Just one week after defaming America’s civil rights advocates, Matt Passet, the only Whim contributor to resolve all his conflicts with violence, puts words in the mouths of two international icons for equality.
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Best of Whim 2010 – Shouts & Berbers
Remove your shoes and socks, readers, and let those plush fibers press between your toes. Courtesy of Whim contributor Matt Passet, it’s 2010’s best installment of America’s favorite carpet-themed column… Shouts and Berbers.
Continue to the full post→A Conversation Between Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman – Two Abolitionists I Know Very Little About
Matt Passet, the last Whim contributor to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a national holiday, explores the history of race in a America. Mr. Passet will respond to any/all angry emails inspired by this Conversation Piece as soon as he returns from his court-ordered racial sensitivity retreat.
Continue to the full post→A Conversation from the First Christmas – A Holiday I Know Very Little About
Matt Passet, Whim contributor and staunch Santa-believer, gets into the holiday spirit with an inane discussion from three wise men.
Continue to the full post→Conversations from the First Hanukkah – A Holiday I Know Slightly More About
Day 1: A middle-aged Jewish couple sit (in a cave?). In the background, the sound of spinning dreidels can be heard. The man, David, is hunched over an oil lamp. His wife, Muriel, walks over. David: Would you kids please cut it out with those damn dreidels already? With the spinning and the gimel and […]
A Conversation Between Sidney Poitier and Sir Laurence Olivier – Two Actors With Rhyming Surnames
Matt Passet, Whim contributor and Lucille Lortel Award-winning actor (for originating the role of El Gallo in The Fantasticks), imagines a scene between two stars of the stage, screen, and occasional web video.
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