Regietheather is Over. No, Really, It's Over.

I don't think the estimable J— will mind me posting this email of his here, unless it was destined for Van Twee's inchoate blog. But really, you all have to see this.

Scroll to the bottom of this page and watch the video. Do it even it you don't speak German, although it's even funnier and more pathetic if you do. Seriously, watch it right now.

My one comment: Okay, I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that Planet of the Apes was an allegory against racism—how is it that the imagery can be coöpted for an exercise that is... um, er... undisguisedly racist? Okay, well, slightly-disguisedly. But still...

[PS. Cambridge talk was good, I wore the grey. Paris crisis averted. More soon.]