Earlier in the day I had bought tickets for the new Wolfman movie to make sure that I could get us in on an opening night/holiday weekend. I really enjoy movies and I like to see them soon after they come out.
I stroll up to the employee to give my tickets to, at which he stops and just stares at me. So I start to stare at him and notice he is a younger black kid whose name tag says "Rage". This doesn't phase me at all, after all look at my name....
So after giving me the up and down he says, "you look like someone...." OK, you're right, I do. Go on, elucidate me. He is struggling to find the connection and I am waiting for the classic 'race' line of "all you red heads look alike to me." HA! That would have been a funny switcheroo.
With a little prompting he gets to Conan O'brian. Not Conan the Barbarian, which I am albeit in 3/4 scale and with a better command of English inflection. Though I do strike a mean Terminator pose as well!
I've gotten similar things in the past. Occasionally even asked if I am "famous" or "somebody". It is a short list as I am hardly the classic example of male attractiveness or stardom, but here is who I get most often:
Rick Schroder
Conan O'brian
Seth Green
Sean W. Scott (especially when I am scruffy)
David Caruso
I don't know... do you see my famous twin in any of these? (This is soooooo last week Facebook!)
As it is a busy weekend we end up in the second to front row at the edge. Not my first choice. Another couple comes up and we move over a spot to make room as the girl was whiny about sitting in the front row.
Ahhh, the front row. Here is where I thought I was in trouble. When I go to the movies I like to...... watch the freaking movie. Not listen to you. At all. So, now it being my turn to fall into a race trap the whole front row is black. (A simplification and not PC, I know) I was sure at a monster movie with that row in front of me..... Well let's just say it could have played out like the Ralphie May skit about Open Water and 'cuba diving. Norkeling. (all trace of this act seem to be removed from the webz.... sad)
Instead it was the early 20's goth couple next to me who I had to actually turn to and tell them to shut up. There is a social contract people! I made room for you to sit where you thought was a better seat. You provide me with a reasonable amount of privacy, but when your girl is sitting facing you rather than the screen and is talking about how she doesn't know to tell the difference between clergies; who is a friar, a father, a pastor, a priest and so on she needs to STFU right now!
The boyfriends reply was a slightly indignant raise of his voice, "Oh, am I talking? Too loud?" And I made the small pinching hand gesture of 'a little' and said please. A few glowering looks and she was a little better the rest of the show. Which of course then got my all riled up and all I could think about was fighting this guy. My maturity level may not be any higher, but I can at least keep it under wraps better than most. (I would have taken him I'm sure of it)
Ah, the movie. I can see why it received C grades lots of places and RT and MC reviews in the 40's. As a lover of the original Universal monster movies I feel I am an educated, ok let's just say it I am a fan-boy of these types of movies. I can just tell this movie was made by committee. It needed to be stronger, more artistic and some of the pacing corrected. His howl was totally wrong too. But the CGI was seamless and well done. I wont give any plot or spoilers, you'll just have to watch for yourself.
And be careful where you sit.
You red heads with your red tempers.
ReplyDeleteyou forgot Rorshach, you could possibly look like a rorshach.
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