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Though they ripped the idea off from Mortified, no?

Posted by Travis | January 8, 2008 2:43 PM
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Is that the New York one? If so, yes, and the Salon folks freely admit it (and are acquainted with the folks behind the original, I believe...)

Posted by David Schmader | January 8, 2008 2:46 PM
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Jesus. Almost everything I wrote in High School was homophobic and/or sexist. I'd be terrified to participate.

Posted by Mr. Poe | January 8, 2008 2:47 PM
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Mr. Poe: That actually sounds perfect.

Posted by David Schmader | January 8, 2008 2:50 PM
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I'll think about it.

Posted by Mr. Poe | January 8, 2008 2:53 PM
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That's all I ask.

Posted by David Schmader | January 8, 2008 2:57 PM
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Mr. Poe: Almost everything you write now is homophobic and/or sexist....

Posted by NapoleonXIV | January 8, 2008 3:02 PM
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New York and San Francisco and a few other places, I think. I just remember talking to one of the guys who started Mortified and he did not like the Salon of Shame too well. Sour grapes though maybe. Also, didn't someone just dig up Mr. Poe's high school ramblings at the U of Kansas library? Wasn't he one of Mr. Paul's Associates back then?

Posted by Travis | January 8, 2008 3:04 PM
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@8

Back when I was your age, yes. I was.

Posted by Mr. Poe | January 8, 2008 3:28 PM
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Travis: The Salon of Shame is absolutely NOT an original idea, although the format was borrowed from Cringe (a friend's open-mic bar event in Brooklyn) and not from Mortified (which is an auditioned, touring stage show).

I hadn't heard of Mortified in 2005 when I started the Salon, although I've since spoken with Mortified's founder, David Nadelberg, and we're simpatico.

If you reeeeally want to quibble, the first diary reading event I've heard of was Teen Angst Poetry Night, which started in Vancouver BC in 2000, 2 years before Mortified began.

But at this point, the issue of ownership is pretty much moot: homegrown embarrassing teen diary reading events happen all over the country. No one owns shame. There's enough for everyone!

Posted by Ariel | January 8, 2008 3:52 PM
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Welp, that's good enough for me!

Posted by Travis | January 8, 2008 4:46 PM
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If cienna madrid is reading, color me THERE!

Posted by laterite | January 8, 2008 6:05 PM
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Yes! Canadian-born!

Just have to share this link of Sascha Rothchild reading from her slut diary when she was a teenager (from the Mortified show). Click on "Full Episode" then FF to the last 10 minutes. It's a scream.

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=268

Posted by Irena | January 8, 2008 6:56 PM
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Thanks for using my pic up there! Here's its flickrey home for those who care:

http://flickr.com/photos/kaleydavis/353634827/in/set-72157594472813164/

Posted by thalia | January 8, 2008 7:23 PM
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More photos of thalia/laura, please.

Posted by Paulus | January 8, 2008 7:30 PM
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actually thalia = photographer, laura = lovely subject. sorry for confusion!

Posted by thalia | January 8, 2008 9:16 PM

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