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Rom Watson creates multi-dimensional characters that capture the hilarity and drama of life all at once. Reading or seeing his work is more like being face to face with someone you know and love (or hate), or being in a situation that magnifies a hilarious and palpable human experience.
– Liam Burke
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All Plays Should Look Exactly the Same
By Rom Watson c. November 9, 2013 Today I attended the Dramatists Guild’s Los Angeles event entitled New Ideas for the Modern Playwright. What I took away from the event was that some of the playwrights in the Guild are … Continue reading
Deciphering an Old Joke
By Rom Watson c. September 29, 2013 There’s a lesson to be found in almost everything, if you look for it. Even an old joke. When I was a child, my mother told me about a prank phone call that … Continue reading
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Tagged eldest son of Queen Victoria, king Edward VII, old joke, prank phone call, Prince Albert in the can, tobacco
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Thelma and Eva and Vincent
By Rom Watson c. February 19, 2012 Few things are sadder than squandered potential. Whitney Houston is a recent example. While channel surfing, I went to CNN and they were broadcasting her funeral. I immediately changed the channel, as I … Continue reading
The Legend of Luck
By Rom Watson c. July 7, 2013 Chinese, Hindu and Native American mythology all share a legend in which the world was created on the back of a giant sea turtle. We now know this not to be the case. … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, consciousness, daily affirmation, Deidre Cole, demonstration of the principle, Dennis Osgood, Drag Bingo, George Ruffin, Hamburger Mary’s, It is done unto you as you believe, Legendary Bingo, luck, Ozzy Foundation, positive affirmations, responsibility, the world was created on the back of a giant sea turtle
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The Quest for Equanimity
By Rom Watson c. June 5, 2013 Life is a balancing act. Several balancing acts in fact, occurring simultaneously. For those old enough to remember The Ed Sullivan Show, or young enough to have seen the clips on YouTube, think … Continue reading
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Tagged actors, Aram Khachaturian, athletes, balance, equanimity, equilibrium, Erich Brenn, performance-enhancing drugs, poise, Sabre Dance, testosterone, The Ed Sullivan Show, war
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I Am My Own Cinematographer
By Rom Watson circa February 24, 2013 I blame Woody Allen. The problem started with his film Husbands and Wives. As I watched it I was horrified to discover it had been filmed (by Carlo Di Palma) using handheld cinematography, … Continue reading
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Tagged 30 Rock, Best Picture Oscar, Betsy Sharkey, Breaking the Waves, Carlo Di Palma, Cleveland, Critic's Pick, Friday Night Lights, handheld cinematography, Husbands and Wives, Los Angeles Times, movies, Precious, Saving Private Ryan, Shakespeare in Love, State of Play, The Blair Witch Project, The Bourne Supremacy, The Hurt Locker, Traffic, Woody Allen
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Orchids
By Rom Watson c. February 22, 2013 Orchids bloom in my care. It’s not something I’m going to put on my resume, but I do find it interesting because I have never in my life had any aptitude for taking … Continue reading
I am a Camera Obscura
By Rom Watson c. January 20, 2013 People want to be part of a story. Why did children dress up as characters from Harry Potter to attend the release of the latest volume at their local bookstore? Those children loved … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th century paintings, camera obscura, Comic-Con, Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, J.K. Rowling, midnight screening of Rocky Horror Picture Show, my silvering process, story, The Mirror of Erised
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