06-10-2013, 04:41 PM
First, yes, I'll give Chollywood Rising some consideration. I brought a copy of the mag, been trying to figure out who to show it to, especially that column. It just seems a pulse they'd like to keep their finger on.
At dinner last night, I started zoning. You know, not following the conversation. Suddenly Joshua, the player, who I've decided is not a player but a decent sort, said from across the table, "What about you, cranefly?" Of course I have no idea what they'v been discussing. "What's one of your guilty pleasure movies?" I think a moment and say, "A Chorus Line." He and others are puzzled by that one but are about to let it go and move on when I add, "Ichi the Killer." Galen, who is Muy Thai and jiu jitzu, says, "Yeah, but that's a great movie." Joshua is nodding, and he positions his hands high and low, low for Chorus Line and high for Ichi, and says, "Now that's more like it."
Some five minutes later I whisper to the guy next to me -- Ben Li, I think -- that I got the title wrong. I hadn't meant A Chorus Line. I'd meant Showgirls. He strongly urges me not to correct myself to the group, the better to maintain my respectability.
At dinner last night, I started zoning. You know, not following the conversation. Suddenly Joshua, the player, who I've decided is not a player but a decent sort, said from across the table, "What about you, cranefly?" Of course I have no idea what they'v been discussing. "What's one of your guilty pleasure movies?" I think a moment and say, "A Chorus Line." He and others are puzzled by that one but are about to let it go and move on when I add, "Ichi the Killer." Galen, who is Muy Thai and jiu jitzu, says, "Yeah, but that's a great movie." Joshua is nodding, and he positions his hands high and low, low for Chorus Line and high for Ichi, and says, "Now that's more like it."
Some five minutes later I whisper to the guy next to me -- Ben Li, I think -- that I got the title wrong. I hadn't meant A Chorus Line. I'd meant Showgirls. He strongly urges me not to correct myself to the group, the better to maintain my respectability.
I'm nobody's pony.