower he wants to be. RIP. What a fucking icon.
Harold and Maude (1971) - "The World's Sorrow"
YouTube video by zombiphile68
youtu.be
February 12, 2026 at 3:17 AM
I hope Bud Cort gets to change into whatever flower he wants to be. RIP. What a fucking icon.
For Super Bowl Sunday, I am watching the 1978 Chevy Chase / Goldie Hawn film “Foul Play,” which I believe is something that can happen in football.
February 9, 2026 at 12:56 AM
For Super Bowl Sunday, I am watching the 1978 Chevy Chase / Goldie Hawn film “Foul Play,” which I believe is something that can happen in football.
I know the whole thing’s gonna be Charlie XCX, but the whole “Wuthering Heights” soundtrack should just be the Kate Bush song, over and over, à la “Call Me” in “American Gigalo.”
February 7, 2026 at 10:33 PM
I know the whole thing’s gonna be Charlie XCX, but the whole “Wuthering Heights” soundtrack should just be the Kate Bush song, over and over, à la “Call Me” in “American Gigalo.”
Is Binance pronounced like Beyonce? Because that’s how I’m doing it
February 7, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Is Binance pronounced like Beyonce? Because that’s how I’m doing it
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Every piece of dumb cop fiction is about cops doing fascist things fascistly
Every piece of SMART cop fiction is a metaphor for writing, where the cop is a self-insert of the author and the crime is the society into which the fiction is released
Every piece of SMART cop fiction is a metaphor for writing, where the cop is a self-insert of the author and the crime is the society into which the fiction is released
January 28, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Every piece of dumb cop fiction is about cops doing fascist things fascistly
Every piece of SMART cop fiction is a metaphor for writing, where the cop is a self-insert of the author and the crime is the society into which the fiction is released
Every piece of SMART cop fiction is a metaphor for writing, where the cop is a self-insert of the author and the crime is the society into which the fiction is released
I don't know what led me to Peter Gabriel's blog, but:
"I was delighted that ‘I Have the Touch‘ was chosen for the soundtrack of Marty Supreme. The song is rarely asked out for a dance and I have always loved table tennis."
"I was delighted that ‘I Have the Touch‘ was chosen for the soundtrack of Marty Supreme. The song is rarely asked out for a dance and I have always loved table tennis."
January 6, 2026 at 2:22 AM
I don't know what led me to Peter Gabriel's blog, but:
"I was delighted that ‘I Have the Touch‘ was chosen for the soundtrack of Marty Supreme. The song is rarely asked out for a dance and I have always loved table tennis."
"I was delighted that ‘I Have the Touch‘ was chosen for the soundtrack of Marty Supreme. The song is rarely asked out for a dance and I have always loved table tennis."
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Does anyone wanna see a really good Getty image of Rita Moreno and Sam The Eagle having dinner in 1979?
December 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Does anyone wanna see a really good Getty image of Rita Moreno and Sam The Eagle having dinner in 1979?
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I don’t know who needs to hear this but here goes:
In high school my art teacher told me I didn’t know how to draw because cartooning wasn’t real art.
I have wanted to be in The New Yorker Magazine since I was 19. I’m 53 and this happened yesterday:
In high school my art teacher told me I didn’t know how to draw because cartooning wasn’t real art.
I have wanted to be in The New Yorker Magazine since I was 19. I’m 53 and this happened yesterday:
December 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I don’t know who needs to hear this but here goes:
In high school my art teacher told me I didn’t know how to draw because cartooning wasn’t real art.
I have wanted to be in The New Yorker Magazine since I was 19. I’m 53 and this happened yesterday:
In high school my art teacher told me I didn’t know how to draw because cartooning wasn’t real art.
I have wanted to be in The New Yorker Magazine since I was 19. I’m 53 and this happened yesterday:
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Christmas night: "But Santa, you've hardly touched your Zardoz cookies."
December 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Christmas night: "But Santa, you've hardly touched your Zardoz cookies."
Do you ever watch video reviews of products you already own, and just silently go, "Yeah, I got that."
December 12, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Do you ever watch video reviews of products you already own, and just silently go, "Yeah, I got that."
Mamdani w/ the most savage long-form improv burn I’ve ever heard:
“I went to Magnet Theater for Improv Level One,” Mamdani said of that winter in 2017, when his eight-week course at the Chelsea theater ended in a student showcase. “I think I had dreams of going to the Upright Citizens Brigade.”
“I went to Magnet Theater for Improv Level One,” Mamdani said of that winter in 2017, when his eight-week course at the Chelsea theater ended in a student showcase. “I think I had dreams of going to the Upright Citizens Brigade.”
From Improv Class to Mayor-Elect: How New York’s Culture Shaped Mamdani
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Mamdani w/ the most savage long-form improv burn I’ve ever heard:
“I went to Magnet Theater for Improv Level One,” Mamdani said of that winter in 2017, when his eight-week course at the Chelsea theater ended in a student showcase. “I think I had dreams of going to the Upright Citizens Brigade.”
“I went to Magnet Theater for Improv Level One,” Mamdani said of that winter in 2017, when his eight-week course at the Chelsea theater ended in a student showcase. “I think I had dreams of going to the Upright Citizens Brigade.”
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We are in peak French heist season.
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
“It’s very surprising because they stole 450 kilos of snail meat.”
“It’s very surprising because they stole 450 kilos of snail meat.”
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus
stzl.ink
November 28, 2025 at 1:43 AM
We are in peak French heist season.
Me, scoping out a new Trader Joe’s:
Hans Gruber voice:
“Now. I know. Where you keep. The yogurt. Covered. Pretzels.”
Hans Gruber voice:
“Now. I know. Where you keep. The yogurt. Covered. Pretzels.”
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Me, scoping out a new Trader Joe’s:
Hans Gruber voice:
“Now. I know. Where you keep. The yogurt. Covered. Pretzels.”
Hans Gruber voice:
“Now. I know. Where you keep. The yogurt. Covered. Pretzels.”
What’s the long German expression for when you go to see a band, expecting they’re the headliner (or headliner adjacent), and it turns out they went on first and you completely missed them?
November 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
What’s the long German expression for when you go to see a band, expecting they’re the headliner (or headliner adjacent), and it turns out they went on first and you completely missed them?
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
lol she got his ass and he knows it
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Zohran winning is THRILLING. Bring back being able to afford NYC as a working class person. Bring back being able to be an artist without a trustfund. We lost our city to billionaires + thats not NYC. NYC is poor people, queer people, immigrants, its underdogs + weirdos + that's what makes it great.
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Zohran winning is THRILLING. Bring back being able to afford NYC as a working class person. Bring back being able to be an artist without a trustfund. We lost our city to billionaires + thats not NYC. NYC is poor people, queer people, immigrants, its underdogs + weirdos + that's what makes it great.
I cannot tell you how horror nerdboy pleased with myself I am to have accurately mused, "Blood and Black Lace?" in response to these images.
October 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I cannot tell you how horror nerdboy pleased with myself I am to have accurately mused, "Blood and Black Lace?" in response to these images.
That Natalie Imbruglia song, but it's "Tron."
October 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
That Natalie Imbruglia song, but it's "Tron."
Bob Newhart explaining the meaning of the Lil Wayne lyric, “Real G's move in silence like lasagna.”
Well…you see…eh…it’s because Gs…and, and, and…by Gs, I mean gangsters…not, I suppose…not, literal gangsters…well, you see…uh…the G in the word lasagna is…is, is…silent, you see. And so the song...”
Well…you see…eh…it’s because Gs…and, and, and…by Gs, I mean gangsters…not, I suppose…not, literal gangsters…well, you see…uh…the G in the word lasagna is…is, is…silent, you see. And so the song...”
October 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Bob Newhart explaining the meaning of the Lil Wayne lyric, “Real G's move in silence like lasagna.”
Well…you see…eh…it’s because Gs…and, and, and…by Gs, I mean gangsters…not, I suppose…not, literal gangsters…well, you see…uh…the G in the word lasagna is…is, is…silent, you see. And so the song...”
Well…you see…eh…it’s because Gs…and, and, and…by Gs, I mean gangsters…not, I suppose…not, literal gangsters…well, you see…uh…the G in the word lasagna is…is, is…silent, you see. And so the song...”
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i believe there are about a hundred and fifty million people like me who would pay $17 to watch benicio del toro as sergio st. carlos plan and execute a tight sunday costco run before he has to man the barbecue after his niece's afternoon soccer game (run time: 2 hours 20 minutes)
October 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
i believe there are about a hundred and fifty million people like me who would pay $17 to watch benicio del toro as sergio st. carlos plan and execute a tight sunday costco run before he has to man the barbecue after his niece's afternoon soccer game (run time: 2 hours 20 minutes)
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When musicians don’t know how to end a song, they just fade out. I think other writers should do that too. Sketch comedy, screenwriting, playwrights. Have everyone talk softer and softer as they slowly sneak off stage.
Novelists can end chapters with gradually shrinking type.
Novelists can end chapters with gradually shrinking type.
October 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
When musicians don’t know how to end a song, they just fade out. I think other writers should do that too. Sketch comedy, screenwriting, playwrights. Have everyone talk softer and softer as they slowly sneak off stage.
Novelists can end chapters with gradually shrinking type.
Novelists can end chapters with gradually shrinking type.
God bless you, Wallace Shawn
October 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
God bless you, Wallace Shawn
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I can’t tell you how much good could be done right now by average citizens socially cold-shouldering anyone tangentially working for ICE.
September 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I can’t tell you how much good could be done right now by average citizens socially cold-shouldering anyone tangentially working for ICE.
Respectfully intended question:
What is the difference between Rush and Yes?
What is the difference between Rush and Yes?
September 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Respectfully intended question:
What is the difference between Rush and Yes?
What is the difference between Rush and Yes?