Alex Huntsberger
@huntsy.bsky.social
Ex-theater critic, ex-Oregonian, ex-Chicagoan, ex-drinker, ex-smoker, current dad, suburbanite, and occasional writer. Never not a theater kid.
RIP Rob Reiner.
WHEN HARRY MET SALLY is a perfect movie.
As is PRINCESS BRIDE.
And THIS IS SPINAL TAP.
And A FEW GOOD MEN.
From what I have hear he was a true mensch. We need more of those not, not less.
WHEN HARRY MET SALLY is a perfect movie.
As is PRINCESS BRIDE.
And THIS IS SPINAL TAP.
And A FEW GOOD MEN.
From what I have hear he was a true mensch. We need more of those not, not less.
December 15, 2025 at 4:03 AM
RIP Rob Reiner.
WHEN HARRY MET SALLY is a perfect movie.
As is PRINCESS BRIDE.
And THIS IS SPINAL TAP.
And A FEW GOOD MEN.
From what I have hear he was a true mensch. We need more of those not, not less.
WHEN HARRY MET SALLY is a perfect movie.
As is PRINCESS BRIDE.
And THIS IS SPINAL TAP.
And A FEW GOOD MEN.
From what I have hear he was a true mensch. We need more of those not, not less.
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Nice gyre. Widening?
December 14, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Nice gyre. Widening?
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Australian news reporting that the hero bystander here is named Ahmed al Ahmed. Muslim, father of two.
December 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Australian news reporting that the hero bystander here is named Ahmed al Ahmed. Muslim, father of two.
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December 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Huntsville AL is an absolutely lovely place, and most of that loveliness is directly subsidized by the military industrial complex. It’s the town where the Cold War Never Died!
honestly because it worked during the Cold War to establish social programs + grand bargains
I am not a fan of the CCP by any means but why has every liberal and Democrat embraced the "We need to compete with China" framing created by Donald Trump in his first term? We're getting trade wars and rising hostility to Asian Americans with seemingly no upside?
December 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Huntsville AL is an absolutely lovely place, and most of that loveliness is directly subsidized by the military industrial complex. It’s the town where the Cold War Never Died!
At a time when most theatre critic jobs are being stuffed into the boot of a car that is then sunk in a bayou, someone of this stature taking their talents to the theater beat is great to see!
December 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
At a time when most theatre critic jobs are being stuffed into the boot of a car that is then sunk in a bayou, someone of this stature taking their talents to the theater beat is great to see!
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I remember Stoppard, for the New York Times.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/t...
The Language of Tom Stoppard, Ablaze With Energy and Urgency
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I remember Stoppard, for the New York Times.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/t...
RIP Tom Stoppard. Still my favorite playwright. Probably will always be.
This description from THE REAL THING of what writing IS—in form and in function—is even more elite than it is elitist.
This description from THE REAL THING of what writing IS—in form and in function—is even more elite than it is elitist.
November 29, 2025 at 11:38 PM
RIP Tom Stoppard. Still my favorite playwright. Probably will always be.
This description from THE REAL THING of what writing IS—in form and in function—is even more elite than it is elitist.
This description from THE REAL THING of what writing IS—in form and in function—is even more elite than it is elitist.
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It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
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to have an affair with one longshot presidential candidate twice your age that you’re profiling may be regarded as a misfortune; to have two looks like carelessness
November 18, 2025 at 1:44 AM
to have an affair with one longshot presidential candidate twice your age that you’re profiling may be regarded as a misfortune; to have two looks like carelessness
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The fact that a lot of leftists despise Parks and Rec - one of the best and most sympathetic depictions of non-cop government in modern media - is a symptom of the fact that a lot of the left has no idea how to actually implement the policy proposals they want to enact.
The reason 30 Rock succeeds years later while parks and rec has aged like a toilet full of milk, is that 30 Rock doesnt shy away from portraying Liz Lemon as an obvious villian with a victim/hero complex, whereas Leslie Knope was played just a straight hero character, even tho she is a neolib shill
November 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The fact that a lot of leftists despise Parks and Rec - one of the best and most sympathetic depictions of non-cop government in modern media - is a symptom of the fact that a lot of the left has no idea how to actually implement the policy proposals they want to enact.
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Theatre Y's series of ambulatory immersive theater walks always offer interesting perspectives, passionate honesty, a glimpse at cool parts of North Lawndale, and chance for communal reflection. Here's my @chicagoreader.com review of "In Good Company." chicagoreader.com/performing-a...
Ritual and respite - Chicago Reader
Theatre Y's In Good Company community theater walk asks us to "reflect on community, democracy and belonging—one step at a time."
chicagoreader.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Theatre Y's series of ambulatory immersive theater walks always offer interesting perspectives, passionate honesty, a glimpse at cool parts of North Lawndale, and chance for communal reflection. Here's my @chicagoreader.com review of "In Good Company." chicagoreader.com/performing-a...
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this is the website for elder millenials with humanities degrees. everyone has done the reading on why people invest meaning in public buildings. you can’t fool me
October 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
this is the website for elder millenials with humanities degrees. everyone has done the reading on why people invest meaning in public buildings. you can’t fool me
If you’re coming for Eugene, you’re going to need to come through me—
(Is dispatched easily)
(Is dispatched easily)
Eugene, Oregon catching strays in the mayoral debate
October 23, 2025 at 12:14 AM
If you’re coming for Eugene, you’re going to need to come through me—
(Is dispatched easily)
(Is dispatched easily)
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Eugene, Oregon catching strays in the mayoral debate
October 23, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Eugene, Oregon catching strays in the mayoral debate
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Hardly the greatest of horrors out there but saw a video of a young guy bringing a scale to a club to embarrass women on camera and I really and truly think for the health of the nation we need to bring back Jackass, this young man should be filming shopping cart stunts for his boys instead.
October 5, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Hardly the greatest of horrors out there but saw a video of a young guy bringing a scale to a club to embarrass women on camera and I really and truly think for the health of the nation we need to bring back Jackass, this young man should be filming shopping cart stunts for his boys instead.
One Battle After Another is the movie that dares to ask:
“What if Leonardo DiCaprio played a Danny McBride character?”
WHAT’S UP HOMIE
“What if Leonardo DiCaprio played a Danny McBride character?”
WHAT’S UP HOMIE
October 6, 2025 at 12:04 AM
One Battle After Another is the movie that dares to ask:
“What if Leonardo DiCaprio played a Danny McBride character?”
WHAT’S UP HOMIE
“What if Leonardo DiCaprio played a Danny McBride character?”
WHAT’S UP HOMIE
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Protesters block a car at the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago.
September 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Protesters block a car at the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago.
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Set in 1915, @danchaon.bsky.social's spellbinding new novel, "One of Us," explores American marginalization and violence via telepathic twins in a traveling circus. Just out from @henryholtbooks.bsky.social. Here's my rave review for @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/b...
In This Circus Tale, Telepathic Twins Aren’t Even the Freak Show
www.nytimes.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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you know you're in the rust belt when you pass a free-standing birth clinic, a gun shop, and an ELCA in a historic church building all on the same block.
September 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
you know you're in the rust belt when you pass a free-standing birth clinic, a gun shop, and an ELCA in a historic church building all on the same block.
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The Chicago Theater Bike Ride returns on Saturday, commemorating people we've lose in the community and raising funds for those in need. Here's my @chicagoreader.com Ghost Light column on it. chicagoreader.com/performing-a...
Riding to remember - Chicago Reader
The 2025 Chicago Theater Bike Ride commemorates the many members of the performing arts community lost in the last year.
chicagoreader.com
September 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The Chicago Theater Bike Ride returns on Saturday, commemorating people we've lose in the community and raising funds for those in need. Here's my @chicagoreader.com Ghost Light column on it. chicagoreader.com/performing-a...
Explaining to my One-year-old that sleep deprivation is considered torture under the Geneva Convention
August 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Explaining to my One-year-old that sleep deprivation is considered torture under the Geneva Convention
I pray this marriage holds. Because a divorced, fortyish Taylor Swift would be a force too powerful for this reality to hold.
August 27, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I pray this marriage holds. Because a divorced, fortyish Taylor Swift would be a force too powerful for this reality to hold.