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This, too, shall pass.

Posted by:	portenopete 01:34 pm EDT 05/06/15
In reply to:	John Simon on FUN HOME and the "Demented Tonys" - bwayjoey 12:10 pm EDT 05/06/15

I think for many people it's a fight not to fall into the "those were the days" mentality. I'm not 50 yet and I sometimes go there. But then I think about my thrill seeing SPRING AWAKENING, IN THE HEIGHTS, GREY GARDENS, NATASHA, PIERRE AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812, HERE LIES LOVE, AVENUE Q, and most recently HAMILTON and I breathe a sigh of relief. Simon came out of the womb a p***k and to his credit, he hasn't softened with age. He used to make me laugh with his outrageously nasty comments (easy to do if you've never been on the receiving end, although I know a ton of actors who treasure their John Simon insults like they would an Al Hirschfeld caricature). He's clinging on to relevance in his 90s and a part of me admires his tenacity. And the stuff he likes is usually really good, it's just that there ain't a whole lot he likes. I'm kind of amazed that in 2015 we are still stinging from his barbs! His whole generation has gone now: Barnes, Canby, Kroll, Gill.

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