This Can't Be Broccoli

--This sermon was given at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of South County on September 29, 2019 -- My name is Kevin Broccoli, and ever since I was eight years old, I have been described as creative, which means, for most of my life, people have been asking me to do funny things at parties.  This has included singing, which I’m not great at, telling jokes, also not my strong suit, and explaining how it is I think I’m going to make a living doing what I do. Usually if they ask me to do that last one, I offer to sing instead. I make theater. I started as an actor when I was elementary school--before I really even knew what that was.  All I knew was that I really didn’t have any pride in myself, which may sound strange since you might think a third grader doesn’t need to feel pride, but I would disagree.  It’s true that a lot of kids probably feel invisible, and that’s certainly how I felt, until I walked out onstage for the first time, op...

Before I begin, let me just say that this is not a personal attack on any of my friends who have posted their frustration with the Democrats  bringing about impeachment. What I mean by that is-- It’s not an INDIVIDUAL attack on any of them, but just a...Just kind of a... I just need to f***ing scream, okay? Is that okay everybody? I just really need to get a lot of stuff off my chest. Okay, here we go-- First and foremost IMPEACHMENT AND REMOVING A PRESIDENT FROM OFFICE ARE NOT THE SAME F***ING THING FOR THE LOVE OF GOD JOHN OLIVER DID A WHOLE F***NG SHOW ON IT THAT YOU CAN WATCH BY CLICKING ON THIS F***ING LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxT8CM8XntA NOBODY THINKS WE CAN REMOVE THIS F***ING IDIOT.  We would all LOVE THAT but nobody actually thinks it's possible.  That is not why anyone wants to impeach. People want to impeach because the President broke the f***ing law and the only way to truly hold him accountabl...

I'm so excited for this interview.  Not because I've never spoken with a Tony winner before (Boyd Gaines and I go to the same taco truck), but because I've rarely gone into one of these talks without any preconceived notion about what we were going to discuss. Once we were finished, I realized that this could have easily been called "Theater and the Hometown Hero," but a little flash gets a lot more likes, so yes, the person I'm speaking with does have a Tony, but that's far from being the most interesting thing about them. Here's the interview: ME:  Did you know that the friend who put us in touch actually told me your story a long time ago? THEM:  Did he? ME:  Yeah, it might have even been the first time we met.  He was like, 'Listen to this' and then I ended up writing it as a monologue and putting it in one of my shows. THEM:  Well then I have to sue you. ME:  Get in line. THEM:  (Laughs.)  Which show was it? ME:  I...

It's crazy to say that you're late to the party when you see a movie only a week after it comes out, but you also know a movie is a big deal when it seems like everyone you know saw it opening weekend and then went back and saw it again. It's an especially  big deal if that movie isn't part of a franchise or a sequel or a remake or a reboot or any kind of known IP. And all that talking might have you thinking that we don't really need to talk anymore about Hustlers , written and directed by Lorene Scafaria, and starring Constance Wu and Yes-Mom-Just-Kidding-I-Do-Like-Girls-Now Jennifer Lopez, but trust me--we do. We need to talk about it. Because while the movie only came in number two at the box office, it made a f***ton of money for something that was just filmed IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR and cost less than what it takes to produce twenty minutes of a Fast & Furious  spin-off. But you already know that. Everyone knows that. Let's talk about what d...