- There we met Sussie, who shared our parking spot for a bit cheaper rate and pitched a tent.
Why does that make
me sound so cheap? LOL!!! Because I am? I also found
out that the new cot I had bought
did not fit in my
old tent. Thank goodness Kim had a lounge chair pad I could use to
sleep on the
floor of the tent
with!
- We had great conversations
over lunch and around 5:00 I got gussied up and so did my mom for the show,
Sussie
bravely followed
us in her pickup as we headed out.
Brave is right. Her mother drives like a Boston Hack!
- The man is like a magnet.
One of the things
I got a kick out of was this one boy about 8 years old was just staring
at Tony like he was some sort of
god or something.
His dad was asking Tony the questions the kid just couldn't get it out.
Even Brooke tried to get the boy
to open up but he
just stared. LOL!
- I followed behind Sussie, who I persuaded to go over and talk to Tony.
I just can't bring
myself to do the fan thing. I was having more fun watching the people interact
with him. I clearly did this
one for Kim.
- I was like - this was great! Free publicity, thanks Sussie!
No problemo Cheese! (Her nickname is Mac - so that made me Cheese)
- Great movie, it deserves distribution, folks!! What are the execs waiting for - a formal invitation?
I'm currently working on a plan for that.
- Tony joked "That's never happened to us before!"
I wonder if they
did that to leave an impression of their stay in Spokane. Or "SpoCAINE"
as Lynne kept saying then
correcting herself.
- "Have you ever considered renaming the movie 'My Big Fat Lebanese Makeover Movie'?" That was great!
Tony got to laughing so hard on this one he was walking around trying to work it off so he could continue!
- ...movies like 'Terms of Endearment' he wasn't fond of and that movies like 'Made-Up' he wished would receive better treatment.
He also said something about "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" (Not being too fond of it either) but I wont say it here.
- Sussie started praising 'Monk' and you could see Tony light right up
Actually Kim asked
why they hadn't started advertising on TV about the movie and I said "Advertising
isn't what cuts it. It's word
of mouth!
Shoot, I watched advertisements of Monk for three months before I decided
to watch one and then cracked up over it!" Tony
laughed, reached
over and popped a piece of cheese in his mouth. Then I finished up by saying
"Then my husband watched it and got pissed
off because Monk
reminds him so much of himself he won't watch it anymore" Tony kinda leaned
to one side and said "Oh no!" in a comical way.
- Sussie told him
about her husband a bit, but I won't go into the whole thing here as she'd
explain it
better -
Actually I can back up a bit here.
After the Q &
A was over in the theater, people starting filing out. I went first
and somehow got seperated from Kim and her mom. Tony was
standing out there
by himself, so I walked up to him and told him that I didn't mean to sound
like I didn't enjoy his presence but that I just can't
get into the fan
thing as I was in his field of work once but had to stop as my husband's
OCD got the point of my having to be home. I told him
that I was pissed
off because I had to quit, as I know I will never be able to get into it
again. I then said that wasn't the reason I had stepped up
to talk to him.
I told him that in all honesty I did not come up to see the movie, because
I didn't think I would like it. I told him that I had came up
to see Kim and went
to the movie as a favor to her - (Note - if Kim reads this: This is a true
statement), I then said that my mind had been
changed and I loved
the movie. And if a movie can change MY mind, then it's got to be
able to change anyone's mind and we needed to break
down the stereotypical
bastards (Meaning the marketers) that are trying to hold this movie back
from being spread across the country. We
chatted for a bit
about that situation, then I told him that I had a website that can get
up to 10,000 hits in a month and I was going to add information
about the movie
there. He was very pleased with this.
When Kim, her mom,
Tony, and I were chatting at the reception, he asked that I tell him about
my husband's OCD. So I did. He listened quite
intently but had
a look on his face that he felt sorry for me. This kinda messed with
my mind a bit because I don't ever want anyone to feel sorry
for me. He
wanted to know if my husband was on any medication for it, to which I had
to reply that the VA has given him some but he is in denial
and won't take them.
(Actually they don't do him any good anyway. But I didn't tell Tony that).
He then wanted to know how I handled my husband.
So I described briefly
(I look back on that now and wonder if I should have given him "the boat
incident" as a classic example. Kim knows what
I'm talking about.
LOL!)
Then again the conversation
turned to Made-Up and I again said "Well if you can change my mind, my
stubborn Scot mind, then you can change
anyone's mind.
I just don't like Chick-Flicks"! He got a kick out of me saying "Chick-Flicks".
- One thing that
was particularly funny was Brooke's cell phone kept ringing during the
workshop while she was on stage - first Light Eternity
called her, then
the composer from the movie. I think it might have been slightly staged,
but it was very funny. She said "I'm on stage right now!" :)
- Heck. I could tell it was staged and I said that to you. LOL!
But you forgot the funniest thing.
One of the students
there asked Tony how he goes about showing anger for a scene. The student
said he was given a part where he had to get
mad and he just
couldn't "get mad". The student then said "I mean, you seem like
a nice guy and all" and before he could finish his sentence of
"How do you get
angry for a part?", Tony crossed his legs and got this coy look on his
face and said "Are you asking me out?" The audience
busted up!
- After that, Tony
had to hop a plane for Seattle, so he didn't stay too long. I managed
to call out his name and hand him a card quickly that me,
my mom and Sussie
signed personally to thank them and they were off.
I also gave him my
CPI business card and told him that he could contact me if he needed any
more information about what we had talked about
earlier. He
seemed relieved that I had given him the card. Just as they were heading
out stage right I then stopped him and said to him "I sense
that you are worried
if you playing your character Monk right?" He kinda looked looked
up like "Darn. Does it show?" and then looked right at me
and said "You're
right!" And I said "You're doing it just right. But don't try to
get better at it because if you get too real, it won't be funny anymore.
OCD is no laughing
matter" He then replied "Yes. I know, and we are trying to respect that."
He then said that he had to go. I then replied "Yeah
I know, you have
my card, have your writer contact me if they would like more information
on what it's like to live with someone like that!" then
smiling I added,"Free
of charge, of course!" Again he gave me that sad look and said "I will!"
I wonder what he thought when he read what I wrote on
the back "Feel free
to contact me if you need any tips from a real 'Sharona'"
One of the advantages
to having a husband with OCD is that when they are REALLY stressed out,
they clean. I came home to a very clean house!
The disadvantage
to having a husband with OCD is that when you arrive home, they just act
like everything is back to normal and you go on with life.
So, I was met with
a brief hug and then he was back to doing his daily rituals. The
dogs were happy to see me though! LOL!
Mac
aka Sussie Due