Above is a picture of T.R. in Amadeus, to remind us all that he can do a lot more than look cute in scrubs.
Hey, maybe McDouchebag will become available just in time for the Debbie Allen Cat On A Hot Tin Roof revival! That is, if 50 Cent isn't available.
Oh no. Oh, no no no. Rumors are swirling that T.R. Knight will leave Gray's Anatomy, due to the continuing shitstorm brought on by Isaiah "no-he-did-NOT-just-say-it-again" Washington, a.k.a. Dr. McDouchebag.
An anonymous source told The Scoop that T.R. "is so upset about the situation and so disgusted by how it was all handled." Of course he's upset about Dr. Douche dropping the F-bomb all over his career, but why was he upset about how it was handled? "He was told not to say anything about the whole incident," says the source. So, essentially this means that after McDouche called him a you-know-what, and then denied ever saying it, Knight was asked to not talk about it, which feels a lot like confirming by silence that the whole thing never happened.
So several months passed, but then McDouche brought up the whole thing again at the Golden Globes, proclaiming out of nowhere, "And I never called T.R. Knight a [the word]." So then what? "[T.R. Knight] kept his word, but then the whole thing blew up again at the Golden Globes, and when he was asked about it, he basically called Isaiah a liar... He feels that the atmosphere there is so toxic and unhealthy. I suppose things could change and we would stay, but for now, he’s planning to leave the show." So he went on Ellen and confirmed what was said. Washington is in some kind of anger management therapy center (along with Michael Richards, Donald Trump, and Naomi Campbell, I hope), and now T.R. Knight might leave the show.
Meanwhile, when Chandra Wilson won a SAG award for her work on the show, she thanked all "10 cast members... and the other one in rehab."
Don't leave us, Georgie!
Ellen Burstyn thinks acting in the U.S. has seen better times. She recently told Reuters, "Acting? I think it needs some help... TV has lowered the bar. With quicker schedules everything is rushed, so the quality gets lowered."
Right on! Moxie used to be a superfan of Grey's Anatomy, but can barely even endure an episode nowadays. It's so disheartening to watch fabulous actors like Sandra Oh, T.R. Knight, and Chandra Wilson hurried through scenes, doing the best they can with what is essentially soap-opera material. Their transformative abilities keep the show at the top of the ratings, but it's too bad we can't see them onstage. T.R. Knight wasn't even available for theater for much of last summer because of press for Grey's in Europe.
About the state of Broadway, Burstyn said, "I am appalled. (I saw) a couple of things that were billed as good, but they were shockingly bad. I can't recommend anything on Broadway." Moxie wonders what she saw that was "billed as good," something that got raves, but may well be getting a bit stif and rusty, like Jersey Boys? Or one of Broadway's current best offerings, like Grey Gardens? Moxie's looking for an example of a straight play performance that's quite good, but... ehrm... well aside from Julie White, not much happening in that arena right now, is there? Perhaps later in the season Burstyn can find something she likes, with offerings like The Coast of Utopia, The Year of Magical Thinking, Translations, and The Vertical Hour. There's got to be SOMETHING transcendent this year. Better yet, maybe Ellen Burstyn will come back to the stage sometime soon.
Moxie would like to present the first-ever Golden Douchebag Award to Isaiah Washington. Dr. McDouchebag showed his true colors on-set at Grey's Anatomy, when he went fisticuffs with Patrick Dempsey. Most everybody knows the infamous slur he exclaimed, which outed T.R. Knight to the world. Apparently he has anger management issues (no!) especially in regard to "time" [gays] and "keeping the production going" [keeping away the gays].
Moxie thinks everybody should just calm down, since Dr. McDouchebag has a perfectly reasonable explanation for his actions. "We were like two baseball players . . . nose-to-nose." The issue, he says, was "time and (keeping) the production going. The communication was lost in translation." Oh, cool. So it no punches were thrown, or anything like that? "Our faces are too beautiful for that!," he says. Ah yes, well these things happen. So did you learn anything from this experience, Dr. McDouchbag? "I've never been that close to (Patrick) before," he says. "He has really pretty blue eyes." Aww... so sweet!
Too bad for him, ABC has already started looking for his replacement. NY Metro reports they're auditioning Bill Bellamy (c'mon now), Boris Kodjoe, and Eriq La Salle.
Moxie can see it all unfolding before her eyes: Dr. McDouchebag slowly realizes that his hand isn't recovering. Adamant to be the top-dog surgeon he's always been, he resists, and attempts surgery, killing a patient (or many!). Faced with his failure (and a lot of raised eyebrows at the next M&M), he eats his own revolver in sweeps week, and Isaiah Washington joins the ranks of the "what the hell happened to him?" tv actors.
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