Jan 07 2004
Green Acres
Here at Green Acres (and I do mean green, since it only rains here in the winter, and yeah, it?s winter, and yeah, it?s raining), there is no cell phone service and no TV unless you have a satellite dish. These two phenomena may well be related, but I neither know nor care ? they both fall into the category of “I just want it to work and I don?t care how”, like cars ? but what it means for us is that we have to keep renting DVD?s and videos in the Big Town to entertain bedridden Mom.
The Big Town (approximate population 5,000), is where they keep all the non-picturesque necessities of life, like Safeway, the DMV, the police station, the hospital, and the video store. It?s about half an hour?s drive each way, so we try to rent as many videos (and run as many errands) as we can to make the voyage worth it.
One of our recent rentals was Sex & the City, Season 4. In one episode, Charlotte sets up Anthony, her wedding gown designer, with her friend Stanford. Anthony asks Charlotte who would play Stanford in a movie before accepting the date*, and since I have too much time on my hands and am too self-centered anyway, it made me wonder: who would play Me in a movie? And who would play You?
*Charlotte said “Ed Harris”, and when Anthony met Stanford, he snapped at Charlotte, “Try Ed “I have no hair-is”. The set-up was not a success. They seldom are.
4 Responses to “Green Acres”
Probably some unknow actor. Failing that Kieran Culkin
Of course, for me, it could only be Ernest Borgnine, the bonus being a body-double would not be necessary for the nude scenes.
Um, Ed Harris is on my list of Five. I think he’s very sexy. Who’d play me? Hmm, too many people have told me I remind them of Lori Petty, so I guess I’d have to say that, although I’m not sure it’s a compliment.
Who’d play Suzy? Hmm, Gwyneth Paltrow.
How about Kate Hudson playing Suzy?