movie night: Vegan Meat
Author: Nathalia
Rating: G
Challenge:
Creamsicle #15 - respect
Flavor of the Day #236 - risible
Extras / Toppings: pocky chain, peaches (new people you meet are kindred spirits and fascinating company)
Word Count: 518
Story: Misfits
Summary: The Misfits watch Vegan Meat.
Notes: just some silliness? And another sarcastic use of a Creamsicle prompt.
Being the new members on the team, it was easy enough for Shania and Hobbie to bond right away, discovering that it was easier to face the insanity if someone had their back. Once they discovered their mutual love for David Lynch (a director Face only had bad things to say about because his part as an extra had been cut in favor of a close-up shot of Kyle McLachlan, not once, but twice, in Dune and Blue Velvet), it was only natural for them to start watching Twin Peaks every Tuesday evening in the rec room.
***
“You think Face ever auditioned for any other Lynch movies?” Shania asked as the credits of the episode they had just been watching, rolled.
“It wouldn’t surprise me if he had auditioned for every part that ever went to Kyle McLachlan,” Hobbie grinned. “I mean, I don’t get the feeling that he was any good.”
“But you’ve never seen anything he starred in?” Shania sounded surprised when Hobbie acknowledged.
“We need to change that. Most of his work is hard to find, but there’s one I might actually own.”
“Is it any good?”
Shania smiled slyly. “You have no idea.”
***
After Shania had found the movie, they agreed to watch it the following Tuesday and to not tell Face about it as he would only try to prevent them from watching his work.
Of course, it was too good not to share it with the others and so, on Tuesday evening, everyone but Face -- even Dennis and Stella -- was gathered in the rec room with snacks and drinks, ready for movie night.
***
Whatever they had expected, Vegan Meat exceeded all of their expectations.
Tom and Wes had initially protested to watching a romantic comedy, but after the concept of veganism had been explained to Wes who thought that it an affront to all the good farmers in America, the start button was pushed and they were all staring at the screen, unable to tear themselves away from the gem that was Vegan Meat.
***
By the time Face’s character had asked his love interest, a vegan, out on a date and then taken her to a steak house, ordering a rib-eye steak before she could protest, leading her to run away crying when the steak was set down before her, everyone had to admit that this was by far the worst and at the same time best romantic comedy they had ever seen, a fact that was reinforced by Face’s character deciding that he couldn’t run after her without eating his dinner first, making his priorities pretty obvious.
***
“I respect the man for having the guts to play the part straight,” Tom commented afterwards. “Who would be dumb enough to agree to appear in a movie as dumb as this one?”
“Struggling actors,” Jane suggested.
“We need to watch this again,” Dennis grinned, “make it a drinking game. Every time they list how different they are and when there are unnecessary close-ups.”
Lynn nodded. “Add one or two more rules and we’ll be pretty drunk by the end of this.”