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The Patron Saint of Faithful Warriors

September 21, 2015 / / 0 Comments

IMG_0273I had the pleasure this evening of meeting a fine American leader whom I greatly admire, Lt. Col. Allen West (ret.) who made a visit to New York City. I picked up the Colonel’s new book, Guardian of the Republic and he signed it for me:

God be with you

now & always.

Steadfast and loyal,

Allen B. West

I read a couple of chapters on the train home, and it’s chock full of inspiration. A smooth read, I’d recommend it especially for boys aged 13 to 16 who are hungry for positive examples as they grow into manhood.

I presented Col. West with a copy of The Lance and the Veil. As  a good Methodist with a few years of Catholic education, he recognized right away that it was the story of Longinus and Veronica. “Longinus, the Centurion, became the Patron Saint of Faithful Warriors,” I said. “And I wanted you to have this, because you are a faithful warrior.” He seemed touched by that remark and graciously accepted the gift. Let’s hope I bump into him again after he’s had a chance to read it!

Hello, Hollywood! Are You Ready for The Lance and the Veil?

September 12, 2015 / / 0 Comments
Back2Future

Author Kevin Rush goes “Back to the Future.”  Tell Doc Brown to bring the DeLorean around.


On August 28th, I flew out to Los Angeles to renew old acquaintances and talk to a few folks in and out of the entertainment industry about The Lance and the Veil. First, though, on orders from one of my beloved sisters, I had to chase down Zachary Levi to get autographs for my niece and nephew. They were big fans of Chuck on NBC and had seen Zack on Broadway a couple of years back, when he had been gracious enough to pose for pictures after the show with the whole family. He was equally gracious when I ran into him and said my sister had given me a mission.

Later, I heard from several folks who loved Lance and Veil, including a Christian producer who envisions it as a TV miniseries.

One of the highlights of my trip was a tour of the backlot of Universal Studios. My guide, Willie Gillespie, drove much of the route that the tour follows, but we were able to stop and take a few pictures, something visitors who take the tram are not able to do.

 

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We swung past Amity and this big boy put Willie in the mood for sushi,

Norman

Struck a creepy Norman Bates pose and waited for my Janet Leigh, who, fortunately for her, never arrived.

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Stopped by to check on Mother, who was seated at the window, but was clearly off her rocker.

Lance and Veil Video to Appear on Philippines TV

July 16, 2015 / / 0 Comments

I received a request via email:

Good evening.

hqdefaultKAPUSO MO, JESSICA SOHO (One at Heart, Jessica Soho) is GMA Network Inc.’s top-rating primetime News and Public Affairs program in the Philippines. It features socio-cultural stories, current issues, and special events worldwide. Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho is also hosted by multi-awarded broadcast journalist, Jessica Soho, and airs locally every Sunday at 7:45 p.m. on Channel 7 and abroad through GMA Pinoy TV Channels. For our July 19, episode, we are doing segment about Moriones, a festival in the Philippines based on Roman soldiers and St. Longinus. In line with this, we would like to borrow the video from your channel entitled: St Longinus: Executioner, Convert and Martyr. Please be assured that will air the video with ‘courtesy of The Lance and the Veil (Youtube channel)’. Thank you very much and we hope to hear from you soon.

Sincerely,

Arvin Fajardo

Program Researcher

Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho

 

How fun! Of, course, you don’t have to go to the Philippines to see the video. We’ve got it right here:

Oh, the wonders of modern technology!

Coming soon? La Lanza y El Velo

June 10, 2015 / / 0 Comments

From the inception of this project, I’d envisioned The Lance and the Veil as a worldwide entertainment vehicle. Today, I contacted an actor/producer originally from South America who agrees that this book could find a great audience in Latin America. He has translated books from English to Spansih and has connections in publishing south of the border. We’ll be talking soon about the best path forward for The Lance and the Veil to enter the Spanish language market. Might our “aventura en el tiempo de Cristo” surpass Adulterio or El alquimista? Stay tuned. These are exciting times.

The Placement

June 9, 2015 / / 0 Comments

I wrote this story years ago when I was still teaching. It was a reaction against a supposedly educational service that provided free television programs to schools as long as they allowed the students to watch the commercials. At the time I was also rebelling against the increasingly inescapable reality that all speech was commercial speech and therefore untrustworthy. I’ve since been distressed by an even more frightening conclusion that all speech is relentlessly political and therefore untrustworthy. On the bright side, we need not worry any more about invasions of our privacy, since none of use will be permitted to lead private lives.

I later wrote a stage version of this story which I produced and directed at two venues in the Los Angeles area in 2007. Enjoy.

Buy a Patriotic T-Shirt and Support kevinrush.us!

June 5, 2015 / / 0 Comments

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Jefferson_Liberty_TAs you might imagine, the website is something of a money-pit, so I’m looking to defray some of the costs with a teespring.com T-shirt campaign. As Independence Day approaches, help me to declare financial independence by purchasing a Patriotic Thomas Jefferson T-shirt. Perfect for anyone who loves God and country.

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A Kiss on Highland Avenue

June 2, 2015 / / 0 Comments

I wrote this story 12 years ago while I was teaching high school and was reflecting on the stark contrast between the opulence of the idyllic Marin County environs in which my students were living and the urban decay of the 1970s in which I had grown up. This story is an unsparing look at young people who were not granted the luxury of innocence. It portrays the crude, violent and tribal relationships of young teens in an urban setting.

Readers should be advised there is coarse, foul language and brutal violence. But I believe it accurately reflects the times and the people I grew up with some 40 years ago, if not the actual geography of the old neighborhood. Enjoy.

Los Lobos del Malpaís

May 25, 2015 / / 0 Comments

The Wolves of the Badlands

A tale of horror in the Old West

by Kevin Rush

I’ve always loved westerns, ever since I was a small boy playing cowboys and Indians. The Long Ranger was one of my earliest TV heroes. I still love the saga of the frontier, of brave men battling an untamed country, savage enemies and themselves to carve out a life of freedom. The saga of the Old West is a metaphor for our national journey as well as each individual’s inner struggle for integrity in the face of temptation.

The Western is a beautiful entertainment form because it lays bare the human soul and forces us to accept that moral choices must be made. Perhaps because it is so elemental, it is also a flexible form that can be married to others. Witness Westerns as action-adventures, melodramas, histories, revisionist histories, tragedies, comedies and musicals. There are tales of epic quests, desolate isolation, damned perdition and sweet redemption. There are heroes archetypal, reluctant, ethereal and illusory, villains irredeemable and roguish.

This tale, Los Lobos del Malpaís, is a horror story. It features what is probably the favorite monster of my youth. I wrote it originally as a film treatment, because I thought it would make a fun popcorn-muncher. Unfortunately, Roger Corman is no longer with us, and B-movies are now made with A-List stars and $100 million budgets, meaning there are fewer a fewer all the time. Like the Old West itself, Hollywood is vanishing before our eyes. The price of progress I suppose. Fortunately, we’ll always have John Wayne on celluloid. A good thing, too, since there will never be another.

Front Stoops in Brooklyn

Stoop Talk Radio

May 9, 2015 / / 0 Comments

a slacker romance

by Kevin Rush

This story is a love letter to a small borough on the Hudson. I first wrote Stoop Talk Radio as a pilot for a sitcom. The pitch (“It’s WKRP in Mom’s basement!”) never made it to the networks. I even wrote lyrics for a theme song. Whatever happened to the TV Theme Song, anyway? (“Flintstones, meet the Flintstones….”)

Enjoy.

 

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