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Marge Brashier writes: I'm just back home from Turkey and while there, I'd hoped to get a chance to see Nowhere Man on the German TV station Deniz Olgun had told us about on the Nowhere Man list. I learned later that Nowhere Man was pre-empted that week anyway, but after we checked into our hotel in Pamukkale last Tuesday, I was scanning through the channels to see if we had the station Nowhere Man airs on. I was perched half-on, half-off the side of the bed and just about flipped off backwards when suddenly I saw BG before me! Dubbed into Turkish, no less. The voice wasn't Bruce's, but it was at least in the same voice range. Unfortunately, the movie was already in progess and it was his last scene in Passenger 57, but it was neat to see him and a link back to you all while I was so far from home.
When I returned to the US, I spent a night in New York before flying home to Wisconsin and spent the evening with June. It was a bit chaotic at first, but June was very patient when I arrived at the hotel after her and had to check in and change. We had dinner, which turned out to be her treat, and then went to see 1776 (there's a revival of it on Broadway this year). June had ordered the tickets once my plans were finally set and the seats turned out to be terrific. It was so nice to meet her after knowing her through the lists for so long. I hope she enjoyed the evening as much as I did, because it was a terrific ending to my trip.
June Koizumi writes: Marge and I had the pleasure of spending the past Friday evening together. Marge had a layover in NYC on Friday on her way home from a vacation in Turkey. Since she likes theater, her plan was to stay the night in the city and take in a play. AND she also wanted to meet ME.
We met at the Hotel Wellington where she was staying and had dinner at Lindy's (famous for their cheesecake). We then attended a performance of 1776 at the Roundabout Theater. I had procured the tickets some weeks earlier and was pleased that our seats were in the third row.
The play 1776, which is about the signing of the Declaration of Independence, is excellent and quite funny. Brent Spiner (Data in ST:TNG) has the starring role of John Adams ("He's obnoxious and disliked, don't you know" goes one of the songs). I found the ending electrifying. As the delegates sign the Declaration, a scrim with the document printed on it is lowered in the stage foreground. The bells toll louder and louder until finally, the delegates freeze, duplicating their positions in the well-known painting. This static formality contrasts greatly with the characters' preceding shenanigans.
Marge and I had a leisurely talk over dinner and at the hotel. We talked mostly about ourselves and, of course, Bruce and NwM and the anticipation of TSH and SlpW. She described her trip to Turkey and the fluke of glimpsing Bruce on TV in Passenger 57. She had brought photos of her house, the library where she works, some parts of town, and her two pretty kitties. Speaking of photos, we managed to get two pictures taken of us, one at Lindy's by our waitress, and another at the hotel.
Needless to say, we had a wonderful time. What a treat it was to meet Marge after having known her online for so long.
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