In one of my professional lives, I work part-time at an amazing independent bookshop, which means I have the privilege of getting Advanced Reader’s Editions of upcoming novels and, friends, I could not let you all miss hearing about this one, as it’s relevant to our specific Sartorial Geek interests. I’ve read other books since finishing A Star Is Bored, but this novel planted itself in my heart in a very particular way, and I need to tell you about it.
One of the saddest non-health-related fallouts of the coronavirus situation is our inability to gather with friends and family and to be together in large community groups. For those of us who work and perform in arts and theatre, this new era of self-isolation can be devastating on many levels—mentally, financially, socially, and so on.
I love television and musical theatre with equal passion, but for very different reasons. I even got degrees in both of these things. While my classmates in my theatre MA program were already deeply knowledgeable about theatrical canon and history from their undergrad classes, I was comparing Medea to Karen Walker and using Seinfeld and Green Acres to talk about Ionesco’s absurdist classic The Bald Soprano.
He’s back, geeks! Sir Pat himself. Jean-Luc Picard. JLP. Mon Capitaine. Ol’ Baldy. (I didn’t make that one up; blame his cast mates). It’s me, your friendly neighborhood Trek Nerd, here with some tea (Earl Gray, hot – obviously) about the highly anticipated new series that premieres on January 23.