Picket Weirdness
I had no idea that picketing would be such a freak show. Just a few things I saw this week-
-A guy drove by in a black SUV, dressed up as a clown, shouting, "You #@$#-ing commie! Go back to China!"
But dressed up as a clown.
A clown.
Apparently the racist clown union is not down with us.
-A woman stopped her car, jumped out, and gave us a huge bag of cookies. She told us she supported the writers, then said that she could relate to our plight because she worked in the porn industry.
For what it's worth, the cookies were really good. But I wouldn't have eaten them if it hadn't been a sealed bag of cookies.
-There was a guy named "Westside Rental Man" - wearing a giant blue wig, with a shield and cape emblazoned with Westside Rentals. He's apparently a street performer who does advertising for them, so he grabbed a picket sign and joined the picket.
And just when it couldn't get any weirder, it turned out the guy was a veteran of Hollywood labor movements, telling us some story about how he walked the picket line during the 2003 SAG Commercial strike.
-Someone dropped off a huge block of sharp cheddar cheese as a gift to the writers. A HUGE block of cheese.
And it was delicious.
-A guy walked out of the Gower Street exit with blood streaming out of his head. He walked past us, then across the street into the parking structure, and then came back after retrieving something from his car. And he wasn't the only one - there were a couple of extras with head wounds coming in and out of the exit.
You'd think they'd want to wipe the make-up off before heading home, but what do I know.
-There are a LOT of random people stopping to take pictures of the picketers. People would stop, pull over, and just snap pictures of us. USC film students are shooting video. Weird people are sneaking up and trying to surreptiously take pictures from across the street while hiding behind things.
Even a limousine leaving the Paramount lot stopped - the window rolled down and a blonde actress with sunglasses (who I didn't recognize) leaned out to take a picture of me. All this attention is kinda weird.
-A guy walked the picket line on Melrose with a huge sign, "Take Jesus into your life NOW!" The now part was huge. He walked the line with his sign, then wished us luck, before driving away. As he drove away, he honked his horn in support, and told us, "Don't forget what I told you!"
So the clowns aren't down with the writers. But apparently Jesus is walking with us.
-A guy drove by in a black SUV, dressed up as a clown, shouting, "You #@$#-ing commie! Go back to China!"
But dressed up as a clown.
A clown.
Apparently the racist clown union is not down with us.
-A woman stopped her car, jumped out, and gave us a huge bag of cookies. She told us she supported the writers, then said that she could relate to our plight because she worked in the porn industry.
For what it's worth, the cookies were really good. But I wouldn't have eaten them if it hadn't been a sealed bag of cookies.
-There was a guy named "Westside Rental Man" - wearing a giant blue wig, with a shield and cape emblazoned with Westside Rentals. He's apparently a street performer who does advertising for them, so he grabbed a picket sign and joined the picket.
And just when it couldn't get any weirder, it turned out the guy was a veteran of Hollywood labor movements, telling us some story about how he walked the picket line during the 2003 SAG Commercial strike.
-Someone dropped off a huge block of sharp cheddar cheese as a gift to the writers. A HUGE block of cheese.
And it was delicious.
-A guy walked out of the Gower Street exit with blood streaming out of his head. He walked past us, then across the street into the parking structure, and then came back after retrieving something from his car. And he wasn't the only one - there were a couple of extras with head wounds coming in and out of the exit.
You'd think they'd want to wipe the make-up off before heading home, but what do I know.
-There are a LOT of random people stopping to take pictures of the picketers. People would stop, pull over, and just snap pictures of us. USC film students are shooting video. Weird people are sneaking up and trying to surreptiously take pictures from across the street while hiding behind things.
Even a limousine leaving the Paramount lot stopped - the window rolled down and a blonde actress with sunglasses (who I didn't recognize) leaned out to take a picture of me. All this attention is kinda weird.
-A guy walked the picket line on Melrose with a huge sign, "Take Jesus into your life NOW!" The now part was huge. He walked the line with his sign, then wished us luck, before driving away. As he drove away, he honked his horn in support, and told us, "Don't forget what I told you!"
So the clowns aren't down with the writers. But apparently Jesus is walking with us.
posted by Eugene at 7:48 PM
2 Comments:
Jesus is with you, the porn industry is with you, and Folks bearing Cheese, but not the angry clowns?!
Someone has to do something about the angry clowns before they ruin everything that good, decent people hold dear...
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