Hacking – coughing up something nasty like a furball; trying to sneak in your back door in computer terms; cab driving. Yeah, it all fits together in several cases.
J.J, just inadvertently exposed one of the weaknesses of her craft. It can be like crying wolf. As with Andy Kaufman, you can lose people’s trust, so they no longer know when you’re performing and when you’re not. Some may be okay with that, though. I would consider it a disadvantage when the time comes that you need to be earnestly understood, but no longer can.
BE THIS GUY over 5 years ago
Now I know why Elaine didn’t want to talk with her limo driver on Seinfeld.
Enter.Name.Here over 5 years ago
Nope….Just bee-itching now. It’s a New Yorker’s right!
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 5 years ago
An honest appraisal.
GreggW Premium Member over 5 years ago
I take it that “hacking” had a different meaning in the late 1980s. I couldn’t find what I think is J. J.’s usage in Merriam-Webster.
the geeezer over 5 years ago
Hack = cab
the geeezer over 5 years ago
Hack = cab
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 5 years ago
Wow, ‘hacking’. Now that I think of it, we used to use that as a word for coughing as well.
Troglodyte over 5 years ago
Performance art is in the mind of the beholder…
Display over 5 years ago
Hacking – coughing up something nasty like a furball; trying to sneak in your back door in computer terms; cab driving. Yeah, it all fits together in several cases.
RickWilliams1 over 5 years ago
Taxi driver was known as a hack
gantech over 5 years ago
She was either mistaken, or engaging in a well-crafted bit of sarcasm.
scottartist creator over 5 years ago
J.J, just inadvertently exposed one of the weaknesses of her craft. It can be like crying wolf. As with Andy Kaufman, you can lose people’s trust, so they no longer know when you’re performing and when you’re not. Some may be okay with that, though. I would consider it a disadvantage when the time comes that you need to be earnestly understood, but no longer can.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 5 years ago
Yes being a hack means someone who is poor at it and still tries to take over as the leading member in anything.
Ray Helvy Premium Member over 5 years ago
She IS still performing. But that doesn’t mean it’s not also real.