Photograph: Jake Chessum for Time Out New York

I could have spent several days talking with Chris Rock, and I suspect all of the interviewers who got time with him during the run up to the release of Top Five likely felt the same.

Feels like I barely scraped the surface in just about every aspect of our chat, but am grateful to have been given the opportunity to sit with him. I’ll have to save the rest of my questions and notes for next time.

http://www.timeout.com/newyork/comedy/chris-rock-interview-i-made-miracles-happen-to-get-out-of-bed-stuy-and-now-its-a-cool-spot

Though there was an awful lot happening last week, I spent some time early on thinking about Mike Nichols and masculinity in improv, film and (a teeny bit) in theater. My musings at Made Man:

http://www.mademan.com/mike-nichols-uncertainty-manhood/