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New York Post
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
How much are tickets to see Keanu Reeves in ‘Waiting For Godot' on Broadway?
Vivid Seats is the New York Post's official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. Featured pricing is subject to change. Bill and Ted are totally going highbrow. Starting Sept. 13, 'Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure' co-stars Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter are reuniting to share the stage in 'Waiting For Godot' at Broadway's Hudson Theatre. The Jamie Lloyd-directed show is the latest update of Samuel Beckett's absurd 1953 play that follows two men, Estragon (Reeves, making his Broadway debut) and Vladimir (Winter), who wait for Godot, whom neither has never met. The pair encounter another interesting duo — Lucky (Michael Patrick Thornton) and Pozzo (TBD) — and unusual events unfold. Advertisement This will be the fifth Broadway staging of the seminal production; most recently, Ian McKellan and Patrick Stewart co-headlined the show from 2013-14 at the Cort Theatre. Prior to that, Nathan Lane and John Goodman toplined a 2009 revival. But why now for Reeves and Winter? 'We had just acted together again and we hadn't done that in a long time and it was really fun,' Winter explained via Instagram, referring to the 2020 film 'Bill & Ted Face The Music.' 'We were like 'how can we do that again?' but also playing different characters.' Advertisement 'The films that we did together, the Bill & Ted films, the language in those films had the architecture and their rhythms,' Reeves, 60, told People. 'And I think that even from early days, we approached them theatrically or even commedia dell'arte… Okay, I do something, you do something, I get the ball, you get the ball.' If this sounds like the Gen X fever dream of your dreams, tickets are available for all 127 'Waiting For Godot' shows at the Hudson Theatre from Sept. 13 through Jan. 4, 2026. At the time of publication, the lowest price we could find on tickets for any one show was $164 before fees on Vivid Seats. That price isn't unique either. Based on our findings, there are 11 shows — all Wednesday 2 p.m. matinees — with seats going for $164 before fees as of now. Advertisement Other dates have seats starting anywhere from $179 to $311 before fees. For more information, our team has everything you need to know and more about Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter in 'Waiting for Godot' on Broadway below. All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation. 'Angry Alan' ticket prices As noted above, there are 127 performances of 'Waiting for Godot' scheduled at the Hudson Theatre (that includes quite a few 2 and 3 p.m. matinees). Below you'll find dates and start times of the 11 Wednesday 2 p.m. matinees with the cheapest ticket prices listed chronologically. Advertisement 'Waiting for Godot' dates Ticket prices start at Wednesday, Oct. 1 2 p.m. $164 Wednesday, Oct. 8 2 p.m. $164 Wednesday, Oct. 15 2 p.m. $164 Wednesday, Oct. 22 2 p.m. $164 Wednesday, Oct. 29 2 p.m. $164 Wednesday, Nov. 5 2 p.m. $164 Wednesday, Nov. 12 2 p.m. $164 Wednesday, Nov. 19 2 p.m. $164 Wednesday, Dec. 3 2 p.m. $164 Wednesday, Dec. 10 2 p.m. $164 Wednesday, Dec. 17 2 p.m. $164 (Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and, if it isn't noted, will include additional fees at checkout.) Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand. They offer a 100% buyer guarantee that states your transaction will be safe and secure and your tickets will be delivered prior to the event. Still curious about Vivid Seats? You can find an article from their team about why the company is legit here. 'Waiting for Godot' cast Although you're likely familiar with Keanu's resume, here's a formal introduction to each of the three announced leads. Keanu Reeves (Estragon) has been acting since 1984, when he made his debut in the Canadian sitcom 'Hangin' In.' In the 40 years since, he's starred in a number of huge films — 'Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure,' 'The Matrix,' 'John Wick,' 'Speed,' 'Point Break' to name just a few — fronted the '90s alt-rock group Dogstar and authored the 12-issue graphic novel series 'BRZRKR.' Alex Winter (Vladimir) is not making his Broadway debut in 'Waiting for Godot.' As a child, he appeared on the stage in 'The King & I' and 'Peter Pan' (alongside Sandy Duncan). In the years since his upcoming return to the theater, he portrayed Bill S. Preston Esq. in the 'Bill and Ted's' trilogy and acted in 'The Lost Boys,' 'Grand Piano' and 'Smosh: The Movie.' However, like Reeves, he isn't just a thespian. Winter has directed a number of feature films over the years including the '90s comedy 'Freaked' and a 2020 Frank Zappa documentary. Advertisement Michael Patrick Thornton (Lucky) easily has the most stage experience of the trio here. The actor, improviser, writer and director recently starred opposite Jessica Chastain in Jamie Lloyd's production of 'The Doll House.' Other notable roles of his include 'Macbeth' (alongside Daniel Craig) and 'Obliteration.' He's also appeared on TV in 'Private Practice,' 'The Good Doctor' and 'NCIS.' Big stars on and off Broadway There's never a shortage of star power in midtown Manhattan (and downtown). If you're hoping to see a film or TV icon live onstage, here are just five shows featuring household names currently running on The Great White Way and elsewhere in the Big Apple. • Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal in 'Othello' Advertisement • George Clooney in 'Good Night and Good Luck' • Kieran Culkin, Bill Burr and Bob Odenkirk in 'Glengarry Glen Ross' • Leslie Odom Jr. in 'Hamilton' • John Krasinski in 'Angry Alan' Advertisement Want to catch a concert or two, too? Take a look at our list of all the biggest artists on tour in 2025 to find the show for you. This article was written by Matt Levy, New York Post live events reporter. Levy stays up-to-date on all the latest tour announcements from your favorite musical artists and comedians, as well as Broadway openings, sporting events and more live shows – and finds great ticket prices online. Since he started his tenure at the Post in 2022, Levy has reviewed a Bruce Springsteen concert and interviewed Melissa Villaseñor of SNL fame, to name a few. Please note that deals can expire, and all prices are subject to change
Economist
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Economist
Shopping malls are making a comeback in America
'This is where people of today's world hang out,' explained Bill Preston, a student, to Socrates. Mr Preston was not your typical member of the Socratic circle. The year was 1988 and they were riding the escalator at a mall. That the makers behind 'Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure', a film about two high-schoolers transporting historical figures to their present day, chose this setting is unsurprising. Since America's first fully enclosed mall opened in Minnesota in 1956, thousands had sprung up across the country. Malls were the new agora where the demos came to eat, shop and, indeed, 'hang out'.
Yahoo
09-04-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
The rise of the Tesla Takedown: How anger at Elon Musk boiled over into a global protest movement
Actor Alex Winter — of "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" fame — was scrolling through the social network Bluesky in early February when he realized the rage against Elon Musk had the makings of a movement. The Los Angeles-based director and writer saw a post by Joan Donovan, a sociologist at Boston University, on February 8, urging followers to "bang some pots and pans on the sidewalks" in front of Tesla dealerships. She linked to Tesla's online tool for looking up nearby stores and showrooms and included a lone hashtag at the top of the post: #TeslaTakeover. Winter, 59, told Business Insider that he messaged Donovan on Bluesky and asked her if creating a website to centralize the protest effort would be a good idea. "Go for it," Winter recalled Donovan saying. Creating the website — a spin on Donovan's hashtag — took a few weeks. The first protest in Los Angeles, on February 15, drew only about 80 people. But the effort to create a go-to hub online paid off, Winter said. Two weeks after the website launched on February 14, more than 1,000 people turned out for a Tesla protest in Los Angeles. Winter and Donovan weren't alone in kick-starting the grassroots movement. Organizers cropped up around the world, and by the end of March, protests in more than 250 US cities and in 13 countries around the world — complete with counterprotests — had thrust the anger with Musk into the zeitgeist. "I think it's significant that this started on BlueSky because there's a lot of people who left Twitter when Elon Musk bought it, including myself," said Winter. Discontent with Musk bubbled up into a full-fledged movement when the auto executive got political himself, turning much of his attention from his businesses to cost-cutting in the Trump administration's DOGE office. Tesla didn't respond to a request for comment from Business Insider. Musk has repeatedly said his work with the White House has been about making the government more efficient and eliminating waste and fraud. He has also said the backlash against Tesla has been tough but that "we're doing the right thing here." Still, organizers and protesters against Tesla have told BI that owning one of Musk's vehicles has become a politically polarizing symbol. The anti-Tesla movement has coincided with the company's spectacular downturn. Shares in the electric automaker are down more than 40% this year, and vehicle sales are also declining. In April, the carmaker released a disappointing first-quarter delivery report, showing it sold just under 336,700 EVs in the first three months of the year — a 13% drop from a year ago and its lowest quarterly deliveries since 2022. The company attributed the decline to overhauling its production lines ahead of the launch of the refreshed Model Y, which it said "led to the loss of several weeks of production" in the first quarter. Meanwhile, many Tesla owners — including celebrities such as Sheryl Crow, Bette Midler, and Jason Bateman — have looked to offload their vehicles. Used Tesla listings are up more than 30% this year, according to Cox Automotive, whose director of industry insights said in an industry forecast that Musk's unpopularity had an "undeniable" impact on the brand's image and sales. To understand how the Tesla Takedown protests have unfolded, threatening Tesla's position as the world's most valuable automaker, Business Insider spoke with more than 45 organizers, protesters, customers, and brand experts. Tesla looked poised to be a big winner after Musk bet hundreds of millions on Trump's reelection campaign (and it could still prove to be). In October, Musk joined then-candidate Donald Trump onstage at a rally in New York City, announcing that he intended to help the government cut $2 trillion in spending. In the days following the election, Tesla shares surged amid a broad market rally. The stock hit an all-time high in December. But Musk's actions started to alarm people on the political left, many of whom had bought into Tesla's climate-conscious sales pitch to electrify the world's automotive fleet. While speaking to the crowd at Trump's inauguration celebration in January, Musk made a gesture perceived by many as a Nazi salute. Musk, who had also thrown his support behind Germany's right-wing AfD party, has repeatedly denied that the gesture had anything to do with Nazism. Around that time, signs of anti-Musk sentiment became increasingly visible in daily life, spilling out from social media and onto America's roads. Bumper stickers appealing to embarrassed Tesla owners sold out by the thousands on Amazon and Redbubble. Matthew Hiller, an aquarium worker who sells anti-Elon Musk stickers online as a side hustle, said business boomed after the Tesla CEO made the inflammatory gesture. TikTokers calling themselves the "Cybertruck Hunters" began to deliberately follow Cybertrucks, using a projector to beam lines like "I wonder if everyone who's passing me thinks I'm a Nazi?" onto the body of the stainless-steel vehicle. Influencers created songs mocking the polarizing design of Cybertrucks that garnered millions of views. Then the protests began. The protests that eventually became the Tesla Takedown movement grew on an almost parallel timeline in different locations. On February 1, Kathy Sprague, who lives in the Bay Area, showed up at Tesla's Berkeley showroom alone, carrying a picket sign and wearing a bear costume. A month later, wearing the same bear costume, she was joined by roughly 300 protesters. In Corte Madera, California, Lara Starr, a writer and publicist in her 50s who runs a small local chapter of the feminist organization Solidarity Sundays, pulled together around 50 friends and associates for a protest on Presidents Day. By the next week, Starr had helped organize a February 23 protest at her local showroom. The local chapter of Indivisible, a progressive movement organization that launched in 2016 in response to Trump, found out about the effort and turned out around 200 demonstrators. In Manhattan, Alice Hu, the director of Planet Over Profit, a youth-led organization for climate justice, said that she organized her first protest toward the end of February, inspired by other organizations that had cropped up across the country. Hu said her organization was "very concerned watching the unelected takeover of the federal government" so it was important for its members to join the protests. Most of the protests were peaceful — but others vented their frustrations against Musk in a more destructive way. At times, Musk chose to downplay the demonstrations or challenge their authenticity, calling them "fake rallies" and the participants "paid" protesters. But viral images of the charred remains of Tesla vehicles and graffitied Tesla dealerships became impossible to ignore as anger against Musk boiled over into vandalism and attacks on showrooms. Things were getting ugly, with police investigating multiple arson incidents. One protester was arrested and charged with throwing "firebomb" at a Tesla dealership in Colorado, and authorities arrested a man in South Carolina who they said had set fire to Tesla charging stations. Musk weighed in online and in media appearances, denouncing the attacks and saying it was a "shock" to see "this level of, really, hatred and violence from the left." "I understand if you don't want to buy our product," Musk said during an all-hands meeting at Tesla on March 20, "but you don't have to burn it down." The attacks on Tesla dealerships caught the eye of the White House. On March 11, Trump hosted an event on the south lawn of the White House in which he perused a line of Tesla cars before picking out one to buy for himself. He spoke glowingly of Musk and reiterated that the auto exec had his full support. When asked if the attacks should be considered "domestic terrorism," Trump agreed. There's no evidence that these individual acts are connected to Tesla Takedown organizers, and its organizers have said they don't endorse property damage. "If you've bought a Cybertruck in the last six months, I might question your decency," Starr said. "But I think a point should be made that this is not about harassing or wagging a finger at Tesla drivers, and we are also respectful of the folks who are working at Tesla." The Tesla Takedown movement flexed its organizing might in March. As DOGE was in full swing in its efforts to cut jobs and end DEI initiatives that the White House described as "radical and wasteful," organizers coordinated the biggest protest yet on March 29. Some leaders found themselves targeted over their efforts. After announcing plans for the day of demonstrations, Hu said she faced doxxing and threats. Protests around the US drew large crowds, with thousands showing up at some locations, organizers told BI. On the West Coast, at least 2,000 protesters showed up at a showroom in Walnut Creek, California. One in Portland drew more than 1,000 people. More than 700 protesters flocked to a Boston showroom. Business Insider attended two Tesla Takedown protests in Michigan. On the rainy Saturday, a crowd of mostly older demonstrators carrying handmade signs assembled outside Tesla dealerships. Mike Whitty, 83, said the turnout was impressive for such a rainy day. "Just because he's a billionaire, that doesn't mean he can become the co-president, try to knock out our government," he told BI. "Golly, they're going to wreck the Michigan auto industry with tariffs. They're going to hurt our economy in a worse way than many states that are not as focused on one big product." "I'm concerned about how Elon Musk has taken over our government as a nonelected citizen," Patti Kubota, 23, said at a protest in Troy. "I'm worried about fascism and the takeover of our safety and government." "I have friends that own Teslas and they're mortified," said another Michigan protester who declined to share her name and age. "One friend, a work colleague, said that they bought their Tesla before the election. They only have 18,000 miles on it. They wanted to sell it. They cannot sell it." A smaller movement led by Trump and Musk supporters — dubbed by some as the "Tesla Shield" — also emerged in the run-up to the coordinated day of demonstrations. "Are you disturbed by the recent attacks and vandalism against Tesla facilities and owners?" wrote one Tesla fan organizing a counterprotest in Irvine, California. "You are invited to join a growing group of sensible people to visibly counter protest this lunacy!" Counterprotesters started showing up before the major Tesla Takedown protests, and a number of them went to the March 29 demonstrations in Columbus, Ohio; Austin; Salt Lake City; Meridian, Idaho; and Paramus, New Jersey. Members of the Proud Boys and other extremist faction on the right showed up at some of the counterprotests, Wired reported. The pressure campaign against Musk has also transformed daily life for many Tesla owners, pushing some to sell and galvanizing others to support the company. In the roughly two months since the Tesla Takedown movement started, BI has spoken to over 15 Tesla owners who experienced harassment or vandalism of their vehicles. Cybertruck owners Joshua Hazel and Christina G. said crowd members at a Mardi Gras parade threw cans of beer and chains of beads at their car as they drove through to help transport parade marshalls. Both said their vehicles sustained thousands of dollars in damages. "We bought more Tesla shares, we're looking at adding another Tesla to the stable," Hazel, 50, said, adding that he wouldn't allow "any kind of bullying to dictate" the vehicle he drives. In California, a Ring security doorbell captured footage of a vandal slashing a Cybertruck's tires and throwing a brick at it, shattering the windshield. Some have even been targeted for owning a Tesla in the past. One website features a digital map with a Molotov cocktail cursor revealing information about former and current Tesla owners and DOGE employees. "I think it's irresponsible and extra-judicial punishment for people that have nothing to do with what is going on in Washington," Victor Vescovo, one of the Tesla owners whose information was listed on the website, told BI, adding that he supports DOGE's mission. Another, who said he was looking to sell his vehicle, said in a message that he supports "whatever civil disobedience people take out on Tesla, the company, but it's upsetting to see people glorifying violence against owners." One Tesla owner, Ben Baker, said someone keyed his Model Y and left a crude drawing on it soon after the election. Baker, who loves the Cybertruck and recently owned one, decided to return the vehicle because he was concerned his kids could be harassed. Another Tesla owner, David Abrams, told BI he doesn't agree with Musk's actions, but selling his Tesla would be a "major financial hit," given that he doesn't have a car payment and the company already has his money. He also plans to keep "Anti-Elon Tesla Club" and "I bought this before Elon went crazy" Tesla stickers on his car. Protesters say they plan to return to Tesla dealerships for demonstrations in the coming weeks, perhaps not with the same numbers as the March 29 Tesla Takedown and not all on the same day. There are at least 80 planned protests in the US, according to the Tesla Takedown website. A Tesla Takedown spokesperson told BI in an email that "all eyes are on upcoming Tesla earnings on 4/22," and they're hopeful that the stock price will continue to plummet, which would "speed up the timeline for Elon Musk to be removed from the Trump Regime." It's difficult to gauge the precise impact the protests have had on the company. Boycott movements historically don't move the needle much — and automotive industry experts have told BI they aren't sold on the idea that Tesla's declining sales are a direct result of boycotting efforts. But the most recent quarter's delivery numbers were jarring even to those who are typically enthusiastic about Tesla. Ross Gerber, a longtime investor, and the Tesla bull Dan Ives attributed the disappointing data to brand damage. Ryan Brinkman, a JPMorgan analyst and Tesla bear, said even he may have underestimated the impact of negative sentiment. "Tesla's 1Q sales and production report causes us to think that — if anything — we may have underestimated the degree of consumer reaction," Brinkman wrote in a note on Friday. Tesla has an uphill battle ahead, said David J. Reibstein, a professor of marketing at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Tesla must either focus on rebranding or face the challenge of targeting a completely different customer base, he said. "We now have a brand highly associated with a single individual who has a strong association with a political brand, and that has carried over to the brand itself," he said. Musk, who navigated Tesla through challenges in the past, has told investors to "hang on to your stock," pointing to Tesla's coming "Cybercab" robotaxi and Optimus robots as future growth opportunities for the company. Starr, the organizer, said many protest coordinators feel that Tesla locations have become a place for "Americans who give a damn about our country" to come together and voice their opinions. "We can't all go to Washington or Mar-a-Lago, or another Trump property," she said, "but we can turn out at hundreds of Tesla stores and charging stations in a very visible expression of our disgust." For Winter, the protests' momentum signals that the tide is turning for how people view Musk. "I've been concerned about Elon Musk back since he was at PayPal, and then with the purchase and dismantling of Twitter," he told BI. "And now it has reared its head in a way that I think the rest of the world has woken up to." Read the original article on Business Insider
Axios
07-04-2025
- Business
- Axios
Some Valley malls fight to survive despite the industry's decline
The fate of the Valley's once-ubiquitous shopping malls has been a mixed bag, with some continuing to thrive while others have fallen on hard times or even been razed to make way for new developments. Why it matters: Malls were once the economic and social hearts of their communities, providing places to shop, meet and work. The big picture: Enclosed, indoor shopping malls have been on the decline for years, and those in the Phoenix metro area are no exception. Some malls have survived by taking on new lives as entertainment and lifestyle hubs, and by tailoring themselves to fill specific niches. With so much shopping done online these days, successful malls have evolved to play different roles in people's lives, said Donald Bredberg of Las Vegas-based StoneCreek Partners LLC, a shopping mall and retail consultancy. Reality check: Some of the Valley's most beloved and iconic malls couldn't withstand the trend. Zoom in: Famous as the site of memorable scenes from "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure," Metrocenter closed permanently in 2020, and demolition began last year. In its place will be "The Metropolitan," a mixed-use development filled with housing, retail, restaurants and entertainment. Similar plans are in the works for the sites of Paradise Valley Mall and Fiesta Mall. Most malls are in good locations, Bredberg said, and it's normal to redevelop all or part of them. Yes, but: Other Valley malls have adapted and survived, in some cases by capitalizing on particular consumer groups. Desert Sky Mall caters to Hispanic culture, with features like its Mercado De Los Cielos, the Valley's only Curacao department store, and a Spanish-language movie theater. Scottsdale Fashion Square is all about luxury, with fine dining and high-end retailers that often can't be found anywhere else in Arizona. The intrigue: There's still a place for brick-and-mortar retail, Bredberg told Axios, but people are looking for food and entertainment while they browse. The big trend now is "location-based entertainment" businesses like PopStroke golf, Chicken and Pickle restaurant and pickleball court, and LumberjAxes ax throwing bar. State of play: Arrowhead Towne Center is a "unified shopping experience" and is "perfectly positioned" as the only regional shopping center in the rapidly growing northwest Valley, said Rachel Olish, a senior marketing manager at Macerich, which runs malls including Arrowhead, Desert Sky and Scottsdale Fashion Square. And, she told Axios: "We don't just keep the same tenants. We continue to evolve with what our shoppers want." Case in point: Round 1 Bowling and Arcade, a Japanese arcade chain, replaced an old Mervyn's at Arrowhead in December 2023 and helped revitalize that area of the mall, Olish said.
USA Today
28-03-2025
- General
- USA Today
On nostalgia for something that never was
On nostalgia for something that never was | DAVID MURDOCK One should never, ever Google a topic right before a deadline. If the subject is something of interest to the writer, that's a real time-killer. That's why I should never have Googled 'nostalgia for something never experienced' this morning. I know that several foreign languages have words for that sort of nostalgia; I simply couldn't remember exactly how to spell those words. I know that scholars studying nostalgia separate it into different varieties; I simply couldn't remember what they all are. So, I Googled the subject as a jog to my memory. And, down the rabbit hole we go! That brings up Morrison's cafeteria. (Stay with me, that's not as random as it sounds.) There was an article by Lawrence Specker on recently titled 'There's one Morrison's cafeteria left in the country, and you can find it in Alabama.' Spoiler alert: it's in Mobile, where the chain was founded. I emailed the article to a friend, who said that he'd 'maybe' eaten at a Morrison's only once in his life. Back in the day, my mom and dad dragged me off to the one in the Gadsden Mall quite often, so I have pleasant memories of it. However, it's not a key memory of my childhood. As I replied to my friend, 'I'm nostalgic enough that I'd go eat at this one … if I were already in Mobile. Not nostalgic enough to drive down there for it.' As I've said many, many times in this column, nostalgia is a 'tricksy' thing. Our memories of our own lives are not entirely reliable, and we tend to remember either the bad times or the good. We don't usually remember the everyday. What has me thinking about all of these things? The fifth anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic — as most sources date it — passed this last week. I don't really think we fully appreciate the differences between today and say, six years ago. What I'm sure of is that the younger ones among us — say those who are now graduating high school — don't at all. COVID, of course, was a society-altering event. Eating at Morrison's as a kid was not. More: Spring break offers perfect time for spring cleaning | DAVID MURDOCK However, I sometimes don't entirely remember what 'everyday life' was like before COVID. Some places, for example, still have those 'social distancing marks' on their floors. In a few years, only the older ones of us will remember what those are, if the marks are still there. Sometimes, though, when giving directions to people my age, I reference stores that haven't been in business for decades. Recently, I've given directions to places in Attalla that included, 'It's in the building where Southern Hardware was' and 'It's next to where Elmore's was,' for example. I have pleasant memories of Southern Hardware and Elmore's, by the way. And it goes much deeper, too. The other day, I saw a clip from "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure." The clip was from near the beginning, when Rufus shows up in the time-travelling phone booth. How many years has it been since the last phone booth was taken down? The clip from that now 36-year-old movie (!!!) was referenced by a writer about my age, so I got the joke right away. But one cannot rely upon a shared 'memory base.' I am no longer as funny to my students as I was in the past. They just don't understand the references I make because they don't remember them. I tell classes all the time that I'm a lot funnier if they were Generation X. They chuckle politely, much as I did when professors of mine made jokes about say, "The African Queen" or "Bedtime for Bonzo." And what historical events passed between my professors' young adulthoods and mine? Oh, my! Think of everything that happened between 1951 and 1987. And yes, I'd watched "The African Queen" by 1987, but I've still never seen "Bedtime for Bonzo" and really only know about it in reference to President Ronald Reagan. It also bears pointing out that "The African Queen" is a movie released in 1951 made from a 1935 novel by C.S. Forester set in August 1914. Although heavily fictionalized, there are some real-life events that 'inspired' the novel. More: 'Spring forward' throws off my entire schedule | DAVID MURDOCK And there's another nest of nostalgia that I refuse to stir up ― I'd seen "The African Queen" because, somewhere along the way in high school, I became a huge fan of Humphrey Bogart and tracked down every one of his movies that I could find. Why Bogart? I have no idea whatsoever what caught my attention with him. I will say this thing, though: it hurts me just a little bit that my students have never heard of him. Not that they haven't seen a movie starring Bogart ― that I could take. They've never heard of him. I suppose I toss that one right back at 'em. I've never heard of most of their movie stars, either, and those stars are actively making movies right now. However, I do wonder sometimes about what these students will be nostalgic in 37 years. What will they fondly remember about 2025? What will be the everyday things they remember? Like a favorite restaurant, now gone … except in Mobile.
