casey (not yet turkey lurkey flop queen)
@clberner.bsky.social
phd candidate, theatre artist, flop collector. i write about commercial failure(s), megamusicals, and neoliberalism. ask me about the 1986 musical RAGS. she/her/hers
walking around with a squirt gun to squirt anyone who says danny strong fixed chess. this is my ministry.
November 16, 2025 at 3:22 AM
walking around with a squirt gun to squirt anyone who says danny strong fixed chess. this is my ministry.
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having an economy that is all gambling and scams, and a generation of young people that have effectively been taught nothing is worth doing if it can’t turn a profit, is a slow-rolling disaster and i don’t know where it ends
November 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
having an economy that is all gambling and scams, and a generation of young people that have effectively been taught nothing is worth doing if it can’t turn a profit, is a slow-rolling disaster and i don’t know where it ends
lmfao actblue just sent me a survey and then kicked me out of it when i said i live in an urban area. love being a fake american because i live in *checks notes* the area in the usa with the most people
November 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
lmfao actblue just sent me a survey and then kicked me out of it when i said i live in an urban area. love being a fake american because i live in *checks notes* the area in the usa with the most people
this is my favorite quiz question when i teach Streetcar. everyone gets mad at me every time, sets the tone for the semester
Never pass up an opportunity to alarm people by noting that Blanche DuBois is thirty years old.
November 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
this is my favorite quiz question when i teach Streetcar. everyone gets mad at me every time, sets the tone for the semester
finally coming into my own as a lefty professor yelling about pronouns 🥰 (taught Hamlet III.i tonight)
November 12, 2025 at 2:41 AM
finally coming into my own as a lefty professor yelling about pronouns 🥰 (taught Hamlet III.i tonight)
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This. Especially because I believe that writing is thinking (for me). I don’t want to lose that.
What people do not do, they often lose the ability to do. Which is sometimes fine! In my own life, I don’t have any great need to know how to do some of the math I once learned. But I don’t want to forget how to write.
November 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
This. Especially because I believe that writing is thinking (for me). I don’t want to lose that.
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As the Cuomo speech continues, a “No means no” chant has broken out in the bar.
November 5, 2025 at 3:46 AM
As the Cuomo speech continues, a “No means no” chant has broken out in the bar.
and if i cried? what then? WE FUCKING DID IT
November 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
and if i cried? what then? WE FUCKING DID IT
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mamdani is human. he'll fuck up and fail, especially with a hostile press and the giant mess that is nyc's politics. but today is a great day for the brave women who told what cuomo did, and for those of us who care that it should matter. that power shouldn't go to those who hurt the poweless.
I'm happy that Mamdani won. But I won't let that get in the way of my celebrating Cuomo losing.
November 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
mamdani is human. he'll fuck up and fail, especially with a hostile press and the giant mess that is nyc's politics. but today is a great day for the brave women who told what cuomo did, and for those of us who care that it should matter. that power shouldn't go to those who hurt the poweless.
the age of innocence
mrs. dalloway
romeo and juliet
sula
passing
macbeth
sense and sensibility
the great gatsby
fun home
medea
(yes, plays count)
(bonuses: the house of mirth, the hours)
mrs. dalloway
romeo and juliet
sula
passing
macbeth
sense and sensibility
the great gatsby
fun home
medea
(yes, plays count)
(bonuses: the house of mirth, the hours)
I saw the "10 albums to get to know me" bouncing around bsky a bit, but here's my question:
what are your 10 books to get to know you?
what are your 10 books to get to know you?
November 4, 2025 at 11:33 PM
the age of innocence
mrs. dalloway
romeo and juliet
sula
passing
macbeth
sense and sensibility
the great gatsby
fun home
medea
(yes, plays count)
(bonuses: the house of mirth, the hours)
mrs. dalloway
romeo and juliet
sula
passing
macbeth
sense and sensibility
the great gatsby
fun home
medea
(yes, plays count)
(bonuses: the house of mirth, the hours)
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It is also worth saying that everyone who mocks some supposedly fake discipline like “gender studies“ or “Africana studies“ is also really excited about degree programs in things like “AI prompt engineering.”
Nothing wrong with a “fake” discipline if it flatters your world view and bank account!
Nothing wrong with a “fake” discipline if it flatters your world view and bank account!
It is worth saying that putting “Africana studies” in scare quotes as if it’s a ridiculous concept is not a political argument. It’s just racism. “Africa is not worthy of a major” is the implication. Yeah dude you’re just racist. (From Gerard Baker at the WSJ today)
www.wsj.com/opinion/mamd...
www.wsj.com/opinion/mamd...
November 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
It is also worth saying that everyone who mocks some supposedly fake discipline like “gender studies“ or “Africana studies“ is also really excited about degree programs in things like “AI prompt engineering.”
Nothing wrong with a “fake” discipline if it flatters your world view and bank account!
Nothing wrong with a “fake” discipline if it flatters your world view and bank account!
cbb is so fun, i'm about to watch my alma mater get owned by a bunch of mormons
November 4, 2025 at 2:36 AM
cbb is so fun, i'm about to watch my alma mater get owned by a bunch of mormons
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My congratulations to all Baseball Perverts. It was their "super bowl" last night and it seems they all had a very bad time (in their culture that's how you have a good time)
November 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM
My congratulations to all Baseball Perverts. It was their "super bowl" last night and it seems they all had a very bad time (in their culture that's how you have a good time)
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Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
i love that we all hate this together ❤️
November 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
i love that we all hate this together ❤️
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“In my country, South Korea, literature must be easy, with no exceptions. A reader must grasp the meaning at once. Otherwise, the book won’t sell. It won’t be read. Poetry, too, must be simple.”
thebaffler.com/salvos/brain-rot-without-borders
thebaffler.com/salvos/brain-rot-without-borders
Brain Rot Without Borders | Baffler Forum
There’s no point in denying it anymore: literature as we know it is well on its way to becoming a lost art.
thebaffler.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM
“In my country, South Korea, literature must be easy, with no exceptions. A reader must grasp the meaning at once. Otherwise, the book won’t sell. It won’t be read. Poetry, too, must be simple.”
thebaffler.com/salvos/brain-rot-without-borders
thebaffler.com/salvos/brain-rot-without-borders
remember kids: it’s *not* turkey lurkey time until santa arrives to macy’s
November 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
remember kids: it’s *not* turkey lurkey time until santa arrives to macy’s
doing the classic new yorker in fall thing and romanticizing my life
November 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
doing the classic new yorker in fall thing and romanticizing my life
hot girls with post migraine syndrome for zohran
October 31, 2025 at 5:55 PM
hot girls with post migraine syndrome for zohran
omg, how VERY wool
Since we’re talking BUNNICULA I need everyone to know that the audiobook is read by Victor Garber and he truly out-gays himself. Harold and Chester absolutely come across as the fussy middle-aged couple they were obviously meant to be.
If you see this, post a vampire that isn’t Dracula.
October 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
omg, how VERY wool
my childhood dog bit my uncle in the ass and no one got even a little mad at the dog. rip boomer, you were so real for that
I don't need the lore behind your favorite posters... tell me about your uncles
October 25, 2025 at 12:51 PM
my childhood dog bit my uncle in the ass and no one got even a little mad at the dog. rip boomer, you were so real for that
jaquel spivey AND handsome as hell from diana the musical in this screenshot, i am SEATED
QUEENS OF THE DEAD is a campy, zombie horror comedy, and it also happens to be the movie we need in 2025.
How A Zombie Disco Movie Became The Most Important Thing I’ve Seen This Year
QUEENS OF THE DEAD is a campy, zombie horror comedy, and it also happens to be the movie we need in 2025.
dlvr.it
October 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
jaquel spivey AND handsome as hell from diana the musical in this screenshot, i am SEATED
doyle girlmore girls meet me in shubert alley, i just wanna talk
As a friend commented (and he can and should grab public credit if he desires), "It's an interesting choice for someone who doesn't like Chess to rewrite it."
October 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
doyle girlmore girls meet me in shubert alley, i just wanna talk
returning to my roots
October 24, 2025 at 2:15 AM
returning to my roots
literally chess (2025)
Oh boy (spoilers)
October 23, 2025 at 11:15 AM
literally chess (2025)