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author: Eric Wagoner
date: '2000-07-13T03:00:12'
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title: Blurring the line between reality
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**Blurring the line between reality and entertainment**  
![Infestation Warning](/legacy/images/legacy/weblog/images/bugmap.gif) One of my cast members recently returned from New York (where he saw a preview performance of the upcoming _Man Who Came to Dinner_ revival with Nathan Lane). He brought back the flyer pictured here, thinking it was cute because yes, there are lots of roaches in New York, and roaches also have a small role in _The Man Who Came to Dinner_. I finally got around to going to the website mentioned on the flyer, [www.bugmap.org](http://www.bugmap.org). It shows a photo of the bug, mentions how nasty it is, and displays a map of the US showing areas already infested. There is a blank where you can enter your zip code to see when the critter is projected to spread to your neck of the woods. I did so (the map already showed it in southern Georgia), and was let to a trailer for am icky-bug disaster movie premiering next week on the USA cable channel. Nowhere on the flyer is there any indication that this was promotional material. Fooled me. I still won't watch the movie, though.