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Become a part of “Slum Lord!”

Some of you may be aware of my most recent project, Slum Lord.

For those not already apprised, it is an independent, single-camera comedy series about a Minneapolis landlord who looks like—and happens to be named—Jesus.

We’ll begin shooting in the Spring, and airing episodes in the Fall—provided we can meet our Kickstarter goal of $5,000 by the new year.

That’s where you come in. Every contributor to Slum Lord gets the opportunity to extra in an episode, and we’ve included loads of other rewards for backers: stickers, t-shirts, downloads—even Associate and Executive Producer credits!

We’d love for you to get involved with our little show. Please give whatever you can. (Pledges make great gifts!)

Visit the Slum Lord Kickstarter page to watch a preview pilot, make a contribution, and become a part of this exciting new local production.

minusmanhattan:

Slum Lord: A Kickstarter Project. Check out this project about a landlord in Minneapolis named Jesus.

Thanks, Chase!

Hey everybody! Help support our little would-be web series “Slum Lord” on Kickstarter! It’s a single-camera style comedy about a Minneapolis landlord and his tenants.

And the landlord’s Jesus! Except he’s not that Jesus, or… well… watch the preview pilot above, and then head over to our Kickstarter page and help make two six-episode seasons of this thing; at even just the one-dollar level, you can become a part of the production! We’d love to have you involved.

We want to make our show one the Twin Cities can be proud to call its own, and for that, we’ll need the Twin Cities’ support. So please, if you can, contribute whatever amount you can.

And be sure to send our link to anyone you think might be interested: Reblog, retweet, shout it on the streetcorners: Let people know all about Slum Lord. Spread the word.

Slum Lord: A Comedy of The Highest Order

So, tonight I’m launching a Kickstarter and premiering the preview pilot for Slum Lord—the single-camera comedy I’ve been flogging for the last few months and change.

I’d love it if you could be there. I even booked all the best bands in town just to coerce you into coming: UMAMI, MAYDA, VAGUE-À-BONDE, and THEEVES. So… it’s going to be legit.

If you can’t be there, that’s alright. I still love you…
…so long’s you check it out on Kickstarter tomorrow.

» The Awl: Jon Stewart, Stop Hurting America!

Maria Bustillos gets to the bottom of some things I’ve been pondering a lot lately, regarding progressive elitism and this ridiculous assumption that theirs is the party of intellect.

“You’d think if Republicans were so dumb it would be child’s play for the brainy Democrats to bamboozle them into passing some useful legislation, but this turns out to be well-nigh impossible.”

It’s just one of a thousand excellent points in the article. I especially like that it leverages The Daily Show’s glibness against itself—and Bustillos really nails it when it comes to the caliber of Stewart’s recent commentary on Rick Perry (and the current slate of Republicans in general): It’s really, really weak.

Why pretend they’re stupid when they’re not? Low-hanging fruit aside, it just leads to exactly the kind of divisiveness Stewart (and his many supporters) have railed against in the past—and, I’d imagine, an overall distaste for progressive candidates by those independents who perceive Stewart’s point of view as elitist.

“There is a way to arrive at common ground, provided we can maintain just basic respect for the integrity of the other side. But we’re never going to get to that so long as opinion leaders like Stewart continue to take every cheap shot that comes their way. If progressives are the tolerant ones, by gum, then let them start toleratin’.”

It’s just a really great, thoughtful piece to consider—as both a Daily Show fan, and a Rick Perry detractor.