Amanda Petrusich in the New Yorker on “How to Be a Rock Critic,” a new one-man play starring and co-written by Erik Jensen.
Amanda Petrusich in the New Yorker on “How to Be a Rock Critic,” a new one-man play starring and co-written by Erik Jensen.
That excerpt does not appeal. “Spins quietly” my ass, and any “we’re all the same schmuck” tilt, as in Lenny Bruce’s use, is just one of his rhetorical devices.
Well, to be fair, I think “spins quietly” is likely pretty necessary given that the actor is addressing the audience over top (and if the point is to allow the audience to actually hear what he has to say).