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Cinematic Details
Mar. 16th, 2005 02:11 pmscript:
Everyone looks up. There is a strange between-songs silence.
Arthur proceeds, self consciously.
A Tommy Stone song beings on the jukebox. (‘People Rockin’ People’/Shudder To Think) but people in the bar continue staring at Arthur.
He approaches the bar.
ARTHUR
Beer, please.
Arthur notices a group of mostly black Teenagers, decked out in Tommy Stone gear. They whisper to each other. One Teenage Girl starts walking over.
The Bartender hands Arthur his beer, staring all the while at Arthur’s jacket.
Arthur realizes he’s still wearing his press pass and starts taking it off.
TEENAGE GIRL
Excuse me, sir. Are you from the Tommy Stone Tour?
ARTHUR
No. Just a journalist. Perhaps you’d like my press pass as a souvenir?
Her eyes widen. Arthur hands her the badge.
TEENAGE GIRL
Thank you, sir.
Todd: To me, that scene represents the dearth of radical spirit that I saw as such a tremendous aspect of the Seventies. It's not meant to blame the poor kids in the bar — this is the music they were given, and it's all they have. Everybody needs some piece of pop music to cling to and get through their teenage years with. For this generation, it's Tommy Stone, while for another generation it's someone else.
The female Tommy Stone fan seems to have her hair straightened and styled in an old fashioned 50's way. Perhaps she thinks of it as a cool retro look but to many of us it looks like a nod to a repressive era when Blacks straightened their hair in an effort to look more 'acceptable'.
Everyone looks up. There is a strange between-songs silence.
Arthur proceeds, self consciously.
A Tommy Stone song beings on the jukebox. (‘People Rockin’ People’/Shudder To Think) but people in the bar continue staring at Arthur.
He approaches the bar.
Beer, please.
Arthur notices a group of mostly black Teenagers, decked out in Tommy Stone gear. They whisper to each other. One Teenage Girl starts walking over.
The Bartender hands Arthur his beer, staring all the while at Arthur’s jacket.
Arthur realizes he’s still wearing his press pass and starts taking it off.
Excuse me, sir. Are you from the Tommy Stone Tour?
No. Just a journalist. Perhaps you’d like my press pass as a souvenir?
Her eyes widen. Arthur hands her the badge.
Thank you, sir.
Todd: To me, that scene represents the dearth of radical spirit that I saw as such a tremendous aspect of the Seventies. It's not meant to blame the poor kids in the bar — this is the music they were given, and it's all they have. Everybody needs some piece of pop music to cling to and get through their teenage years with. For this generation, it's Tommy Stone, while for another generation it's someone else.
The female Tommy Stone fan seems to have her hair straightened and styled in an old fashioned 50's way. Perhaps she thinks of it as a cool retro look but to many of us it looks like a nod to a repressive era when Blacks straightened their hair in an effort to look more 'acceptable'.
