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Brotherhood 2.0: April 26: Hollywood Meetings

2007-04-26 · letter vlog · John · 3:26 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Books & writing (also: Personal life) · mode: Personal update · tags: on location, community lore, civic or action cta

From Los Angeles John runs through a day of Hollywood meetings, including the most important one with people who might want to film An Abundance of Katherines, joking that everyone in LA is stuck in eighth grade; the meeting went well.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Standing ovation for the Helen Hunt song; greeting from the Pacific beach; a sculpture that looked dirty turns out to be the Virgin Mary; 'find this guy'

  • ★ John opens with a standing ovation for Hank's Helen Hunt song. (playful) — 00:00:15
  • ★★ John reports from a Los Angeles beach, Pacific behind him, after a day of 'crazy Hollywood meetings'. — 00:00:15 · Los Angeles
  • ★★ Walking the beach with his agent, John saw a sculpture that looked like something dirty, then walking around it saw it was the Virgin Mary. (playful) — 00:00:15
  • ★ John jokingly gives Nerdfighters the mission of finding the sculptor, whom he is '100%' sure he doesn't like. (joke) — 00:00:15 · Nerdfighteria

00:00:59 — The key meeting: people who might film An Abundance of Katherines; a whole pizza beforehand; everyone in LA is stuck in eighth grade

  • ★★★ John's most important meeting of the day is with people who might want to make An Abundance of Katherines into a movie. (hedged) — 00:00:59 · An Abundance of Katherines
  • ★★ John thinks everyone in Los Angeles is stuck in eighth grade, still thrilled that somebody somewhere might like them. (playful) — 00:00:59 · Los Angeles

00:01:51 — Outside and inside the meeting building, crammed with items; a college girlfriend's parents' Santa collection; Mom would love it

  • ★ The meeting place is very welcoming, "the opposite of Los Angeles", packed with more items per square inch than anywhere he has been; Mom would love it like Willy Wonka's factory. (playful) — 00:01:51 · Sydney Green, Los Angeles

00:02:38 — Madam Seymour's crystal ball on Hank and Helen Hunt and on John's screenplay; the meeting went well; P.S. top secret project email

  • ★★ John asks 'Madam Seymour' whether it will ever happen between Hank and Helen Hunt (crystal ball: highly doubtful) and whether he'd do a good job on the An Abundance of Katherines screenplay (no). (playful) — 00:02:38 · An Abundance of Katherines
  • ★★★ Despite the prediction, John reports that the meeting went really well. — 00:02:38 · An Abundance of Katherines
  • ★★ In a P.S., John asks Nerdfighters who want to take part in a top secret project to email him. — 00:02:38 · Nerdfighteria

Humor (significant)

  • John asks Nerdfighters to find the sculptor of the Virgin Mary that looked dirty. — 00:00:15

    “Statistical chances I don't like that guy, 100%.”

  • John recalls the thrill in eighth grade of discovering people might like you. — 00:00:59

    “It seems to me that everyone in Los Angeles is stuck in 8th grade.”

  • Right before the most important meeting of the day: — 00:00:59

    “I probably shouldn't have eaten a whole barbecue chicken pizza about 12 minutes ago over the course of about 48 seconds.”

  • John consults Madam Seymour's crystal ball about Hank's love for Helen Hunt. — 00:02:38

    “My crystal ball says highly doubtful.”

Threads in this video

Where the stories that moved here went next

Mentioned

Central: An Abundance of Katherines

Also: Helen Hunt (actor) · Helen Hunt (song) · Los Angeles · Mary, mother of Jesus · Pacific Ocean · Sydney Green · Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

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