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I met newyearsday tonight at BBM!
Meryl:
On the spur of the moment, I went to see the last showing of BBM at Lincoln Square in NY tonight. There were maybe 50 people there, a lot of whom looked like die-hard Brokies, and I was wishing I could ask them all how many times they'd seen it.
Well, I got my wish! The movie started, the lights didn't go down, and there was no sound. Several people immediately got up and went out to complain, and some of us started talking while we waited for someone to fix it. An older gay couple near me were seeing it for the tenth time, and a guy a row ahead of me said it was his 11th (same for me).
So this cute gal with short dark hair came back in and said she'd complained and they were going to start the movie again. She proceeded to show the guy in the row ahead of me her necklace, but I couldn't see what it was. Then she told him she knew someone who'd traveled over 300 miles to see BBM three times in a row in California. I immediately thought of Rontrigger's saga, but they were talking like they were on the Dave Cullen board, so I wasn't sure if she was a Tremblayan.
The sound came on just about the time Jack and Ennis headed up the mountain with the sheep, and it seemed we were not going to get them to start the whole movie over again. The intrepid girl went out again. Sure enough, the film finally stopped and the manager announced they would start it over again. I yelled across the theater to her, "You're our hero!"
We all watched the movie with reverence (except, apparently some people in the back row who laughed at everything, and who I thankfully didn't hear) and hung in there till the final credit rolled. The gay couple was singing along with Rufus, so I did, too. Then we started gabbing again. The theater staff had to ask us to leave so they could clean the theater. Out in the vestibule, I saw the heroic girl again and asked if she posted on imdb. Yes! Pierre Tremblay? Yes! Are you Jenny? Yes!! I hugged her, and she wondered who the hell I was. I'm Meryl! OMG!!!!
So I've met my first Tremblayan in real life. We talked and talked in the lobby with a couple of Dave Cullen posters and some guy who just loved the movie but isn't on the net. Such fun! If I hadn't had to go home and feed my starving cats, I think we'd still be yakking.
That was probably my last BBM experience in the theater, but by far the most fun. Thanks, Jenny! ;D
YaadPyar:
Two things:
1. This is such a great story. What a small and wonderful world.
2. WELCOME. I was wondering where you were.
It feels like home, but so much better than the home we had, hunh?
littleguitar:
that is such an amazing story! I keep hoping I'll meet a fellow brokie when i go but i never do. I'm always in the theatre with people who seem to hate it. I get the people who leave half way through or make rude comments or laugh...
Oh well, soon I'll be able to watch it without all that craziness
dmmb_Mandy:
Meryl, that's so awesome!! Glad to hear that our family members are meeting and getting along so beautifully!
TheStudDuck:
That is such a great story! I love it! That is sooooo wonderful!
I wish that I could have the chance of bumping into fellow Tremblayans, but sadly I believe I am the only Tremblayan who is representing Indiana (at least at this point in time). But don't worry... I'll be the best damn representative you've ever seen!
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