--- Please note that Jason Dottley does not keep up this site. It is his Official Myspace fanpage but messages and comments are read sporadically and not responded to. Please find Jason Dottley on Facebook for genuine communication or visit his Official website www.JasonDottley.com for contact info --- I am starring as "Ty" in Sordid Lives: The Series with Olivia Newton-John, Rue McClanahan, Caroline Rhea, Leslie Jordan, Bonnie Bedelia, Newell Alexander, Sharron Alexis, Rosemary Alexander, Katherine Bailess, Sarah Hunley and Ann Walker, and will introduce Ted Detwiler, Georgette Jones, Margaret Cho, Candis Kayne, Carson Cressley, Emerson Collins and T. Ashanti Mozelle.
My company Del Shores Productions and Kirkland Tibbels' Funny Boy Films will be shooting the film adaptation to Southern Baptist Sissies starting in 2008. That movie will also star Leslie Jordan, Joey Kern, Delta Burke, Newell Alexander, and Rosemary Alexander, as well as Rich Delia, Emerson Collins and T. Ashanti Mozelle and myself.
I've lived in Los Angeles since January 6, 2000. I was always told, by numerous unrelated sources, that it would take seven years to start really working in Hollywood. This past January marked my 7 year anniversary, and that past year I worked for a solid 8 months as an actor, produced a season of theatre in an 88-seat house that grossed more than Madonna's last feature film, produced a million-dollar tour, starred in this tour, and was nominated for my producing efforts at the LA Ovation Awards and the LA Weekly Awards (I lost both). I've been married since October 26, 2003, to Del Shores.
I can't not share with you all our fabulous reviews, so here they are as well!
Sordid Lives" has more laughs than a hunting dog has ticks. The semi-big-name cast helps keep it upright and lends the project an air of prestige. Beth Grant, Ann Walker and Sarah Hunley are superb. Shores clearly knows and loves his characters. LOS ANGELES TIMES
It's been years since heartache and heartbreak was this much fun. Not since "Soap" ended 27 years ago, has there been a show quite like this one. In each episode, outrageous things happened to outrageous characters, often producing outrageous laughs. THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
Del Shores (the Tyler Perry of Southern gays) brings his movie and stage show about crazy Texas women and slightly-less-than-crazy gay men to TV with a cavalcade of camp icons (Rue McClanahan, Olivia Newton-John) and brilliant, canon-ready Beth Grant. TV doesn't get gayer than this, Mary. B ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY.
Outrageous. What could be bad about any project that puts '80s icons Rue McClanahan and Olivia Newton-John together? TV GUIDE
It has great stars, it has great characters, and it has the making of a great show! NEW YORK POST
A whip-smart script and solid performances, particularly Beth Grant as the pill-popping, chain-smoking cement-haired Sissy. But, like the film, the best parts of the show focus on Brother Boy. Jordan owns both the role and the entire show. NEW YORK PRESS
A sort of "Mama's Family" meets "Will and Grace," boasts a cast that even the broadcast networks would be happy to assemble. Peggy's family tree has a nut hanging from just about every branch. REUTERS
Shores has created a funny, loopy, off-kilter comedy that, truth be told, probably would play just as well on other cable channels, including Comedy Central and TV Land. MSNBC
A hidden gem. USA TODAY
"Sordid Lives" won't fail to entertain. A gut-busting ride and an embarrassingly accurate portrayal of how nuts Texas clans can be. DALLAS MORNING NEWS
This comedy just might bring in the broader audience it (Logo) deserves. ASSOCIATED PRESS
A new comedy about a Southern family with deep-friend quirks. CRITIC'S PICK, MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE
Full of hilarious one-liners, crazy characters and over-the-top scenarios. If history means anything, we'll be entertained the whole way. QUICK DFW.COM
Puts the fun in dysfunctional and is a surefire hit. EDGE PUBLICATIONS
Feisty and ribald and funny. The casting is impeccable. One-liners and sight gags are abundant. ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS
Each and every scene is so packed to the tits with visual and verbal hilarity, it's difficult to bear when the closing credits roll. GAY LIST DAILY
A funny, outrageous soap-spoof. Trailer trash never had so much fun. It's goofy, giddy and pushes the envelop every chance it gets. *** STAR MAGAZINE
The series relies on the audience's intelligence to figure out the funny. The whole thing has a very British cinematography feel. TV GUIDE CANADA
The Golden Girls gone wild. BEST TV BET, FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM
A riotous saga, larger than life but not far from the truth as it depicts small-town imbued with the Spirit, cigarette smoke and self-administered Valium. NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
The colorful folk in a certain Texas town are back in action. SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
Broadly campy. PEOPLE MAGAZINE
Gay or straight, you're likely to find "Sordid Lives" a hoot. YAHOO NEWS
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Jason Dottley Performs "Hit Play" Live in Washington D.C.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGiqQU4HBfs
Jason Dottley Performs "Hit Play" Live in Washington D.C. at Town to a wall-to-wall packed crowd on June 12, 2009, with x-faction dancers! Single drops in July. Get ready!