Just finished my second helping of tuna noodle casserole while watching a Lifetime movie. Haven’t spent an afternoon like this in years. It’s dark and damp outside; I doubt if I will stray far from home today.
The movie I’m watching is ‘The Interrogation of Michael Crowe.’ It’s about a 14 year old who is coerced into confessing to his sister’s murder. Ally Sheedy is in it. She went to school down the street from my Dad’s corner grocery store. I would see her walk by all the time. She still looks the same. After she got ‘famous’ I would see her walking around the Upper West Side, she always struck me as very down to earth.
Cynthis Nixon and I rode in an elevator together once. It was the early 90′s – very pre-Sex in the City. Like a lot of Native Manhattanites I usually will not approach celebrities. The notable exceptions were Harvey Fierstein & Cynthis Nixon. Amazingly enough Meryl Streep approached me at the Public Theatre in 2001. We were standing at the lobby desk together, and she turned to say hi and ask how I was doing that day. She’s quite the lady. But I digress…
So Cynthia Nixon and I are in elevator together on West End Avenue at 86th Street. Her hair was longer and blonde then. She smiled at me, and I said, “You’re Cynthia Nixon, and I saw you in ‘Little Darlings.’ You played the hippie kid who said, ‘This is what happens when you eat meat.’
She was delighted that I remembered her role, and best line in the film. So friendly. So sweet. Every time I see her on TV or in a movie I am delighted with her continued success.
This Michael Crowe is pretty intense. Every one of us should familiarize ourselves with the Miranda Rights asap.
Uh oh looks like the trial part is coming up soon in this movie. Come on Ally show ‘em what you’re made of!
Back again soon.
