<--- the set of A Midsummer Night's Dream that I was assistant stage manager for during the 2007 season at the STNJ outdoor stage.
-Dre-
You must remember all the same that at the crux of every game is knowing when it's time to leave the table... And it's important to be artful in your exit. No turning back, you must accept the con is done... It was a ball, it was a blast. And it's a shame it couldn't last. But every chapter has to end, you must agree. ~Dirty Rotten Scoundrels~
There's a special kind of people known as show people. We live in a world full of dreams. Sometimes we're not too certain what's false and what's real. But we're seldom in doubt about what we feel. ~Curtains~
It is a far, far better thing I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest I go to, than I have ever known. ~A Tale of Two Cities ~
Oh, for God's sake. You put out a breaking news statement that basically amounts to, "I'm not lying, let me say everything I've already said, with nothing new, YOU SUCK!!"
You could at least try harder, sir.
"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
He specifically said the hospital. Dr's visits are one thing but he specifically said hospital. I can't imagine a hospital letting a patient come and go for something as serious as mercury poisoning.
I've been following this story for the past month and I still don't understand why nobody believes him. I don't know whether or not he was faking it, but I'm at least giving him the benefit of the doubt.
I don't believe him - if he couldn't complete the run, he should've been smarter and just hide for a while, and not show up everywhere he could looking perfectly healthy.
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
Yeah, I was angry too, when the statement was first released, and people immediately jumped on Piven. You're right: at least give him the benefit of the doubt.
But after the whole "The disease was life-threatening, I couldn't do it anymore, but I could go to the Golden Globes, and to Bangkok, but NOT A STAGE!", and the fact that his story doesn't hold together very well, doesn't help him at all.
"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
What kind of compensations do the producers owe Mr. Piven? Are the producers required to pay actors when they can no longer perform because of illness?
luvtheEmcee, I only said that so people wouldn't think I just jumped in without reading anything else about it.
BustopherPhantom, I know from personal experience that sitting on an airplane or sitting at a table doesn't take nearly as much energy as performing onstage. I think most people would attest to that. The fact that he looked terrible at the Globes also helps me believe him. He did look sick. Maybe he went to Bangkok to for treatment. Unless people are able to prove that he's full of crap, I personally will give him the benefit of the doubt.
E3, he never even mentioned going to Bangkok for treatment. Surely it would have come up by now. You can't have a 3 day Hospital stay w/out missing a performance. He didn't look like **** at the Golden Globes, you must have confused him with being a ****.
I think he looked awful at the Globes. Maybe it was because he was sick from Mercury, maybe it was because he was sick of lying. Maybe he was sick and he exaggerated it. I'll admit that parts of his story do seem fishy (no pun intended). If he is sick, I wish him a full and speedy recovery. If he's lying, karma is a bitch.
JP's name should be synonymous with douche bag. In fact, does he have an urbandictionary entry yet?
Oh god, he has!
Jeremy Piven - Slang for male reproductive organ, obviously referring to Entourage actor Jeremy Piven. As said by Kevin Nealon puts it on the seventh episode of the fourth season of Weeds.