I deleted that earlier reblog of mine of the quote about the proposal to use the Nat Guard for undocumented worker roundups. Subsequent chatter on twitter raises the possibility that the story was an earlier, no-longer-being-pursued draft proposal intentionally planted with the AP by the White House (i.e., Bannon) to be able to then decry it as “fake news”.

Also, I’ve learned a new word today: provokatsiya.

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fuckyeahdaveeddiggs:

Interviewer: So, what’s it like playing an African-American, rapping Thomas Jefferson?

Daveed: It’s pretty fun. The great thing about this script and what Lin and all the rest of the creative team has here is that it’s one of very few theater pieces that I’ve read or been a part of where the rapping aspect isn’t the gimmick. It’s just the way people talk in this world. Which is great, when you think about it, because pop musicals have been a thing for a long time and rap music is I think old enough where, you know, none of us interact with it as if it’s a gimmick, right? None of us are like, “hey did you hear that new crazy rappin’ song on the radio?” That doesn’t happen. It’s just what music sounds like. So it’s great to also be in a piece that treats it like that.

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clavisa:

thecandlewasters:

You’re invited

I really hope you film the actual meet-up as well! Can there be like a gazillion extras or something in the in-world Hero video?

I think it’s really cool how easy it is for in-world and out-of-world channels to co-exist without it being a big imposition on the viewer. Because as viewers, we want to maintain the illusion. We will totally work with you as a creator to make that happen. Just show us the respect of giving us a world we can play in that follows its own set of believable rules, and we’ll do the rest.

And then the line between in-world and out-of-world can be as easy as a row of dashes in the video description. There. Was that so hard?

No. It wasn’t.

Thank you.

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