Monthly Archives: November 2011

Kate, Broadsheet, The Irish Times, And The Mysterious Case Of The Disappearing Articles

Posted on November 29, 2011 by alfla

An article about a friend of mine who passed away in August, and about how journalistic choices influence the ongoing discussion of mental health issues in the workplace. Continue reading →

Posted in Hey Look At This, Mental Health, Sober Thoughts, Uncategorized | Tagged broadsheet, broadsheet.ie, bullying, communications clinic, depression, gary speed, grace ringwood, kate fitzgerald, leveson, mental health, mental illness, paul mcmullan, suicide, terry prone, the irish times, workplace ethics | 31 Comments

Transgender Day Of Remembrance

Posted on November 22, 2011 by alfla

For the unfamiliar, the annual Transgender Day Of Remembrance is dedicated to mourning the murders of members of the trans community worldwide. I won’t go into detail, as the speech below by Torontonian Morgan M. Page shows just how complex … Continue reading →

Posted in FlaTube, Hey Look At This, LGBT Rights, Sober Thoughts | Tagged gay rights, it gets better, LGBT, lgbt rights, morgan m page, transgender day of rememberance, transgender murders, transgender rights, transphobic | Leave a comment

100-Word Review: “Melancholia”

Posted on November 22, 2011 by alfla

An experience openly shared by director Von Trier and (Cannes Best Actress-winning) star Kirsten Dunst, Melancholia is a tale of doom – from the personal to the cosmic. As Dunst’s depressed Justine takes part in an increasingly deranged wedding, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Movie Reviews, Reviews | Tagged alan flanagan, film, film reviews, how to write for television, kirsten dunst, lars von trier, melancholia, melancholia review, parallelevision, parallelovision, playwright, playwriting, reviews, screenwriter, screenwriting, spec scripts, specs for television, television writing, tips for writers, writing tips | 1 Comment

Cougar Town & Community In Danger Of Cancellation

Posted on November 20, 2011 by alfla

I didn’t want to take out the angry koala again. It’s come to my attention that the powers that be at NBC (it rhymes, it must be correct) haven’t even GLANCED at my buddha board and have instead decided to … Continue reading →

Posted in FlaTube, Hey Look At This, Televisual Musings | Tagged big joe, cancellation, cancelled shows, community, cougar town, courteney cox, ellie, grayson, jeff and annie, jules, laurie, NBC, penny can, troy and abed | 2 Comments

“Sex In My Mercedes-Benz, He’s / Hoping I Don’t Spill My Menses”

Posted on November 16, 2011 by alfla

Now that I’m suddenly-weirdly-out-of-nowhere working on four writing projects in the form of my new play for (hopefully) the Toronto Fringe, a web series for the lovely WildSound Productions, a military sensory overload with the guys at Pandemic Theatre and … Continue reading →

Posted in Hey Look At This, How I Write, Things That I'm Doing | Tagged alan flanagan, my first period, my first period the musical, pandemic theatre, parallelevision, playwright, playwriting, theatre, theatre writing, toronto fringe, wildsound, writing a musical | Leave a comment

This Week In Insane Fucking Homophobia…

Posted on November 9, 2011 by alfla

Gretchen Whitmer is a Michigan State Senator who has become something of a poster child (woman? lady? Senatorperson?) for gay rights over the past few days for her startling approach of logic and let’s-not-bully-children when it comes to public policy. … Continue reading →

Posted in FlaTube, Hey Look At This, LGBT Rights, Sober Thoughts | Tagged bullying, bullying legislation, gay rights, gay suicide, gretchen whitmer, harassment, lgbt rights, lgbt suicide, michigan legislation, teen suicide | Leave a comment

A (Very Grainy) Trip Through Gotham City

Posted on November 7, 2011 by alfla

So I was down in NYC at the weekend doing regular NYC things like watching R.L. Stine steamroll his way through an interview and trying to find a copy of the Sunday Independent, when I stumbled upon Wall Street. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Movie Reviews, Reviews | Tagged alan flanagan, batman, batman begins, christopher nolan, how to write for television, occupy wall street, parallelevision, parallelovision, playwright, playwriting, screenwriter, screenwriting, spec scripts, specs for television, television writing, the dark knight rises, tips for writers, writing tips | 2 Comments

Response To Sunday Independent Article PUBLISHED

Posted on November 6, 2011 by alfla

My blog post response to Eamon Delaney’s anti-gay rant was printed in today’s Sunday Independent! Article here, very interesting responses also on the letters page here. Thanks guys for all the views and re-tweeting that got this off the ground, hopefully … Continue reading →

Posted in FlaTube, Hey Look At This, LGBT Rights, Sober Thoughts | Tagged bisexual rights, eamon delaney article, eamon delaney homophobia, funny or die gay marriage, gay marriage, gay rights, homophobia, homophobic, lgbt rights, sunday independent, transgender rights | 1 Comment

100-Word Review: “100 Interviews Live” at People’s Improv Theatre

Posted on November 5, 2011 by alfla

What unexpected delights you serve, NYC. Myself and a few friends stumbled into the 100 Interviews Live panel hoping to see RL Stine, but got much more. A framing device for a project that saw writer Gaby Dunn set herself … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Theatre Reviews | Tagged 100 interviews, alan flanagan, anne christensen, how to write for television, julia segal, mark malkoff, parallelevision, parallelovision, people's improv theater, people's improv theatre, playwright, playwriting, RL Stine, screenwriter, screenwriting, spec scripts, specs for television, television writing, tips for writers, writing tips | 3 Comments

100-Word Review: “The Normal Heart” at Buddies In Bad Times

Posted on November 4, 2011 by alfla

Emotional bingo. A show, in the round, and twenty seconds of silence where you just watch audience member after audience member burst into tears. “The Normal Heart” – an autobiographical account of the first years of the AIDs virus in … Continue reading →

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