Sunday, March 30, 2008
I’m going to sound weird
I cannot find the words to express how incredible I think this young woman is. I’ve mentioned her a couple of times here and here, but I can only think that if history is any guide, we will all be hearing a great deal more about her.
Can you say “triple threat”? Actress, singer, songwriter.
- She has the vocal range of Mariah Carey and the raw power of Ethel Merman. That much I knew from listening to the Wicked Soundtrack ("The Wizard And I"/"Defying Gravity"/"For Good").
- She’s not my particular cup of tea in the looks department (I think she has a bit of a strong jawline and her nose is what could politely be referred to as “generous”, but so does Salma Hayek), and she apparently has plenty of people who would gleefully kill me for even going that far. (Sorry, guys, but I love my wife.)
- She also has quite the bubbly personality in person (based on what I can see in “behind the scenes” stuff I’ve found at Youtube).
- She can act, having been in several “name” movies - ”Enchanted” (opposite Patrick Dempsey and Amy Adams), Ask the Dust (with Selma Hayek), Rent (with Rosario Dawson and Jesse Martin) - as well as some independent stuff (”Kissing Jessica Stein” ) but…
- She has also won a Tony Award for Best Actress (2004 for playing Elphaba in “Wicked"), and “Tony” is to the stage actor what “Oscar” is to the screen actors and “Emmy” is to the TV actors.
- She clearly has good taste in men, having been married to Taye Diggs for several years now (a fine actor in his own right, and my wife says he’s “good looking”, so I’ll take her word on the subject). And, finally…
- She has a new album out, released about eight weeks ago. Ten original songs, written and performed by this incredibly talented lady.
She has even released a video single for one of the sings from this album. “Brave”, from her album “I Stand”.
I truly think that this young lady is destined for big success. She deserves it, too, as talented as she is…
I don’t say things like this very much, but it’s like this: when I see something I get exercised about, I come here and rant about it and blow off steam. Maybe spread the word and get others as pissed about it as I am.
But there’s a flip side to that coin, too. When I see something good that deserves wider acclaim, I will be just as vociferous about it. And for exactly the same reasons. And when I find talent like this, I want to turn on all of my friends to it, and hope that they like it just as much (just like when I discovered Dark Side Of The Moon, but without the need for narcotics to follow the lyrics).
So, here I am. Being vociferous about a lady who has talent to spare. (I kinda like the title track, too, fwiw.)
Wow. Just… wow
I found this clip over at Ace’s HQ, and it is possibly the most incisive dissection of the Liberal mindset I have ever seen.
Watch it. Save it. Learn it.
“Anything other than indiscriminiteness is the evil of having discriminated.”
Evan Sayet is a conservative writer and producer, and clearly someone who has given this a great deal of careful thought. It’s kinda long (about 50 mins), but take the time to watch the whole thing. You’ll thank me later.
Diplomas required
I should put this on the sidebar as a warning…
