In an opinion piece on CNN.com, Jarrett Barrios, the President of GLAAD, suggests that Tracy Morgan should now meet with victims or the families of victims of anti-gay violence.  Here’s an excerpt:

“While it is certainly a good thing that Morgan has started to take responsibility for the offensive content of his routine by apologizing publicly to his fans and the gay community, he must do more to balance the harm that his words have inflicted. He could take one profound step to show his sincerity by meeting with parents and young people who have been personally effected [sic] by anti-gay violence or family rejection.”

I can’t believe that I just typed that title for this blog post…

The newest revelation about an alleged “x-rated” picture of Anthony Weiner’s erect penis got me thinking about the very public arena in which we live. I read an article by Marie Griffith on Huffington Post last evening, and I think she hit the nail on the head. Then I started thinking some more about how we label an erect penis as “x-rated.”

Last evening I started teaching a three-week graduate intensive called Theatre Practices: Problems in Play Production, the Development of New Plays at NYU Steinhardt’s Program in Educational Theatre.  As a bit of a disclaimer, I inherited the title of the course, so I want to be clear that I don’t necessarily think that play development automatically equals a play production “problem.”  I’m not sure how the title came about, as the course was written before my time at NYU, but I do thoroughly enjoy teaching the course.

Another one bites the dust, people.  These politicians should rethink their chosen professions if they’re going to do these kinds of things.  I’m not a prude, but people in public office need to be a little more careful with tweeting, Facebooking, etc.  So far, this is what sets Barack Obama heads and shoulders above any other public figure this country has seen in a long time.