Matie and the Adaptation
dreamed after seeing some movies
Matie and I went to see Catch Me If You Can. Everyone called it a nice, fun movie, and it was, except for the last twenty minutes or so which were all about how everybody is lonely and sad forever and we all die alone. Then we went home and went to bed, because it was late.
The next day, Matie showed me a big sheaf of handwritten pages. She'd been picked to write the novelization of Catch Me If You Can! I asked if she got a copy of the movie or the script or anything, but she said she didn't. She had written a bunch from memory, and was going to go back today and see if she missed anything.
I was a little jealous that she got to write it and not me. Not only do I have a degree in English, I also have better penmanship.
Matie told me that she wasn't worried about doing a bad job; nobody really read movie adaptations. It was going to have several color plates in the middle, so she figured it would mostly be bought by Leonardo Di Caprio fans. In fact, she told me, so sure was she that nobody was going to read it that she was messing with the story. She read me an excerpt:
Tom Hanks: Now let's get gay with each other!
Leonardo Di Caprio: In the butt?
Tom Hanks: AND ON THIS COUCH.
I tried and tried to persuade her that someone would, in fact, notice that kind of thing, but she just kept laughing at me. "I already cashed the check!" she told me.
I really thought I could do a better job.
The next day, Matie showed me a big sheaf of handwritten pages. She'd been picked to write the novelization of Catch Me If You Can! I asked if she got a copy of the movie or the script or anything, but she said she didn't. She had written a bunch from memory, and was going to go back today and see if she missed anything.
I was a little jealous that she got to write it and not me. Not only do I have a degree in English, I also have better penmanship.
Matie told me that she wasn't worried about doing a bad job; nobody really read movie adaptations. It was going to have several color plates in the middle, so she figured it would mostly be bought by Leonardo Di Caprio fans. In fact, she told me, so sure was she that nobody was going to read it that she was messing with the story. She read me an excerpt:
Tom Hanks: Now let's get gay with each other!
Leonardo Di Caprio: In the butt?
Tom Hanks: AND ON THIS COUCH.
I tried and tried to persuade her that someone would, in fact, notice that kind of thing, but she just kept laughing at me. "I already cashed the check!" she told me.
I really thought I could do a better job.
