Johnny always crushed low inside fastballs and slow curves meant to be considered 'back door' pitches. Newsweek theater critic Ramin Setoodeh (and it is important in context to mention by his own admission that Mr. Setoodeh is gay) just tried a slow backdoor breaking ball and Johnny had a chance to consider it up close and personal and it now going to drop it into oh, the third deck.
Ramin Setoodeh wrote for Newsweek that the star of the Broadway play Promises Promises Shawn Hayes (Of Will and Grace fame) and the spot on Kristen Chenoweth doesn't work on Hayes' end because he comes across as wooden (his word) and unbelievable as a straight character and can't pull it off because we know he's gay. Setoodeh said in the play's funniest scene we just don't buy a drunk Hayes trying to pick up a bawdy barfly on Christmas Eve.
Johnny went to see Promises Promises tonight and as always he has some opinions that may be considered harsh. Mr. Setoodeh, here's why you're having an issue with it and making it a gay thing and where you run off the rail. You're critiquing the performance of a very drunk straight male ONLY from a gay perspective if that's only how you see Hayes. You are basing your review on a gay point of view which of course you'd do. Johnny is straight. Johnny has been as drunk as Hayes' character in a bar where a perfect 10 is hitting on you not so slyly (A perfect ten mind you meaning a 4 and six Jim Beam and waters). It's Johnny's guess Setoodeh has never been in this position as a drunken straight man just wanting to score and willing to enter into any witty banter to get those pants off. Sean Hayes played the part of a drunken straight guy better than I've seen some drunken straight guys play it at 2:20 am.
A lucky fan from Keego Harbor will take home that ball in the third deck.
Reviewers need a more open mind if this is only how this reviewer sees Hayes role. Chenoweth has written back on this topic and she gets even madder than Johnny.
Busy night on Broadway, Johnny didn't know you could get so worked up.
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
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