OLDER POSTS
As promised, my photos of the Whip It cast at TIFF 2009. For Part 1, read here. Whip It stars, left to right: Drew Barrymore, Ellen Page, Landon Pigg, Shauna Cross (wrote the Whip It screenplay based on her novel "Derby Girl"), Alia Shawkat, Marcia Gay Harden, Daniel Stern, Eulala Scheel, Kristen Wiig, Juliette Lewis, Zoë Bell, Eve, and Andrew Wilson. I have better pics of the cast at Ryerson University Theatre. Alas, they are lost... somewhere.
Details. Heck, I can't even remember what I had for breakfast this morning. Drew Barrymore wore a yellow dress that looked very M.C. Escher. And great shoes. Ellen Page, appearing fragile and lonesome, held hands with Drew nearly the entire time. Odd. I also remember:
- Ellen Page is really SHORT. Pixie-sized. Pint-sized. Tiny. Little. Small. Diminutive. WEE.
- Eulala Scheel (Marcia Gay Harden's daughter) poses exactly like her mom. Arms. Legs.
- Eulala was 11-years old in 2009. In 2011, she's probably now taller than... Ellen Page.
- "Oh. Is it possible... 2 people on that stage... shorter than ME? Dunno, I can't see. Argh."
- SHORT ME + my shaky hands + my Crap-Cam® 1.0 + night = very crappy fuzzy pictures.
Hover your mouse cursor over any image to read its description. Click on a thumbnail to see a larger image (damn, nearly all my pics of stuntwoman extraordinaire Zoë Bell were crap):
A giddy emotional Drew Barrymore with Canadian entertainment reporter Rick Campanelli:
Eve showing off her cheetah paw print chest tattoos, Andrew Wilson, and Rick Campanelli:
Drew Barrymore, Marcia Gay Harden + daughter Eulala Scheel, Daniel Stern, Kristen Wigg:
Singer-songwriter actor Landon Pigg, screenwriter Shauna Cross + Lilliputian Ellen Page:
Plagued by tall people blocking my view (the story of my life), I finally got closer to the stage:
So close but alas, Murphy's Law struck (also the story of my life)... my camera battery died:
Fast-forward to 2011. Lessons learned. Always carry spare batteries. Always back up your hard drives before they crash and you LOSE IT ALL. Ah, but once in a while, some things that were broken CAN BE FIXED. Some things that were lost CAN BE FOUND. And even the smallest person can change the course of the future. Wait... fuck, why am I quoting Lord of the Rings? Aaack. Damn it, I'm still coming up... short.
Au revoir,
Massa P aka "dwarf fruity tree"
Once again, I apologize for the late replies to your comments from a looooong time ago:
@Jude: Tinier than your... No, you will not bait me again. :P (Old Skool. Give me something new. Yawn.)
@Pedro: Waldo. Willy. Waldo's Willy. Pedro, Pietro. Derivations. What do you have against St. Peter's name? (OK, so I'm going to hell.)
RE: Ellen Page's hamburger phone. I wonder what it is about people around me who reference food-shaped phones? Just recently, a friend e-mailed me a pic of Keanu Reeves / Neo talking on a banana phone. Weird.
You would follow me on Twitter? Why? I don't even follow ME on Twitter.
@{ K }: I wonder if there's any truth to this article: Short Doctors More Likely to Push Growth Hormone on Kids.
@Ami: LOL, I've posted stranger, more questionable replies. Must restrain myself, sometimes. :D
@Zerovoltage: I mind being nearly trampled by taller people. Happened before. Outdoors. Rowdy crowd. Not fun.
No penis in this post! What a relief.
Ellen Page is NOT short. You're just jealous I met her. :-P
"Pietro" Parker? Is that a Spider-Man from the Jersey Shore? Some poor man's Italian Spider-Man? A mangiacake imitation like Chef Boyardee? The real Italian Spider-Man is Franco Franchetti.
Spider-Man now also represents more than nerdy Americans and Pisanos. He is also British (Reboot), Blatino (Miles Morales) and Closeted (he sings on Broadway).
Signed,
xaxa
Why did you change my name to Pedro? Who is Pedro? I would prolly vote for him. You seem to have mistaken me for him. Perhaps you are having trouble discerning reality from illusion.
Ellen Page is a talented architect and she has a hamburger phone you can use to call for directions.
Seriously, who is Pedro?
Signed,
Eames
1. I still haven't seen Whip It. :-(
2. I am Pixie-sized. Pint-sized. Tiny. Little. Small. Diminutive. WEE. (= as tall as Ellen Page), LOL.
Ellen Page is ~1.54 m, meaning she is just a bit more than 1 standard deviation away from the average US woman's height. Fascinating how a difference of 6% from the avg height will get someone called WEE.
To qualify for the medical condition of dwarfism, an adult height less than 1.47 m is needed. Hobbits on the other hand are on average 1.07 m.
Society seems to be fixated to height as a barely perceivable difference confers numerous socioeconomic advantages. When I was younger, I had hoped to be tall instead of avg, mainly because I suppose it opens more doors. But it is said, "One does not simply walk into more doors... It is folly."
I would have followed you, my blogger, my captain, my king... on Twitter.
Bored Omir.
Signed,
xaxa
So I watched it with my roommates, twice because it was so much fun. Made me feel sorry that I can't skate. But oh well, I'm not... tiny, so it's fine, I guess. But then again, I might be tiny out of Asia. Drew was funny, especially when her nose got broken.
LOL on the second half of your reply to previous post BTW. I was like, "Is she really posting this on her blog?"
I don't mind Ellen Page being short. This movie really needs DEVO!!! LOLZ.