Sam Brooks

Playwright/journalist/stutterer. he/him. Arts and culture coverage at Dramatic Pause.

[Sam Brooks @sbrookbrooks]

Very excited to announce that my newsletter, Dramatic Pause, will be starting up on Monday (Feb 10). There will be three posts a week – one reported piece of arts coverage, one piece of criticism, and another piece of my choosing. https://t.co/fLdDHcI2fr

[Sam Brooks @sbrookbrooks]

ff7 character

[Joel Chan @kjoules]

A 59-year old woman was sentenced to 4 weeks in jail and a fine of HK$2,000 for not declaring 981 cigarettes when entering Hong Kong via the Heung Yuen Wai boundary point. No word on how she was caught by customs officers

https://t.co/wsUS5Kf9IT

[Sam Brooks @sbrookbrooks]

me and madonna

[Melanie Lynskey @melanielynskey]

@shaunasknife I will never be able to get rid of this account forever because JLo follows me here and that is too important

[Chris'thulu, the Accursed Harbinger 🐙🐲 @komradekhris]

I'm thinking about what 60+ years of James Bond cinematic history would be like if he just had his cool frat bro 00 buddy Monroe accompanying him on missions

[jackie trackmarx @jackietrackmarx]

I wanna revise this, because I do agree that performative is now broadly synonymous with inauthentic. what I meant to say is that I think conflating "performing" with "lying" does a great disservice to the way we think about performance, which is often an honest and healthy act

[Django Gold @django]

watching Indiana Jones for the first time, do archaeologists typically kill this many people?

[Sam Brooks @sbrookbrooks]

007 first light makes me wanna reply alpha protocol

[NZ Art Parallels @NZAHParallels]

Nicola Willis eating a pie // Francisco Goya, Saturn Devouring His Son, 1820-23.
(Image: Alex Cairns)

[Onix From TGR •🇵🇷• Star Fox Waiting Room @OnixTalks]

There's no shot Square Enix can capture the magic of this era. 4 back to back massive games, all improving on the tech from what was set in the previous title while also having compellive narratives & engaging gameplay? The 1997 - 2001 era of Squaresoft has to be deeply studied.

[Pokemon Jewels @pokemonjewels]

Wobbuffet happy to see Jessie in the clouds 🥺

[Sam Brooks @sbrookbrooks]

every newsroom in this country has said worse stuff about politicians than the duckhorse stuff

[Sam Brooks @sbrookbrooks]

how do i get a 007 first light review code

[arvo färt @arvofart]

Your character’s voice did not jump three octaves in shock. An octave is the difference between an alto sax and a bari sax. Three octaves is the entirety of Marvin Gaye’s vocal range. Your character’s voice jumped a perfect fourth at most, you rube

[Sam Brooks @sbrookbrooks]

I wrote a response to RBG! https://t.co/U2qo4HRXcf

[Sam Brooks @sbrookbrooks]

well this is cool

[Sam Brooks @sbrookbrooks]

it is 100% this

[Dr. Friendship, Ph.D. @tony_m_papa]

People have been cracking on this for years. I'm sure the movie sucks, but it's pretty clear she means the first edition of this particular translation, right?

[keek @AryaSpeedwagon]

I'm tired of pretending it's normal when people don't get my pop culture references. Yes it is objectively weird that you've never heard of When Harry Met Sally!!

[james stout @jamesstout]

FWIW The same goes for J school. Not that hard to learn to write, laying out stories is a skill you can hone over time, but knowing how the world works outside a masters program and a cliquey little newsroom seems a lot more elusive.

[Sam Brooks @sbrookbrooks]

darth vader was the OG twink death