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Jul. 27th, 2019 06:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowkat1. Relaxing at home, flirting with Broadway tickets to the Oklahoma Revival. I found a few on sale or so they said -- $69.95 - 199.95, all Orchestra. (They lie. Turns out it's $89.95 (not including taxes and facility charges -- which is $102) and that's on Wed Mainteneee -- which I can't do) or $99.95 on Thursday at 7. And that's $120 with taxes, etc.
Damn. Broadway is expensive. Unless you know people, have great deals at work, or can find an app -- and go whenever.
Oh well, I might do it -- use the Equifax check. (Equifax apparently compromised my data and due to a settlement, if you are affected, you can obtain a claim for $125 or 4 years of credit checking. (I already have free credit checking.) )
Although it's not clear now...apparently the latest news release is that they won't be paying the $125 stated, and only the free credit monitoring. But I filled out the claim for $125 and it said it would give that to me. So I'm confused. Also I don't trust the New York Post -- which reported this change of pace. NY Post, Daily News, and Newsday are NY's tabloids.
2. Took some long walks. Gave in to my craving for a vanilla milkshake -- which I picked up from Carnval -- down the block. It was cheap. Six bucks.
And picked up pop-corn.
3. Rented Shazam via On Demand -- much better than expected. It's cheesy in places. Very much a kids show. But rather heartwarming, and the last twenty minutes made me cry in a good way -- restored my faith in humanity, if only for a couple of milleseconds. The perfect antidote to The Boys (which is a nihilistic take on the superhero genre, that just makes you want to hunt down spoiled rich white fan boys who created it and skewer them. I'm not sure that was the intent? I honestly don't think Eric Kripke, Seth Rogan, and Garth Ennis intended for me to want to skewer them after watching the first episode...but alas, that was my heartfelt desire.) Shazam is the perfect antidote. Made me like people. Yay.
It's about a foster boy hunting his real Mom who abandoned him at an amusement park five to six years ago. He ends up in a loving group home, run by two ex-foster kids.
And is struggling with it. Somewhere along the way -- he's given the powers of Shazam. The story is about him figuring out his powers, and his new living situation and family dynamics. The theme is about found family, and sharing power with others.
Very uplifting. Sort of sneers at the themes of The Boys and eats it for breakfast.
4. The news is depressing and I'm blatantly ignoring it.
Damn. Broadway is expensive. Unless you know people, have great deals at work, or can find an app -- and go whenever.
Oh well, I might do it -- use the Equifax check. (Equifax apparently compromised my data and due to a settlement, if you are affected, you can obtain a claim for $125 or 4 years of credit checking. (I already have free credit checking.) )
Although it's not clear now...apparently the latest news release is that they won't be paying the $125 stated, and only the free credit monitoring. But I filled out the claim for $125 and it said it would give that to me. So I'm confused. Also I don't trust the New York Post -- which reported this change of pace. NY Post, Daily News, and Newsday are NY's tabloids.
2. Took some long walks. Gave in to my craving for a vanilla milkshake -- which I picked up from Carnval -- down the block. It was cheap. Six bucks.
And picked up pop-corn.
3. Rented Shazam via On Demand -- much better than expected. It's cheesy in places. Very much a kids show. But rather heartwarming, and the last twenty minutes made me cry in a good way -- restored my faith in humanity, if only for a couple of milleseconds. The perfect antidote to The Boys (which is a nihilistic take on the superhero genre, that just makes you want to hunt down spoiled rich white fan boys who created it and skewer them. I'm not sure that was the intent? I honestly don't think Eric Kripke, Seth Rogan, and Garth Ennis intended for me to want to skewer them after watching the first episode...but alas, that was my heartfelt desire.) Shazam is the perfect antidote. Made me like people. Yay.
It's about a foster boy hunting his real Mom who abandoned him at an amusement park five to six years ago. He ends up in a loving group home, run by two ex-foster kids.
And is struggling with it. Somewhere along the way -- he's given the powers of Shazam. The story is about him figuring out his powers, and his new living situation and family dynamics. The theme is about found family, and sharing power with others.
Very uplifting. Sort of sneers at the themes of The Boys and eats it for breakfast.
4. The news is depressing and I'm blatantly ignoring it.
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Date: 2019-07-28 07:07 pm (UTC)(I've never been to New York; theatre prices are more affordable in the fly-over zone.)
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Date: 2019-07-28 07:28 pm (UTC)It's done with minimal staging, with the audience around the stage in bleacher seats. And with food on the stage -- like a South-Western BBQ. The players will play some of the instruments. Curly plays the guitar. Also Able Annie is in a wheelchair.
So I'm curious. I've seen two different versions -- including the famed Hugh Jackman stage production in London. (Both on film).
Yeah, NY is very pricey in regards to Broadway theater, off-Broadway or off-off Broadway is more affordable. I should have seen this production when it was Off-Off-Broadway at St. Anne's Warehouse in Brooklyn, it was far more affordable. Maybe $50 if that. Broadway has the tourists and can got much higher in price as a result.
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Date: 2019-07-29 04:38 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-07-29 12:42 pm (UTC)It's not clear. I think it's about $525,000 according to one article, more under another. The free credit monitoring is only useful if you don't already have a service (I do through my credit card and elsewhere). So they are hoping most people go for the credit monitoring. You can get up to $20,000 if you can prove hardship or loss. Everyone else either gets the credit monitoring of the check up to $125.When I filed, it asked me if I wanted a check for $125 or the free credit monitoring. It didn't say anything about caps.