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James Wolcott Does Not Have a Small Bladder, He Insists

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Yesterday we learned Times movie critic A.O. Scott doesn’t watch the Oscars; in the same long weekend, it turns out, we also learned that Vanity Fair’s resident cultural curmudgeon, James Wolcott, can’t sit through a two-hour play. From his VF.com blog:

More and more, I see shows described as “intermissionless,” and I hear the rattle of leg irons.


It isn’t that I’m incapable of “holding it in.” It isn’t that I’m likely to pull a Costanza and trample any senior blocking the aisle to make a beeline to the bathroom while the cast takes its bow.

Oh, sorry. Drifted off there. But don’t worry: There’s lots more. We can’t wait for it. Really. We’ll just nip out to the lobby first for a second, and 

Exit Ramp Closed [James Wolcott’s Blog/VF.com]

James Wolcott Does Not Have a Small Bladder, He Insists