maximinalist
@maximinalist.bsky.social
She/Her - Theatre Reviewer, Playwright, Librettist, Screenwriter. Wit on
SlashFilm, Polygon, JoySauce, & NYTheatreGuide. Won’t sha up about film, animation, theater, #StarWars. Voting member of Outer Critics Circle.
Is this the afterlife?
SlashFilm, Polygon, JoySauce, & NYTheatreGuide. Won’t sha up about film, animation, theater, #StarWars. Voting member of Outer Critics Circle.
Is this the afterlife?
I haven’t seen the #WutheringHeights yet, but I still chuckle that my first exposure to any of Emerald Fennell’s writing (not acting) is BAD CINDERELLA, a musical collab with Andrew Lloyd Webber, where the worldbuilding amounts to “our society conforms to hotness, and we shun not-hot people.”
February 15, 2026 at 8:35 AM
I haven’t seen the #WutheringHeights yet, but I still chuckle that my first exposure to any of Emerald Fennell’s writing (not acting) is BAD CINDERELLA, a musical collab with Andrew Lloyd Webber, where the worldbuilding amounts to “our society conforms to hotness, and we shun not-hot people.”
Today, I took the first LGBTQ+ self-defense class that advised then drilled me on ACTING CRAZY when faced up with a perpetrator. It even taught us to just run away.
February 14, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Today, I took the first LGBTQ+ self-defense class that advised then drilled me on ACTING CRAZY when faced up with a perpetrator. It even taught us to just run away.
OMG, I despise cutting into styrofoam. But that's my homework.
February 14, 2026 at 1:22 AM
OMG, I despise cutting into styrofoam. But that's my homework.
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On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
I'm just learning there's apparently a REALLY obscure 2018 #WutheringHeights adaptation that casts an actor of Romani descent (Paul Eryk Atlas).
And it does not look to be of professional polish.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaS_...
And it does not look to be of professional polish.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaS_...
Wuthering Heights Trailer 2017
YouTube video by Wuthering Heights
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:22 AM
I'm just learning there's apparently a REALLY obscure 2018 #WutheringHeights adaptation that casts an actor of Romani descent (Paul Eryk Atlas).
And it does not look to be of professional polish.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaS_...
And it does not look to be of professional polish.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaS_...
This Broadway musical #Suffs finally has a PBS air date on May 8. I'm available to review and/or write on the show. I've seen a triad of iterations: off-Broadway, Broadway, and its touring stop in Salt Lake City.
I also still own press scripts of both off-Broadway & Broadway versions.
I also still own press scripts of both off-Broadway & Broadway versions.
The recording of Broadway's Suffs will air on PBS Great Performances this May.
SUFFS Filmed Recording Sets Spring Premiere on PBS Great Performances
This Spring, Great Performances will air the filmed recording of Suffs, the Broadway musical from Tony Award winner Shaina Taub. The recording was captured during the show's original Broadway run.
www.broadwayworld.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:45 AM
This Broadway musical #Suffs finally has a PBS air date on May 8. I'm available to review and/or write on the show. I've seen a triad of iterations: off-Broadway, Broadway, and its touring stop in Salt Lake City.
I also still own press scripts of both off-Broadway & Broadway versions.
I also still own press scripts of both off-Broadway & Broadway versions.
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We've been looking forward to sharing this news for a long time. We're making a graphic novel!
The Owl House: The Long-Lived King
Written by me and the amazing @mikkicrisostomo.bsky.social
Illustrated by the incomparable @dindu99.bsky.social
We're so excited to tell a brand new story.
The Owl House: The Long-Lived King
Written by me and the amazing @mikkicrisostomo.bsky.social
Illustrated by the incomparable @dindu99.bsky.social
We're so excited to tell a brand new story.
February 12, 2026 at 8:23 PM
We've been looking forward to sharing this news for a long time. We're making a graphic novel!
The Owl House: The Long-Lived King
Written by me and the amazing @mikkicrisostomo.bsky.social
Illustrated by the incomparable @dindu99.bsky.social
We're so excited to tell a brand new story.
The Owl House: The Long-Lived King
Written by me and the amazing @mikkicrisostomo.bsky.social
Illustrated by the incomparable @dindu99.bsky.social
We're so excited to tell a brand new story.
“There is another… Gatsby…”
February 12, 2026 at 5:09 AM
“There is another… Gatsby…”
My first reaction: “So are we talking Florence Gatsby musical transferring?— OHHHHH.”
deadline.com/2026/02/rege...
deadline.com/2026/02/rege...
Breaking Baz: Regé-Jean Page Readies For Stage Comeback As Star And Producer Of ‘The Great Gatsby’ Adaptation
‘Bridgerton’s’ Regé-Jean Page is starring in a 'The Great Gatsby' adaptation in the London West End.
deadline.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:08 AM
My first reaction: “So are we talking Florence Gatsby musical transferring?— OHHHHH.”
deadline.com/2026/02/rege...
deadline.com/2026/02/rege...
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"Why can't we have a calm discussion about AI?"
Cuz the data centers are being built carelessly and at speed, polluting poor neighborhoods, cuz it's drinking my fucking aquifer, and cuz all my art and writing have been plagisrized while the worst assholes crow about my impending obsolescense...
Cuz the data centers are being built carelessly and at speed, polluting poor neighborhoods, cuz it's drinking my fucking aquifer, and cuz all my art and writing have been plagisrized while the worst assholes crow about my impending obsolescense...
February 12, 2026 at 1:37 AM
"Why can't we have a calm discussion about AI?"
Cuz the data centers are being built carelessly and at speed, polluting poor neighborhoods, cuz it's drinking my fucking aquifer, and cuz all my art and writing have been plagisrized while the worst assholes crow about my impending obsolescense...
Cuz the data centers are being built carelessly and at speed, polluting poor neighborhoods, cuz it's drinking my fucking aquifer, and cuz all my art and writing have been plagisrized while the worst assholes crow about my impending obsolescense...
People on FB really not taking the Gen AI criticism with “your comment about slop is flat.”
February 12, 2026 at 3:33 AM
People on FB really not taking the Gen AI criticism with “your comment about slop is flat.”
For Manhattan, New York Residents:
There are monthly virtual Energy Smart Workshop that will give you a FREE Energy Saving/Winterization Kit to pick up in person.
I went to its last virtual workshop, took home a kit, and installed a equipment at my window & doors.
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
There are monthly virtual Energy Smart Workshop that will give you a FREE Energy Saving/Winterization Kit to pick up in person.
I went to its last virtual workshop, took home a kit, and installed a equipment at my window & doors.
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
February 11, 2026 at 9:44 PM
For Manhattan, New York Residents:
There are monthly virtual Energy Smart Workshop that will give you a FREE Energy Saving/Winterization Kit to pick up in person.
I went to its last virtual workshop, took home a kit, and installed a equipment at my window & doors.
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
There are monthly virtual Energy Smart Workshop that will give you a FREE Energy Saving/Winterization Kit to pick up in person.
I went to its last virtual workshop, took home a kit, and installed a equipment at my window & doors.
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
“Beedle-dee dee dee deeeeee
Two Gatsbys.”
(I’m aware there already existed more than three, no, four—NO, FIVE stage Gatsbys.”)
Two Gatsbys.”
(I’m aware there already existed more than three, no, four—NO, FIVE stage Gatsbys.”)
deadline.com/2026/02/rege...
Breaking Baz: Regé-Jean Page Readies For Stage Comeback As Star And Producer Of ‘The Great Gatsby’ Adaptation
Breaking Baz: Regé-Jean Page Readies For Stage Comeback As Star And Producer Of ‘The Great Gatsby’ Adaptation
Breaking Baz: Regé-Jean Page Readies For Stage Comeback As Star And Producer Of ‘The Great Gatsby’ Adaptation
‘Bridgerton’s’ Regé-Jean Page is starring in a 'The Great Gatsby' adaptation in the London West End.
deadline.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:28 PM
“Beedle-dee dee dee deeeeee
Two Gatsbys.”
(I’m aware there already existed more than three, no, four—NO, FIVE stage Gatsbys.”)
Two Gatsbys.”
(I’m aware there already existed more than three, no, four—NO, FIVE stage Gatsbys.”)
What do you mean MyChart didn't update my new insurance that I submitted?
February 11, 2026 at 4:30 AM
What do you mean MyChart didn't update my new insurance that I submitted?
My voter’s invite to another production got canceled due to a water burst. So I decided to see if New York City Center might allow me to make an Access 28 discount purchase in person. And now I’m here to try a #musical I’ve never seen or heard before. #HighSpirits
February 11, 2026 at 12:27 AM
My voter’s invite to another production got canceled due to a water burst. So I decided to see if New York City Center might allow me to make an Access 28 discount purchase in person. And now I’m here to try a #musical I’ve never seen or heard before. #HighSpirits
A publicly available proshot of live theatre is always great news! #StrangerThings
Fun fact: I still have the Broadway press script.
playbill.com/article/stra...
Fun fact: I still have the Broadway press script.
playbill.com/article/stra...
Stranger Things: The First Shadow to Stream on Netflix
The prequel to the hit series Stranger Things is being professionally filmed for a future release.
playbill.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:13 PM
A publicly available proshot of live theatre is always great news! #StrangerThings
Fun fact: I still have the Broadway press script.
playbill.com/article/stra...
Fun fact: I still have the Broadway press script.
playbill.com/article/stra...
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Veto-proof majorities passed Medicaid expansion in the Mississippi Legislature in 2024.
But they gridlocked as the Senate demanded work requirements—which Senate leaders said they'd be able to get when Trump returned.
Now, they say Medicaid expansion is dead thanks to Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill."
But they gridlocked as the Senate demanded work requirements—which Senate leaders said they'd be able to get when Trump returned.
Now, they say Medicaid expansion is dead thanks to Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill."
Medicaid Expansion Dead in Mississippi Due to Trump Cuts, Top Republican Says
Mississippi won’t expand Medicaid this year because of federal Medicaid funding cuts under Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill.
www.mississippifreepress.org
February 10, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Veto-proof majorities passed Medicaid expansion in the Mississippi Legislature in 2024.
But they gridlocked as the Senate demanded work requirements—which Senate leaders said they'd be able to get when Trump returned.
Now, they say Medicaid expansion is dead thanks to Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill."
But they gridlocked as the Senate demanded work requirements—which Senate leaders said they'd be able to get when Trump returned.
Now, they say Medicaid expansion is dead thanks to Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill."
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Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer
Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...
www.mprnews.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
Nextdoor app freaking out over the SPANISH!
Just learn the Spanish!
Just learn the Spanish!
February 9, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Nextdoor app freaking out over the SPANISH!
Just learn the Spanish!
Just learn the Spanish!
Please tell anti-MAGA Vietnamese (yes, anti-Trump Vietnamese) to stop playing with ChatGBT generative AI slop.
February 8, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Please tell anti-MAGA Vietnamese (yes, anti-Trump Vietnamese) to stop playing with ChatGBT generative AI slop.
Unauthorized footage of the off-Broadway SUFFS (before its transfer to Broadway) sighted in the wild.
February 8, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Unauthorized footage of the off-Broadway SUFFS (before its transfer to Broadway) sighted in the wild.
The Endoscopy Center emailed me a survey link regarding a colonoscopy experience.
Since they were soliciting my feedback directly from me, boy did I use the comment space to talk about the lack of staff masking mandates and flicking on the air filter manually in the waiting room.
Since they were soliciting my feedback directly from me, boy did I use the comment space to talk about the lack of staff masking mandates and flicking on the air filter manually in the waiting room.
February 8, 2026 at 3:05 PM
The Endoscopy Center emailed me a survey link regarding a colonoscopy experience.
Since they were soliciting my feedback directly from me, boy did I use the comment space to talk about the lack of staff masking mandates and flicking on the air filter manually in the waiting room.
Since they were soliciting my feedback directly from me, boy did I use the comment space to talk about the lack of staff masking mandates and flicking on the air filter manually in the waiting room.
Post-#TheMuppetShow, we need to talk more about classic SESAME STREET.
They did Ingmar Bergman's SEVENTH SEAL, with Telly and Oscar standing in for Siskel & Ebert. Now there's a cute sketch that also happens to teach you to count to 7.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Vx9...
They did Ingmar Bergman's SEVENTH SEAL, with Telly and Oscar standing in for Siskel & Ebert. Now there's a cute sketch that also happens to teach you to count to 7.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Vx9...
Classic Sesame Street - Sneak Peek Previews The Seventh Seal
YouTube video by Rohail Hashmi
www.youtube.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Post-#TheMuppetShow, we need to talk more about classic SESAME STREET.
They did Ingmar Bergman's SEVENTH SEAL, with Telly and Oscar standing in for Siskel & Ebert. Now there's a cute sketch that also happens to teach you to count to 7.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Vx9...
They did Ingmar Bergman's SEVENTH SEAL, with Telly and Oscar standing in for Siskel & Ebert. Now there's a cute sketch that also happens to teach you to count to 7.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Vx9...
So awfully cold that the unopened Poweraid I stored in my cabinet taste very much refrigerated
February 8, 2026 at 3:33 AM
So awfully cold that the unopened Poweraid I stored in my cabinet taste very much refrigerated