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I saw Waiting this afternoon with Charlie, Elisa, and her boyfriend, Kevin. The four of us were excited to see this flick since we all had worked in restaurants before. Charlie even worked in a place like “Shenanigan’s” called Houlihan's; see also Bennigans, see also Fridays. We knew we would be able to relate our experiences to it, spitting in food or hooking up with co-workers; we had all been there. So I had fun seeing it with them. It's always better to see a comedy with friends and hear them laugh, which always makes you laugh, even if you don't think it's funny. But I have to admit, when I heard about this movie being made, I flipped. The fact that someone had made a movie about what really goes on when waiting tables ticked me off beyond belief.
I'm 16. I've been employed at It's Greek To Me for five months now. I work here with my buddy, Krysten, and have we got stories for you! Stories that would make you throw up and never want to go back to a Greek place ever again. Despite the fact we hate this job, we have so much fun while we're here. Krysten and I get giddy one day and start talking about things we would really want to say to customers. We begin brainstorming, each of us coming up with separate stories and creating our characters. Naturally, Krysten's character is a complete who-ah and mine is a confused dork with a learning problem. The bits and pieces we write on our own and together are very comical, loaded with sexual innuendos, cursing, and food. We show the characters at work and in their schools (one private, one public), one character in the back of a car, the other with a tutor for math. We title it: Wait On This. The next year, I use the screenplay to create a media/press kit for Marketing class. Six years later, some dude catches a break with an identical idea to ours and lands three major hotties for roles in the indie film.
So I see this thing and realize...I could have done this too...when I was in high school! Don't get me wrong, it's funny. It's got some great stuff in there I wouldn't have thought of but the premise and some of the jokes are so predictable because I wrote them too. They had to edit stuff out. They had to. There is no way you get Dane Cook and Ryan Reynolds in the same movie and have mediocre jokes. No way. They both have such great delivery; I mean come on, Van Wilder? How many times did I go see this thing in the theater and not pay for it? It was hilarious! Now here's a low budget flick with a talented cast and you're going to tell me they stuck to the script? I guess I'm just going to have to buy the DVD and see the deleted scenes because I can bet you, that's where the hilarity is.
I'm 16. I've been employed at It's Greek To Me for five months now. I work here with my buddy, Krysten, and have we got stories for you! Stories that would make you throw up and never want to go back to a Greek place ever again. Despite the fact we hate this job, we have so much fun while we're here. Krysten and I get giddy one day and start talking about things we would really want to say to customers. We begin brainstorming, each of us coming up with separate stories and creating our characters. Naturally, Krysten's character is a complete who-ah and mine is a confused dork with a learning problem. The bits and pieces we write on our own and together are very comical, loaded with sexual innuendos, cursing, and food. We show the characters at work and in their schools (one private, one public), one character in the back of a car, the other with a tutor for math. We title it: Wait On This. The next year, I use the screenplay to create a media/press kit for Marketing class. Six years later, some dude catches a break with an identical idea to ours and lands three major hotties for roles in the indie film.
So I see this thing and realize...I could have done this too...when I was in high school! Don't get me wrong, it's funny. It's got some great stuff in there I wouldn't have thought of but the premise and some of the jokes are so predictable because I wrote them too. They had to edit stuff out. They had to. There is no way you get Dane Cook and Ryan Reynolds in the same movie and have mediocre jokes. No way. They both have such great delivery; I mean come on, Van Wilder? How many times did I go see this thing in the theater and not pay for it? It was hilarious! Now here's a low budget flick with a talented cast and you're going to tell me they stuck to the script? I guess I'm just going to have to buy the DVD and see the deleted scenes because I can bet you, that's where the hilarity is.