{"id":2035,"date":"2008-05-05T12:48:42","date_gmt":"2008-05-05T16:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=2035"},"modified":"2008-05-05T14:33:27","modified_gmt":"2008-05-05T18:33:27","slug":"caucasian-coincidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/caucasian-coincidence","title":{"rendered":"Caucasian Coincidence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, I began reading Lush Life<\/a>\"\" by Richard Price. The lead character\/suspect, Eric Cash, is a hipster who’s a little too old to be hip and has to deal with losing his hyphen: as in, no longer being an actor-waiter, and just being a waiter.<\/p>\n

At one point, he mentions how in college he got the lead in a play called The Caucasian Chalk Circle<\/em>. I thought this was some sort of inside joke of a title, or a dig at the absurdities of college theater.<\/p>\n

This morning, I received an e-mail from my local alumni association with the subject line, “Don’t miss The Caucasian Chalk Circle”! Evidently,<\/p>\n

a) I’m a cultural moron,<\/p>\n

b) it’s by Brecht, and<\/p>\n

c) another alum is co-starring in it.<\/p>\n

Anyway, here’s the website of the theater company<\/a> (and a review<\/a>), if you’re in NYC and wanna see one of the final performances (it finishes on Sunday).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, I began reading Lush Life by Richard Price. The lead character\/suspect, Eric Cash, is a hipster who’s a little too old to be hip and has to deal with losing his hyphen: as in, no longer being an actor-waiter, and just being a waiter. At one point, he mentions how in college he got … <\/p>\n

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