He only quotes me or my work when it suits his interests. And believe me, he was the man in our relationship.
If he got a different impression than, say, Chloe or one of the pollies got from my caricatures, that’s because of the crowd he was running with. And as for this whole ‘anon’ thing - that was literally how the folk songs were printed in the book.
Stephen saw the musical as a launching pad for his dreams of being a movie mogul. That’s why he wore the suspenders: he saw the old Hollywood photos and thought we could run a studio.
That’s why he developed Ethan’s show. Which I had absolutely nothing to do with, except for the re-order so it made sense.
Given my punk attitude, do you really think I’d have made a romantic film if my twin brother wasn’t into it?
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Compare his Your Fair Face script to my Weeded Out script and it’d give a pretty fair comparison of what we think are important features for films to have.
Plus his other feature script, Symbalah. Stephen’s scripts portray Michelle totally differently.
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No, I do not want to do my show. I’m not keen. I got bored with the notes, and I realised I already live IRL as Amanda, so what’s the point?
This isn’t the same as the stage. I just shared a paper to explain that; I can pick my moments way more carefully to get the right tape recording.
So, although those are live, and the effect of my character is a livestream, I actually have lots of pre-recorded material and I cherry-pick my best takes of songs.
Tina is a useful metaphor for my past, but ultimately filming it would be a waste of energy, while the political changes that Shipwrecked On Islands is aimed to provoke are more relevant and more challenging.
I won my battle with the city of Wellington, and I feel like a victory lap would be redundant.
While a book version might be a better venue for Tina and my philosophical musings about trans and third gender identities.
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I don’t want a club which would have me as a member, and the group therapy aspect of theatre is the thing that I dislike about it.
I’m fascinated by it, but it also repels me. I’m an outsider, and I value that; my LSD trips with the gang are better therapy than working with people who don’t know me and haven’t lived through my story with me.
I’m seriously never going to say yes. I’m just not persuadable.
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Don would lose. I think my email correspondence with Barbara about voice things clearly proves I was working on a Kiwi accent, and that had been a clear focus for years within my oeuvre.
And I genuinely asked permission about the covers.
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The Beach Song does not mention a specific university. The film is set in Dunedin, and I have script pages which would back up that.
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Jake poked me. Indecent is still a form of assault.
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As for my manias: I’m fairly clear that I’m bipolar. And it is a symptom of mania to have uncontrollable writing.
If my brother beat a reckless driving charge due to insanity, I think it’s likely that my insanity is a good legal defence for any libel/slander/defamation charges.
Plus it’s Facebook: hardly the same editorial standards that my job requires.
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My relationship with Jane was (and is) complicated. It’s always been like that, but never a sexual relationship.
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But yes, I know how to be nice to people so they’ll give me drugs, or how to be a +1. I never really thought that was strange until I met Dave and realised my life wasn’t that.
It’s the 21st century: people aren’t having as much sex, so weird shit like my stuff is the new freaky way.. I have a short story idea that takes that to an extreme.
Sex work is a broad umbrella, and my porn totally fits into that.
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I’m glad Chloe reads my page. I wish I’d made more time to meet her (yes: I regret my 2021 acid trip), but apparently the meeting between her team and the Dak team is happening soon.
To be fair, if she’s been reading for years, then there were definitely opportunities where she could have surprised me.
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I wish that my brother wouldn’t read my page. I haven’t read his page since the most recent madness, and I’ve blocked him from my band page.
If he steals my ideas, then he’s just one of many people trying to ape me (lol).
As for his comments about me, I have no idea what he’s said, so I can’t comment.
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As for my singing voice: I think my detractors/haters/whatever can’t have it both ways where they pillory me for my talent with impressions, yet still insist that I *must* play Jo.
While I can totally insist that people at least hear it with a female voice before making such a key decision.
It’s my musical, after all: totally original, other than the folk songs that I interpolated.
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