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“Thehideoushypocrisy of those who hate Israel knows no bounds.” That indictment of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, along with its supporters in the “Pinkwashing Israel” organization, came this week from Evan Cohen, who heads an LGBT organization called “Likud Pride” within the ruling Israeli political party.

The statement came in response to the pullout of several participants from the Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival, known as TLVFest. The festival began June 1 and lasts for 10 days; those who withdrew include a South African director, a Canadian-Pakistani screenwriter and actor, a Swiss actor and a Palestinian jury member now living in Denmark.

They all, apparently, caved under pressure from “Pinkwashing Israel,” which absurdly claims the annual event “promotes the cynical use of gay rights – known as pinkwashing – to distract and normalize Israeli occupation, settler colonialism, and apartheid.”

I contain participated in TLVFest; my documentary “Undressing Israel: Gay Men in the Promised Land” was screened there in 2013, and the pinkwashing “theory” would be utterly laughable if it were not such an clear cover for the hatred of Jews and

Here’s the thing about Sacha Baron Cohen, no matter which eccentric character of his he’s playing, he only gets one single grab at each scene. One shot to make the trick work. You can’t reshoot a prank, you can’t receive those genuine, appalled reactions from the gullible participants more than once. And this is why, despite whether or not you locate him funny, Baron Cohen is the funniest, most admired comedian in movies today.

Brünois just as outrageous as you’ve heard. Instead of a racist, anti-Semitic, Kazak journalist, we now get the extremely gay, tight-clothed, Austrian fashionista, Brüno. Brüno, much fancy Borat, is so idiotically lewd with his comments and actions, that he doesn’t even bother caring who he offends. It’s his clueless remorselessness that makes him hysterical.

The plot structure for the film is very similar to Borat. Brüno gets excommunicated from the fashion world in his native Austria, only to scurry to America with one goal, to become famous. But who cares about the plot, you came for the gags, right? Acquire no fear, Baron Cohen and Boratdirector Larry Charles move way beyond what you may be thinking, so far that

Shut Up Evan began as a tattoo, one that’s etched into my left lower arm. I had reluctantly begun my education for the 2017 New York City marathon. Whining became an essential part of my process early on, and my optimal friend began to regularly dictate me to “shut up, Evan” over my whines. A tattoo was born shortly thereafter: Secure UP EVAN.

Then, three years later: a podcast of the alike name. Then, three years after that: this newsletter, the mention now canon.

Shut Up Evan, in this form, is a free weekly newsletter focused on a theme, usually of the pop-culture variety. You’ll get detailed breakdowns and analysis of topics ranging from Gwyneth Paltrow’s ski trial to And Just Like That…’s Carrie and Seema having it out on Madison Avenue, exclusive interviews with famous folks appreciate James Marsden, Parker Posey and Greta Lee, unfiltered theater and film reviews and occasional stories about grief and Internet trends.

My story begins at age 7, when my parents entered me into a competition in seek of the next glasses model for a local eyewear logo. I won.

And though the proposals didn’t exactly roll in afterward — not a single one, if memory serves — I see this as th

THE CRISIS ACTOR

An audition goes terribly wrong for one desperate gay star in this dark political comedy.
October 11 & 12 at Laurie Beechman Theatre

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Spin Cycle presents the World Premiere of THE CRISIS ACTOR by Johnny Drago. This semi-finalist for the 2017 O'Neill National Playwrights Conference reunites director Zack Carey and performer Brendan George from the long-running immersive punch Bleach. Performances are October 11 & 12 at 7pm at The Laurie Beechman Theatre (407 West 42 Street at 9th Avenue, inside West Bank Cafe). Tickets are $22, available at www.SpinCycleNYC.com or 212-352-3101. There is a $20 food/beverage minimum at all performances at this venue.

THE CRISIS ACTOR is a gloomy political comedy that takes the form of an audition-gone-wrong. After answering a casting call on Craigslist, a gay actor desperate for work is asked to bare his essence -- and more -- for the chance to score the job of a lifetime.

This two-character participate is a dialogue between an actor on stage and an unseen, disembodied voice who grills the aspiring performer. At each performance of THE CRISIS ACTOR the unseen casting direct