After an actress did a cold reading for a male role in his script, third-year English student Mike Bedard was influenced to change the character’s gender completely, proving that in the theater, anything goes.
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Soundbite: 'Tell Me Secrets'
After listening to “Tell Me Secrets” a couple of times, one thing becomes clear: Jacob Jeffries Band has a lot to say about love.
Comedy troupe Company promises to deliver laughter to Spring Sing 2012
The people who brought “Club B-Cafe” to the 2011 Spring Sing stage are back with new comedic creations.
Tonight, the group of student emcees, known collectively as Company, will be the entertainment hosts of Spring Sing.
Company is comprised of 13 students who write and put on a variety show of comedy sketches, original songs and video shorts in between the Spring Sing acts.
Movie Review: "Hit So Hard"
As Patty Schemel, former drummer of the band Hole, sat filming herself in silent inebriation, a fellow bandmate asked her if she was intentionally documenting her own misery.
Restaurant Review: fundamental LA
There are certain essential ingredients to starting a great restaurant, and the people at fundamental LA have nailed them.
L.A. Theatre Works to kick off season of record plays with “˜A Doll House’
By establishing UCLA as its new home, L.A. Theatre Works has given students the opportunity to witness not only an onstage performance, but also the interworkings of a nationally broadcasted radio show.
“˜Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure’ is a darkly funny documentary that explores the line between art and exploitation
Shut Up Little Man: The Audio Misadventure
Directed by Matthew Bate
Filmlab
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Viral videos and Youtube stars lose their glamour when compared to the Peter and Raymond audiotapes, a 90’s pop-culture phenomenon that was perhaps the first media of its kind to establish a cult following before the creation of the Internet.
An official selection at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, “Shut Up Little Man: The Audio Misadventure” is a documentary that examines the lasting legacy of two elderly drunkards named Peter and Raymond.
In 1987, two college graduates, Eddie Lee Sausage and Mitchell D., move into a bright pink San Francisco apartment comically referred to as the “Pepto Bismol Palace.” From the neighboring flat, Eddie Lee and Mitchell frequently overhear two elderly men verbally and physically abusing one another in a drunken stupor.