So, we were invited by Fringe publicity to bring our "big visuals" to the CBS Early Show for possible interviews and some camera time. We stood on the line with Devin in his rabbit ears, Mary in her pink hijab, and me toting Fadl the neon green puppet. The people standing around us found us quite entertaining. The anchor began to move down the line, talking to people. He saw us standing there, and took in Mary's headscarf and our muppet-with-an-assault-rifle postcards, and
visibly reared back and away from us. No signs of Islam for the morning show! We're too busy watching idiots across the nation equate Muslims with terrorists! But we made it into the background of another shot, holding up our postcards and looking adorable, with Mary carrying Fadl. Devin, catching sight of himself on the monitor, shook his head, and a P.A. went
crazy. You can't let your ears wiggle on the Early Show!
We've been getting some press. It's mostly positive, but it makes a lot of mistakes that I'd sort of like to address, and one review walks straight into the issue I mentioned before, of making assumptions about my attitude on the basis of my Jewishness. But, although I am burning to address the issues of Why Quentin Is Vital to the Play and How This Play Is Really, Really Not Pro-Israel, I guess it's kind of tacky to argue with critics. We will let their bad writing speak for itself. (Okay, so it's hard to resist being bitchy when people are insinuating that you're biased towards Israel because you're Jewish.)
