Todd and I had a wonderful evening last night watching “Sordid Lives” in Hal & Mal’s big room. It was a hilarious time, and our friend and JFP senior editor JoAnn Prichard Morris was delicious as the drunken floozy. (I told her to watch for typecasting.)
Of course, my overwhelming feeling was sheer happiness that a play filled with cursing, transvestites and women getting revenge, Thelma and Louise-style, could pack the house several nights in a row with people of all ages, sexual orientations and race.
This is our Mississippi, folks; not the one that Trent Lott tells the world that he represents. Our Mississippi is diverse, compassionate and loves to have a good time. Our Mississippi was in fine form last night. Cheers to the “Sordid Lives” crew and cast.
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It’s also one of those times to pause and consider what the folks at Hal & Mal’s do for this community.
#107741 | Author: DonnaLadd | Date: Oct 1 2006
Oh, it was SO wonderful. As Michelle said: “All the cool people are here!” It was really weird to be sitting next to my sister and her husband, in front of someone I’d worked with, who was sitting next to someone I knew from church, and NOT KNOWING IN ADVANCE THAT ANY OF THEM WOULD BE THERE. We really have an amazing city. This was visit #2 to Hal & Mal’s for me, but I’m hooked. The play was heavenly. Absolutely heavenly. And given that it played to a packed house all week, raising who knows how much money for HeARTS Against AIDS, I suspect this won’t be the last showing. Hats off to the Fondren Theater Workshop. And if I hear one more person start talking about how there’s nothing to do in Jackson…I’m gonna shit! Cheers, TH
#107742 | Author: Tom Head | Date: Oct 1 2006
Re Hal & Mal: Agreed. Good, good community-building people. And the portobello burgers aren’t half bad, either! And lord have mercy… Those onion rings are big enough to double as frisbees in a pinch. Cheers, TH
#107743 | Author: Tom Head | Date: Oct 1 2006
They’ve done alot. Too much to be screwed over as they were by the city in giving resort status to the Farish street area.
#107744 | Author: Kingfish | Date: Oct 1 2006
