Oh, no.

That happened at the Democratic National Convention last night. Some kind of Minnesota = Prince = Tim Walz concept. 

I was starting to think why not Bob Dylan, but the answer is clear: Dylan lives. Prince isn't around to object to this travesty.

As long as people are video-phoning it in from their rooms, there will be Room Rater — just rating the rooms.

Nice mix. Good use of Fern. Tells Trump what for. 8/10 @dananessel pic.twitter.com/bhTQMDy2dM

— Room Rater (@ratemyskyperoom) April 19, 2020

Nice pad. Lived in. Livable. Still nice to look at. Points for cat. 9/10 @arwaCNN pic.twitter.com/edE3NW8N3g

— Room Rater (@ratemyskyperoom) April 18, 2020

We are going to revise previous ranking. -3 for color coding books. 5/10 ⁦@FoxReports⁩ pic.twitter.com/OOVUYofQbw

— Room Rater (@ratemyskyperoom) April 18, 2020

Conan. Is this a Holiday Inn Express? 2/10 @ConanOBrien pic.twitter.com/gQ2qoILffM

— Room Rater (@ratemyskyperoom) April 18, 2020

If you look at the ceiling you may miss the blood on his hands. -2/10 @StephenMoore pic.twitter.com/xbyA7eZkYn

— Room Rater (@ratemyskyperoom) April 18, 2020

Perfection. 10/10. @johnlegend @chrissyteigen pic.twitter.com/Ur0GGQvkVv

— Room Rater (@ratemyskyperoom) April 19, 2020

"You gotta give it to him, John Legend tries very hard to look serious as Jesus Christ … it’s not his fault if he’s physically incapable of it!"

How come I — who read the news every day — never noticed there was a "Jesus Christ Superstar: Live in Concert" until the day after it aired? Anyway, this morning I'm reading "Jesus Christ Superstar Live: The Highs and the Lows," in New York Magazine, which I only went to because it has a cover with a pig's nose photoshopped onto the face of Donald Trump. See:



Here's a sample of the show — featuring 2 of the "highs" — "The priests’ geometric black coats. Just look at this gorgeous thing, designed by Paul Tazewell (Hamilton) — an homage to Issey Miyake’s Bao Bao bag!" and the "gorgeously layer[ed] 'he is dangerous'... around the one-minute mark" of "This Jesus Must Die":

"John Legend's searching for some folks who look like they love President Trump, and in his opinion ... that means they should be old and overweight."

"According to a listing on Casting Networks in L.A., the musician's upcoming music video project needs several actors to play protesters on a set resembling a rally/counterprotest ... including 8 white men and women, 30-65 years old, 'preferably out of shape' to play Trump supporters."

TMZ reports.

"I've made this decision. Not only am I having a girl, but I picked the girl from her little embryo."

"I picked her and was like, 'Let's put in the girl.' I think I was most excited and allured by the fact that John would be the best father to a little girl. That excited me... It excited me to see … just the thought of seeing him with a little girl. I think he deserves a little girl. I think he deserves that bond. A boy will come along. We'll get there too, so it's not like we really have to pick. But he definitely is very lucky to have a little girl. And this girl is going to be so completely lucky to have John as her papa, it's crazy!"

Said Chrissy Teigen, the model. "John" — the man she is "excited" to picture with a baby girl — is her husband John Legend. She's come in for a lot of criticism, and one of her responses (on Twitter) is: "This is all so interesting. I said it so casually because i'm just open. I'm around so many open-minded people & forgot it's controversial." Whatever you think of her decision, her openness, and her explanations, it's funny how she ends her engagement with critics. Read from the bottom up:



ADDED: Try to analyze why people are reacting so strongly. Some of it is genuine moral principle, but if you are going to be a moralist, you need to look into you own heart and see whether it contains:

1. Envy that she has the money to do this procedure.

2. Disapproval of freely expressive speech.

3. "The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy."