Cringy
RE Mike shot us some tix to go see this Broadway show called Celebrity Autobiography, the other day.
Him: I heard it’s funny.
Me: Sweeeeet – Sat at 5PM works for us. You going?
Him: Let me check – I might go with you but [the wife and kid] are in Florida.
Sara loved the last three things that he sent us to – a private party, The Heart of Rock and Roll, and Once Upon a One More Time – so she was def up to see this one as well.
Me: You wanna go? From RE Mike, of course.
Her: Ooooooh! Fun!
The premise is clever; essentially, celebrities read excerpts of autobiographies from other celebrities – and most are pretty cringe.
I went mainly to see Eric McCormack from Will & Grace (he lived on my block so I have a story about him that I’ll tell you about one day), who’s the last person in the pic below, and Tony Shalhoub from Wings and Monk – two shows that I’ve seen pretty much every episode of, back in the day.
That first guy – Mario Cantone – was hilarious, as was Mikey Day from SNL.
Ralph Macchio was also there, as well as Nia Vardalos from My Big Fat Greek Wedding – she was also hilarious.
The others were good, but they were the stars of the show, in my opinion.
Having said that, the show was 90 minutes, and I definitely feel that it coulda been a faster, more interesting 60-minute show.
If nuthin else, I don’t think celebrities with no writing chops – at all – should hold themselves out to be authors. The poetry of Matthew McConaughey, the love story of Kenny Loggings, and the musings of Khloé Kardashian were particularly funny/cringy.
Then again, maybe in a few decades, people might find this blog and find everything I write cringy.
In any case, while I’m not sure I woulda seen it but for RE Mike sending us the tix, it was a nice change from our usual.
Afterward, we stepped out into the warm spring evening.
Her: It’s supposed to be the hottest summer on record this summer.
Me: No!
Her: (nodding) Yup.
Me: (shaking head) Why do you gotta ruin everything? (grumble)
Oddly, thinking about celebrities and their hidden talents – or lack thereof – got me to thinking about Scarlett Johansson’s song Relator, which was a song that I heard from a magazine I used to read to find new music – waaaaay before Spotify – called Paste Magazine.
I liked it before I found out it was her singing.
Here it is if you’ve never heard it before.
Location: midtown with the kid and his friends, looking for a kitchen and a party
Mood: heated already
Music: life’s for us to talk about (Spotify)
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