the sound of trees ( original title le bruit des arbres ) is a 2015 canadian film directed by françois péloquin and starring antoine l'écuyer and roy dupuis .

after premiering in competition at the karlovy vary international film festival , the film won its director the award for emerging canadian director at the vancouver international film festival .

the sound of trees ( film )

filmed in around thirty scenes , the sound of trees chronicles the summer of a teenager caught between the river and the forest .
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screened at the 2010 marche du film at the cannes film festival . selected to screen at the bornshort international film festival , denmark 2010 as well as the temecula valley international film festival , the socal film festival and the san diego asian film festival , california . screening at the flyway film festival stockholm , wi .
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that said , the film has overcome a legal bid seeking to cancel its cannes premiere .
boutique distributors interested in the pic — and there may be a few — might wish to tweak the title slightly : quite aside from risking unwanted confusion with gus van sant’s recent cannes dud “the sea of trees , ” the new age - y implications of “the sound of trees” don’t quite square with its raw , sometimes rowdy portrayal of stir - crazy adolescent debauchery in the small village of gaspesie — the flat , thirsty vistas of which are shot with appropriately desolate grandeur ( going heavy on the late - afternoon lens flares ) by francois messier - rheault .
then again , as a literal reference to the timberyard vocation seemingly prescribed for young jeremie ( l’ecuyer ) , “the sound of trees” is perhaps an apt description of the quiet life he yearns to escape — even if the road only takes him as far as the relative metropolis of quebec city . dedicated in the closing credits to the helmer’s own son , peloquin’s film is shot through with a warm understanding of how people shift and widen their personal goalposts as the decades pass , and the compensatory rewards we give ourselves when certain dreams go unfulfilled .
the film’s final minutes leave you feeling angry and cheated , like the loser in a game of narrative three - card monte . the man next to me in the theater slowly shook his head as the end credits crawled down the screen , as if the film had crossed a line he didn’t know existed .
director biography french - canadian director françois péloquin makes his feature - film debut with the sound of trees . he also directs documentary series , music videos , commercials , visual designs for the stage , and short films . his past credits include l ' amour domestique , les derniers jours de juin , and l ' or du silence . he discovered his love of filmmaking as a videographer for radio - canada .
17 year - old jérémie ( antoine l ' écuyer ) dreams of a better life , away from the family sawmill and his native village in gaspésie , québec . instead of the forestry work , jérémie prefers hip hop music , pimping his car and slacking off with his friends . the situation despairs his father régis ( roy dupuis ) , who blames this disinterest on a local drug dealer . when the elder brother leaves town , the lives of jérémie and régis drastically change . filmed in around thirty scenes , the sound of trees is a film that chronicles moments in the summer of a teenager caught between the river and the forest .
françois péloquin is an anthropologist at heart with a deep love of people and their ordinary ways . one of his big strengths is being able to create powerful images that reflect his obsession for truthful details . he discovered the film medium in 1997–98 when , as a videographer for radio - canada tv , he shot the travel series “la course autour du monde 97–98 . ” this was followed by numerous short films , commercials , music videos , documentary series and visual designs for the stage . the sound of trees is péloquin’s feature debut . he is currently working on his second film entitled the secrets , whose screenplay again involves the collaboration of sarah lévesque .
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starring matthew mcconaughey and naomi watts , the film debuted in infamy at last year’s cannes film festival , where it premiered to deafening boos . the sea of trees was the lowest - scoring cannes entry in over a decade , earning an abysmal 0 . 6 ( out of 4 ) from the screen jury ranking . those jeers echo loudly over its american release : the onetime awards season hopeful is hobbling into just a few theaters ahead of a planned vod debut . if there were any justice in the world , though , the film would have been chained to a radiator in a basement somewhere , trapped for eternity .
it would have been one thing to settle for vapid sentimentality , but what makes the sea of trees so galling , as it turns the afterlife into a game of riddles , is how manipulative it is .
providing a strong sense of place is francois messier - rhealt ’s majestic widescreen cinematography , which includes impressive overhead shots and a lot of magic - hour backlighting of the rural locales in which the story unfolds . besides sketching the story of how a son becomes his own man , trees also shows how canada’s already thinly populated provinces are transformed by the arrival of industrial mechanization and the departure of the land’s sons to the big cities .
the sea of trees isn’t just a bad film ; it should be an embarrassment to everyone involved in making it . the metaphysical weepie deals with sensitive subject matter — depression , suicide , and cancer — with the grace and subtlety of an atomic bomb , ending in a finale so painfully misjudged that it must be seen to be believed .
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there may not be a genre with as limited a capacity to surprise a grown audience as the still - ubiquitous coming - of - age drama : while teenage kicks may switch from generation to generation , the process of self - realization they accompany remains universally constant . it’s the subtler textures of environment and character , then , that distinguish entries like francois peloquin’s debut feature , “the sound of trees , ” from the dewy - eyed dross . short and bittersweet , this portrait of a 17 - year - old trainee lumberjack seeking a life larger than his rural corner of quebec benefits from a close , compassionate view of its protagonist’s community — including several adults who haven’t yet found their own direction . balmily shot and dynamically anchored by proven young talent antoine l’ecuyer , “trees” will spread its branches amply on the festival circuit .
the film , which stars matt dillon as a serial killer , apparently features scenes in which women and children are mutilated . it premiered at cannes on monday and hundreds of people reportedly walked out .
the film is set in rural québec , and tells the story of mildly rebellious 17 - year old jérémie ( antoine l ' equyer , a cute but emotionally vacant actor ) . jérémie works at this father ' s economically stressed saw mill ( the local forests are being destroyed by big industrial companies . ) honestly not much happens in the film . the boy has adventures , and subsidiary characters do strangely unexplained things . the script rambles along to its vague conclusion ; but i never got involved enough with the characters to care .
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at 17 jérémie dreams of a life different from the one that awaits him at the family sawmill in the small canadian town where he lives .
the film’s structure is a familiar one for van sant . his 2002 effort gerry is a noble experiment in non - narrative cinema , in which casey affleck and matt damon are trapped in the desert . the men journey toward a punishingly empty horizon in search of food , water , or rescue . the sea of trees marries the director’s minimalist tendencies , likewise on display in his palme d’or winner elephant , to the forced whimsy of his 2011 feature restless . in that wistful teen cancer romance , a young man spends his days hanging out with the ghost of a wwii kamikaze pilot , who is helping the young man come to terms with the death of his parents . he will learn to cherish life again when he meets a free - spirited young woman at a funeral he attended uninvited , a curiously unexplained hobby of his . the catch is , of course , that she has just months left to live .
the sea of trees , however , makes that film look like citizen kane . in an unnecessary series of flashbacks , it’s revealed that arthur was once married to joan ( watts ) , from whom he became increasingly estranged over the course of their two - decade marriage . joan and arthur don’t have problems . they have a collection of clichés . the couple was once happy — that is , before arthur cheated with a co - worker . why did he do it ? arthur tells takumi he isn’t sure , but that’s because the screenplay by chris sparling ( buried ) doesn’t seem to have thought too much about the answer .
this is quickly turning into an exceptional year for canadian coming - of - age titles with a strong sense of place : at cannes , andrew cividino ’s sleeping giant , set on lake ontario , was part of the critics’ week lineup ; in munich , the superior german - canadian co - production coconut hero , set in a former mining town in rural ontario , premiered ; and now there’s trees , set in bas - saint - laurent , the densely wooded , sparsely populated region of quebec just north of maine . the latter film premiered in karlovy vary , though oddly , despite being one of the strongest entries in competition , it went home empty - handed . it was released locally july 3 .
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crew : directed by francois peloquin . screenplay , peloquin , sarah levesque . camera ( color , widescreen ) , francois messier - rheault ; editors , martin bourgault , aube foglia , simon sauve ; music , mimi allard ; production designer , simon guilbault ; costume designer , julie charland ; sound , francois grenon , sylvain bellemare ; supervising sound editors , mathieu beaudin , francois senneville ; re - recording mixer , luc boudrias ; visual effects supervisor , alain lachance ; stunt coordinator , thomas liccioni ; assistant director , francis langlois ; casting , nathalie boutrie .
in the film’s finest ( read : only decent ) sequence , arthur enters the woods prepared to die . “please think again , so that you can make your life a happy one , ” a sign posted at the entrance warns . he walks through a litany of bodies scattered throughout the brush to reach his final destination , an open clearing in the forest . as arthur prepares to swallow a bottle of pills , he spots a helpless japanese man , takumi ( ken watanabe ) , who cannot find his way out of the woods . the professor halts his plans to help the wounded stranger get home to his family .
like elsewhere in the film , peloquin , who co - wrote the screenplay with sarah levesque , here beautifully suggests character through action and helps to gently force the audience’s perspective on the leads by carefully moving their elements into place . maya is never really seen , for example , until the night they have sex , though some days have passed since the start of the film . this initially suggests that jay doesn’t care about her , an impression reinforced by the fact viewers won’t even know her name until much later . but as she becomes a recurring character , she grows in importance and reveals information not only about herself but , through his complex reactions to her presence in his life , also about jay .
at the age of 17 jérémie dreams of a different life from the one that awaits him at the family sawmill in the small rural canadian town where he lives . he’s more interested in pimping his car , listening to hip hop , and slacking off with his friends . the relationship between jérémie and his father takes a turn for the worse when the boy’s older brother gets married and moves away . this feature debut betrays something of the director’s past life as a documentary filmmaker . with an eye for detail and a feel for the rural environment and its specific character , he offers an impressive work which , in thirty scenes , chronicles a teenager’s summer , at the end of which jérémie will make a life - changing decision . this is a summer that will never be repeated . the quasi - impressionistic film is intriguing for its precise characterisation and for the authentic performances from antoine l’écuyer in the role of jérémie and roy dupuis as his father régis .
reviewed at karlovy vary film festival ( competing ) , july 6 , 2015 . running time : 76 min . ( original title :
le bruit des arbres
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mcconaughey , though , appears to be sleepwalking through the picture’s turgid , obvious dramatics — which are less “kitchen sink” than “rural outhouse . ” in mud and true detective , the native texan lends an understated gravity to his performances , playing damaged men haunted by what they’ve seen . but in the sea of trees , mcconaughey is not wounded but petrified . when it’s revealed that his wife has brain cancer , the actor looks like he just took a fistful of ambien . his scenes with watanabe are dull and listless , the two men heading down a path to nowhere .
when devastating events occur , péloquin seems to regard them as the natural and naturally crippling effect of proverbially flying too close to the sun , but seems weirdly oblivious to any role they might play aside from ways to make his characters and viewers suffer . when i hadn’t quite gotten a handle on the film yet , i thought that an early , horrific moment might reveal something about jérémie… but then everyone in the movie proceeds to act as if nothing happened , and that weird inconsequentiality does not appear to have been part of any kind of intentional gesture on péloquin’s part .
l’ecuyer , who first made a youthful impact in the 2008 festival charmer “it’s not me , i swear ! , ” plays jeremie beautifully , etching brief , involuntary flashes of boyish desperation amid the character’s swaggering pride and petulance . he’s perfectly matched by canadian film veteran dupuis , tender - tough but wry - humored as a father whose sturdy foundations might not bear his children’s closest scrutiny .
with his baseball cap on backwards , fake diamond studs in his ears , pitiful attempt at facial hair and his passion for fast cars and urban , “post - rap” hip hop ( including montreal - based group dead obies ) , jay may look and act like countless other 17 - year - olds . but jeremie’s journey toward adulthood is his alone thanks to a strong screenplay , relatively light on narrative momentum but that constantly translates actions into character insight , and to a towering , apparently effortless performance from the magnetic l’ecuyer . though dupuis is terrific , this is really the young actor’s film . when he hits the road in one of the film’s last shots , he’s clearly not the boy from that opening steadicam shot anymore . instead , he’s become a young man .
17 year - old jérémie ( antoine l’écuyer ) dreams of a better life , away from the family sawmill and his native village in gaspésie , québec . instead of the forestry work , jérémie prefers hip hop music , pimping his car and slacking off with his friends . the situation despairs his father régis ( roy dupuis ) , who blames this disinterest on a local drug dealer . when the elder brother leaves town , the lives of jérémie and régis drastically change .
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17 year - old jérémie ( antoine l ' écuyer ) dreams of a better life , away from the family sawmill and his native village in gaspésie , québec . instead of the forestry work , jérémie prefers hip . . . see full summary »
there may not be a genre with as limited a capacity to surprise a grown audience as the still - ubiquitous coming - of - age drama : while teenage kicks may switch from generation to generation , the process of self - realization they accompany remains universally constant . it’s the subtler textures of environment and character , then , that distinguish entries like francois peloquin’s debut [ … ]
yet another coming - of - age summer story , but francois peloquin ' s touching , accomplished debut succeeds in the details .
mcconaughey plays arthur brennan , an adjunct college professor who travels to japan to end his life . after he googles “the perfect place to die” on his laptop ( seriously ) , arthur learns of a large wooded area located near mt . fuji where people from all over the world travel to commit suicide . known as the aokigahara forest , the spot was also featured in this past january’s horror release the forest .
peloquin’s lean but flavorful script , co - written with sarah levesque , resolves these collected tensions — or leaves them to fester — in much the manner you’d expect , but the characters’ modest triumphs and occasionally devastating setbacks are touching all the same . ( it helps that a trio of editors have pruned proceedings to a running time of 76 minutes , ideal for the pic’s ambitions and outlook . ) there’s a palpable sense here of the spirit of concern , edging into oppressive neighborly judgment , that binds tight populations like this one ; it’s as easy to see how our bright but under - stimulated hero is a product of this community as it is to sympathize with his desire to flee .
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for his part , jeremie appears to have devoted less thought to what he does want to do with his life than what he emphatically doesn’t . he’s keen on french hip - hop and fast engines , while his derivative dress sense ( snapbacks and baggy jeans , with gleaming studs in his ears ) acts as an urban - reaching retort to his country surroundings . ( it’s also just a couple of years off - trend , as it probably would be so many miles out from the cities of his dreams ; the film is strong on such tacitly observed details . ) jeremie lives on the family sawmill with his father , regis ( roy dupuis ) , and his older brother ; when the latter leaves town with his new bride , the teenager’s wanderlust grows ever more impatient . the boys’ mother is not in evidence : whether she passed away or succumbed to similarly restless urges is left for the audience to ponder .
at 17 jérémie dreams of a life different from the one that awaits him at the family sawmill in the small canadian town where he lives . jérémie is more interested in pimping his car , listening to hip hop , and slacking off with his friends . this impressionistic debut , built upon convincing performances , tells of a summer that completely changed a teenager’s life .
following the affair , joan begins having a drink after work every day , and her portion size is the entire bottle . arthur describes his ex - wife as a “high - functioning alcoholic , ” which means that she’s lucid enough to constantly remind her husband of his shortcomings , even in front of his friends . in the grand tradition of cinema’s “bitch wives , ” joan has two modes : nag and nag . watts brings a furious intensity to the role , but it’s wasted on such a one - dimensional character .
when not helping out in the mill , jeremie spends his free time burning rubber , getting high and goofing around with childhood friends francis ( remi goulet ) and p . o . ( charles - emile lafleur ) . though it’s increasingly evident — first to the viewer , though gradually to jeremie himself — that he’s outgrowing their company , he’s not yet mature enough to sustain a serious relationship with sometime g . f . maya ( a winning willia ferland - tanguay ) . caught in limbo between putting away childish things and accepting the burden of adulthood , the lad whiles away a long , hot summer — as if any other kind exists in this genre — waiting for a sign as to his next move . when it comes , it’s arguably via the actions and crises of his elders : regis views the future of the family business with a skepticism that matches his son’s , while a spirit of mobilized animosity toward the kids’ local drug dealer surges hotly across the village .
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but adolescence and , more generally , emancipation are of course impossible without change , which in turn provides drama . with jeremie’s older brother marrying and leaving home and the family business , and their father receiving a takeover bid for his mill , which has reliable but not exactly state - of - the - art equipment , it slowly starts to dawn on the protagonist that the only certainty about his future might be that , whatever happens , nothing will be like it was before .
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without getting too intellectual , suffice it to say that in order to mature , jay needs to experience not only eros but also thanatos , or death . a scene involving the family dog teaches father and son something about responsibility . though it’s played with a salty kind of matter - of - factness that’s linked to their rural reality and completely avoids melodrama , the scene is nonetheless heart - wrenching . it also foreshadows a ghastly discovery in the dairy barn of francis’s family , a subplot that’s somewhat disorientingly introduced by a temporary shift in perspective to a peripheral adult character but that lands on its feet with an impressive closeup of jeremie’s face as he stumbles backwards and manages to steady himself on a bale of hay , eyes wide open in horror .
without being exactly overemphatic , péloquin evinces way too much comfort with simply enacting coming - of - age clichés . his protag jérémie clumsily overasserts his masculinity like any teenager… with emphasis on the “like any teenager” part , because his psychology is ultimately fairly meaningless with regards to the directions his story takes .
there ' s a sense that his father expects him to take over the business , but it’s not immediately clear to jay what he wants for himself either professionally or even in general . his ambiguous relationship with maya ( willia ferland - tanguay ) , suggests as much . after a nighttime dare involving a high bridge and practically no clothes , he kisses the girl full on the mouth and they stumble into the undergrowth to have sex . he explains to someone they were just flirting but it later emerges they “broke up , ” even though apparently they “never were together . ” whatever the truth , a terrific scene with her alone on the steps of a rural store not only uncovers jay’s tender side but also suggests to what extent he takes after his outwardly rough but also sincere and loving father . and whatever the teens’ relationship status might be , any boy that’s as territorial as jay is about maya clearly feels something for her .
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following joan’s passing , arthur goes to aokigahara looking to absolve his guilt , but he finds the closure he seeks from a companion who may be more than what he seems . he feels like he never knew his wife — because he didn’t know what her favorite book , favorite color , or favorite season were . this information , however , will be delivered to him from beyond the grave in an out - of - left - field twist that would put m . night shyamalan to shame .
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a raw , poignant , finely detailed portrait of a québécois teenager who , over one long summer , will do anything—drugs , girls , theft—to escape his bucolic life and evade his fate to inherit his father ' s sawmill .
jeremie ( l’ecuyer ) , or jay for short , loves to hang out with his buds francis ( remi goulet ) and p . o . ( charles - emile lafleur ) and more than occasionally , as teenage boys are wont to do , they get up to no good , whether it’s scoring drugs from a local dealer who lives in a dingy lakeside trailer or stealing hubcaps off cars in a scrap yard . initially , life seems to simply run its lazy summertime course , in total freedom and without any worries , as suggested by a languorously fluid steadicam shot of jay biking from home to his father’s sawmill with the family dog wagging its tail as it runs along besides him .
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with : antoine l ' ecuyer , roy dupuis , willia ferland - tanguay , remi goulet , charles - emile lafleur , bobby beshro , joakim robillard , marylene theriault , marie - chantal therrien . ( french dialogue )
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“it’d be in the middle of the day , and max would come down having raided my mother’s jewelry collection , ” said reed showalter , max’s older brother . “he’s … skipping through the house with pearl necklaces and hoop rings as bracelets . ”
i would never have thought of max as a memoir writer had i not begun this blog . max has written three best - selling books on leadership and one on volunteer boards :
“that is the substantive change in his personality [ since he came out ] , ” reed showalter said . “he’s not only max with our family and his closest friends , but he’s comfortable being max with everyone , which i think is pretty cool . ”
it is no secret that many celebrities have been caught with illegal drugs in the past . some even openly admit their drug usuage . do you think that max showalter did smoke cigarettes , weed or marijuhana ? or did max showalter do steroids , coke or even stronger drugs such as heroin ? tell us your opinion below .
the boyfriend was two years older than max and an athlete at his school . their friendship turned into a relationship near the end of max’s sophomore year at fenwick high school in oak park , illinois .
max showalter , a prolific character actor in movies and theater and on television , died on sunday in middletown , conn . he was 83 and lived in chester , conn .
max showalter , a broadway , film and tv actor and a renaissance man of sorts , died july 30 in connecticut , where he lived , the new york times reported .
showalter’s sexuality was never a secret when he arrived in durham . his first day with esposto’s club team , showalter told his club teammates that he is gay .
“it was really cool , people were cheering my name , ” showalter said .
the 10th annual goodspeed festival of new musicals , produced by goodspeed musicals ' max showalter center for education in musical theatre , is held jan . 16 - 18 at the goodspeed opera house .
chester ( ap ) - - max showalter , whose career on the stage and screen paired him with everyone from marilyn monroe to bo derek , died sunday of cancer . he was 83 .
max appears briefly as harry guild in with a song in my heart ( 1952 ) where his vaudeville partner , don ross , is played by david wayne . in the movie , showalter and wayne perform a tune entitled
hoe that corn ,
a song written by showalter .
a week before the trials , indianapolis’ pride festival took place . usa diving invited trials participants to ride in the indy pride parade . only showalter accepted the offer , so he rode solo in a red bmw convertible with signs on the sides that said “olympic hopeful max showalter . ”
feeling uninhibited wasn’t new to showalter , but he had to re - learn it .
max showalter flirted with marilyn monroe in ` ` niagara , ' ' was saved by burt lancaster in ` ` elmer gantry ' ' and crooned with mary martin on ` ` the love boat . ' '
the first regional theatre to receive two tony awards ( for outstanding achievement ) , goodspeed also maintains the scherer library of musical theatre and the max showalter center for education in the musical theater . goodspeed musicals gratefully
the first regional theatre to receive two tony awards ( for outstanding achievement ) , goodspeed also maintains the scherer library of musical theatre and the max showalter center for education in musical theatre . goodspeed gratefully acknowledges the
the first regional theatre to receive two tony awards ( for outstanding achievement ) , goodspeed also maintains the scherer library of musical theatre and the max showalter center for education in musical theatre . goodspeed gratefully acknowledges the
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jill showalter owned a silver sequin cocktail dress . the dress’ sparkle drew the attention of her 5 - year - old son , max , when he saw it in her closet , so he tried it on .
the current manager of the baltimore orioles , buck showalter , is certainly a complex man .
for , you see , it was the night michael showalter fell in love with me .
max wrote songs for films , records and television performed by marlene dietrich , rosemary clooney , lucille ball , and mary martin .
max has written one book that is evidently out of print now . it is a memoir in the form of a letter to his granddaughter zoe . called dear zoe , the book describes the max’s love for the premature baby born to his daughter , a baby so tiny that her arm fit inside max’s wedding ring . max helped zoe cling to life by gently stroking her tiny body while talking to her . a nurse in the hospital told him , “she has to connect your voice to your touch . ”
it marked the first step in what showalter hopes is continued public visibility as an lgbt athlete .
showalter became so comfortable with his duke teammates that for halloween 2014 he came to practice dressed as a greek goddess , a modest outfit he got at a costume store . talking about drag had become a popular topic for showalter and esposto . though rupaul’s drag race started in 2009 , showalter never saw an episode until esposto brought it up to him , and it became showalter’s favorite show .
proceeds from the gala will support goodspeed musicals & # 39 ; education programs through the max showalter center for education in musical theatre . honorary committee member andrea mcardle , who originated the role of annie at the goodspeed opera house and on
his dad knew that fierce personality was still in there , and he signed max up for diving during eighth grade . max instantly enjoyed the sport , and he found an outlet to express himself . at max’s first major diving meet in july 2011 , he met kyle goodwin , a diver his age from denver that now competes for university of missouri . goodwin , who had dived for five years by that point , knew most of the competitors , but showalter knew no one and tried to change that .
david durkin ( 14 - 15 ) qualified to the age - group nationals on the 1 - meter and 3 - meter boards , while max showalter ( 14 - 15 ) made it in the 3 meters . showalter also qualified to the junior nationals on the 1 - meter board . george doran ( 16 - 18 ) advances to
proceeds from the gala will support goodspeed musicals & # 39 ; education programs through the max showalter center for education in musical theatre . sara jessica parker participated as the honorary chair for the event . parker took on the role of annie on
we were only in line for maybe ten , fifteen minutes max . but it felt like so much longer . so very much longer .
drastic inconsistency in showalter’s behavior started to develop . showalter at home and at club diving felt comfortable being expressive and outgoing . but other times , particularly at catholic school , he masked that character . when he joined the fenwick boys swimming and diving team as a freshman , showalter didn’t show his personality initially .
ray e polly cutler ( max showalter e jean peters ) decidono di trascorrere una luna di miele ritardata per motivi economici alle cascate del niagara . arrivati alle cascate scoprono che il loro chalet è già occupato da george e rose loomis ( joseph cotten
max showalter ' s net worth is estimated to be in the range of approximately $ 2081139 in 2018 , according to the users of vipfaq . the estimated net worth includes stocks , properties , and luxury goods such as yachts and private airplanes .
two fairy tales by acclaimed contemporary russian children ' s author lev ustinov are brought to life in max showalter ' s expressive and lively narration . these rich , detailed , sometimes dark tales will transport listeners of all ages to another world . original music and songs by max and lyricist peter walker add further charm to this fascinating recording . stories : the gold dog , the world ' s best tailcoat
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the line between “funny” and “sad” is thin , but showalter and field found just the way to walk it .
“i would come home from work , and very specifically on many , many occasions , max had on this silver sequin dress of mine and my silver heels and panty hose , ” jill showalter said . “he loved that [ dress ] , oh my god . ”
in 1956 , showalter ( as casey adams ) recorded an album of his own music , casey adams plays and sings max showalter songs ( foremost records fml - 1004 ) . he was one of the artists featured on the secret garden , a 1988 cbs special products album containing performances of music from the musical of that title that
has played the repertory circuit in england .
success helped . as a sophomore , showalter placed fifth in the state of illinois . in the 40 - year history of fenwick boys swimming and diving , showalter is the only athlete to earn all - state honors in diving .
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showalter appreciated the football player’s attention , but the most meaningful response to his halloween drag experiment came from david macdonald .
max will be celebrating an important birthday in a few days . i won’t tell you which one it is , but if you guess it by looking at this picture taken in august , you will guess too low . max continues to connect his voice and his touch with his family and many friends . my life has been immensely enriched by max’s voice . his questions echo in my mind . his stories instruct my own . his spirit inspires me to be a better person .
i would not be surprised if everyone living in the western hemisphere knew at least one person who is like a character played by max showalter ( 1917 - 2000 ) . part of his skills are laughters that really hurt ( apart from this example watch niagara ( 1956 ) , if you don ' t believe me ) . in how to murder your wife ( 1965 ) , dir . richard quine , max showalter has a small part of a bachelor who celebrates his
disengagement
at his club , it ' s a pretty melancholy scene and not really uplifting .
“max knew he was never going to hide who he truly was after experiencing a secret relationship with this guy , ” said shea smith , one of showalter’s best friends since high school . “that’s when he started openly being to anyone and everyone , ‘i am gay , who cares . ’”
showalter turned 16 in april 2013 , and his diving success continued that summer as he moved to the 16 - 18 year old age group . though the breakup that august hurt , it allowed showalter to dissolve the distinct differences in his behavior .
a couple weeks later , windle and showalter spoke via facetime . following the conversation , showalter convinced his parents to let him move from suburban chicago to durham , north carolina , to train with esposto and finish high school by taking online courses .
one of showalter ' s most memorable roles was as jean peters ' character ' s husband in the 1953 film niagara .
i regret to inform you that i ' m still not completely sure of how showalter got the nickname
buck
.
showalter ' s stage credits include
hello , dolly !
opposite carol channing , and
john loves mary .
i found max showalter & # 39 ; s police detective character to be a little bland . the character didn & # 39 ; t do much - other than flirt with benton & # 39 ; s girlfriend , and express frustration at not finding the money that lowrie hired benton to steal
max showalter , the composer / lyricist of touch of the child , was born in caldwell , kansas and worked at the pasadena playhouse , where he was discovered by oscar hammerstein ii . he wrote the first musical ever televised , nbc ' s time for love , a revue for . . .
max showalter , a prolific character actor in movies and theater and on television , died on sunday in middletown , conn . he was 83 and lived in chester , conn . in his long and varied career , mr . showalter acted in two movies with marilyn monroe ( ' ' niagara ' ' and ' ' bus stop ' ' ) , and also worked with mary martin , susan hayward , lucille ball and bo derek
showalter expected esposto to influence and improve his diving , but he didn’t foresee the overall influence esposto would have on his life .
but the best part of the parade came afterward , showalter said . it was “meeting drag queens , without a doubt . ”
nice collection of max scowalter items , a self - portrait oil - on - canvas painting , publicity stills , his record dot ' s nice , gonna fight , etc .
showalter was born in caldwell , kansas , the son of elma roxanna ( dodson ) showalter ( 1889 - 1953 ) , a music teacher , and ira edward showalter ( 1887 - 1953 ) , who worked in the oil industry and was also a banker and farmer . he developed a desire for acting as a toddler while accompanying his mother to local theatres where she played piano for silent movies .
“jordan , who hadn’t really dove springboard before , … started getting so good , ” showalter said . “his coach must be phenomenal . ”
when showalter finished his freshman college diving season , he went on a shopping spree , and for the first time , he bought makeup .
though he spent time in the minor leagues , buck showalter never played a single inning of professional baseball at the major - league level .
show business columnist hedda hopper reported in a 1963 newspaper column that showalter had sold 139 paintings and would have his first one - man show .
showalter was also a painter , specializing in minutely detailed acrylics which he painted under a magnifying glass , and had many one - person shows .
part of that , showalter says , came from max greenfield , who can play nice guys with an edge as well as anybody–and whose chemistry with field made the whole thing feel just a little less absurd . “he’s nice to her , and it comes from a genuine place–but he’s also , like , a super - hot guy , ” showalter says . “i loved the fact that they had chemistry–sally is every bit the romantic lead , so i think their chemistry is really natural . ”
but still when max reached middle school , he succumbed to pressure and had a girlfriend , even though he told his mom that he’s gay in second , fourth and sixth grade — quickly taking it back the first two times . showalter also gave up gymnastics , which he’d done for seven years , for team sports in middle school . he briefly tried basketball , soccer , and volleyball but struggled in those , and he stopped playing sports . showalter lost his desire to stand out .
renowned actor / musician max showalter tells delightful versions of several classic fairy tales , adding charming new songs ( by max and lyricist peter walker ) to the stories . listeners from the youngest to the oldest will enjoy the lively , often hilarious tales and the seamless blending of stories and music . one of our best - sellers . stories and songs : the bremen town musicians , not driving and not riding , the world would still be alright with me , the fox as shephard , you gotta put somethin ' in , the three sillies
it ' s called < i > hello my name is doris < / i > , not < span > < / span > < em > the max - ter . < / em >
if max got in trouble , it was because he didn’t receive permission first , and it had nothing to do with a grade school boy trying to look like zsa zsa gabor on a tuesday afternoon .
in 1984 , showalter retired from acting and moved to an 18th - century farmhouse in chester , connecticut , near the area where he acted in the film , it happened to jane ( 1959 ) . showalter became involved in local musical theatre , including the ivoryton playhouse , and went on to produce , direct , write , and narrate the christmas musical touch of a child . also , showalter spent much of his free time painting oil miniatures .
a few moments later , the football player walked by , grabbed showalter’s rear end , and kept walking , probably disappointed to learn it wasn’t real .
talking to the wrap , greenfield revealed he will be starring in a new film written and directed by michael showalter . greenfield — who first worked with showalter on they came together , the david wain rom - com parody showalter co - wrote — described hello my name is doris as a dramedy about an older woman who is “forced to kind of find a new life in the city” after the death of her mother , and the younger guy ( greenfield ) whom she thinks is the answer . this will be showalter’s second feature , after 2005’s the baxter , in which showalter has remarked that he wishes he could’ve had a different actor star , instead of himself . watch out , paul rudd , it appears these guys might’ve found their new handsome surrogate .
“i’m a thousand percent going to be on rupaul’s drag race , ” said showalter , who plans to enter purdue’s semi - annual drag show this spring .
one of the great veteran character actors of the stage , screen and television , showalter died sunday at middlesex hospital in middletown at the age of 83 .
in the boys division , the windy city winners were george doran ( 449 . 25 on 1 meter , 512 . 80 on 3 meter in the 16 - 18 division ) , sean scarry ( 339 . 20 on 3 meter in the 14 - 15 division ) , max showalter ( 291 . 55 on 1 meter in the 14 - 14 division ) and zayne
mr . showalter was born on january 15 , 1921 in rockingham county and was the son of the late e . floyd and hattie messick showalter . he served in the united states army during world war ii . he worked in maintenance for the town of dayton until his retirement . mr . showalter was a charter member and past post commander of the carl d . lee vfw post 9872 . he also served as a past commander of the 7 th district veterans of foreign wars . he was also a member of the american legion post 27 . mr . showalter was a member of the mt . clinton united methodist church .
townsend , leo , 1908 - 1987 . bassler , robert , 1903 - newman , joseph m . , 1909 - 2006 . crain , jeanne . rennie , michael . showalter , max . betz , carl , 1920 - 1978 . anderson , mary , 1920 - hoshelle , marjorie . bouchey , willis . peattie , yvonne . carr , john dickson , 1906 - 1977 .
max would have no idea how often i quote him , think about what he might think or do in a given situation , and ruminate on the many pieces of leadership wisdom he has given me over the years . i agree with shirley…max is one of those rare people , who after every encounter with them , your soul stirs a bit in the direction of ' noble ' , and you deeply desire to the best person that god created you to be . in addition to all of that , both he and esther have been showing john and i , for years , what it means to grow old , well with god . happy birthday max !
i am writing this post from trail west lodge in buena vista , colorado , where i am attending the senior leadership meeting of young life . during a presentation this morning , all of us were asked to think of a living leader who was a model for us . max depree was the first person who came to mind . i deeply respect and appreciate max ' s passion for the truth , his foresight , his humility , and his gracious spirit . because of max , i am a better person , a better husband , a better leader . thank you , max , and thank you esther , for your wisdom , your example , your love , and your encouragement over the years ! may you have a wonderful birthday and may this be a wonderful year ! and may you sense the appreciation and love that so many of us have for you ! ken knipp
born in kansas , max showalter picked up the
acting bug
as a toddler when mother used to take him to the local theater where she played the piano for silent movies . he acted in 92 shows at the pasadena playhouse between 1935 and ' 38 , made his broadway debut under the aegis of oscar hammerstein ii in
knights of song
and a . . .
buck showalter graduated from century high school , the place his late father was a teacher and principal at for 23 years , while his dad was running the school .
but showalter , who performed throughout much of his career under the name casey adams , was much more than an actor with a distinctive voice and a genial presence . for more than 60 years in show business , showalter was also a singer , composer , writer , teacher , painter and benefactor . showalter was born and raised in the small town of caldwell , kan . , before moving to the west coast to study at the pasadena playhouse , where he was discovered by oscar hammerstein ii , the great lyricist . showalter ' s broadway debut was in 1938 ' s ` ` knights of song , ' ' directed by hammerstein , who would become his musical mentor .
the ruling planet of gemini is mercury . therefore , lucky days were wednesdays and lucky numbers were : 5 , 14 , 23 , 32 , 41 and 50 . scarlet and red were max showalter ' s lucky colors . typical positive character traits of gemini include : spontaneity , brazenness , action - orientation and openness . negative character traits could be : impatience , impetuousness , foolhardiness , selfishness and jealousy .
outside of my parents , max de pree is the single most important person who shaped my beliefs and influenced my life . he has served as my mentor for 25 years . i worked for him at herman miller , for many years and witnessed his extraordinary leadership . he led herman miller with vision , values and love . i served as vice president for people , a title max gave me and i initially resisted . over time i came to understand the awesome responsibility and accountability that title carried . herman miller under max ' s leadership was my camelot . today i work with leadership teams as a catalyst for vision & values . i know the power and beauty of engaging people in a compelling shared vision rooted in deeply held shared values and aligning everything and everyone to serve the mission , vision & values – “doing good & doing well” by engaging the hearts , minds and imagination of people , is a powerful and meaningful way to lead and build community . our world today desperately needs this approach to leadership – and that is my passion , my commitment and my “art” . i owe all this to max and my parents . i love you max , happy birthday ! michele hunt
showalter’s diving success continued in june at the 2016 u . s . diving olympic trials in indianapolis . he finished 14th in individual platform diving and third in synchronized platform diving .
before feuerstein was actually cast , wain and showalter referred to the role as a “mark feuerstein character . ” then they bit the bullet and hired feuerstein himself for the job .
and , so , my friends and i came to refer to this as the night michael showalter fell in love with me , perhaps ironically , perhaps because it is catchier than the night michael showalter was so repulsed or befuddled or distrusting of me , my hair or general demeanor / 2006 style choices that he broke my brain for years to come .
the boyfriend was not out as gay . max , an all - state diver at fenwick , had only told his mom and three close friends that he identified as gay himself . the relationship ended when the boyfriend left for college , but it did not end amicably . on aug . 21 , 2013 , the boyfriend sent showalter a text message aimed to end the relationship and do more damage . it said :
shirley : the day i am writing this ( oct 20 ) , ironically is the day i intended to be flying through grand rapids with a mind to visit max . i had arranged with max to spend a few hours together on tuesday to continue my own mentoring relationship with him . unfortunately united airlines does not have a convenient route from pasadena to scranton that allows time for a side trip to holland , mi . like you , i have benefitted richly from these sessions with max over the years . his provocative questions usually probe more deeply than my initial conclusions and his wisdom and experience always give perspective to my immediate concerns . it is a rare gift and a wonderful resource to have a wise mentor out there , a little further along the trail of life , to help us negotiate the twists and turns , the ascents and descents of this journey . happy birthday , max ! may the next year be full of health , learning and the joy of love . walter wright
by the late 1930s , showalter had multiple stage roles under his belt , including acting in productions of the pasadena playhouse . he soon made his broadway to debut in knights of song . showalter also appeared in the traveling musical this is the army for two years and in other notable broadway productions like make mine manhattan and the grass harp . his most memorable stage role was as horace vandergelder in the broadway hit show , hello dolly ! . showalter performed the role more than 3 , 000 times opposite carol channing , betty grable and ethel merman .
showalter made more than 1 , 000 tv appearances , on everything from
gunsmoke
to
kojak .
but tv trivia buffs also remember what might of been : showalter starred in the pilot episode for the tv series
leave it to beaver
as ward cleaver , the role that would later be taken by hugh beaumont when the pilot became a series .
“i wasn’t super comfortable with myself , so i was more focused on blending in , ” said showalter , who in middle school was frequently called a fag , homo , and queer .
“one of the swimmers was like , ‘that guy keeps looking at you , ’” showalter said . “then i heard him from across the room say , ‘damn , you got cake . ’”
showalter wanted to create his own channel , and with johnson’s help , showalter launched it that july . he only created five videos , but in the fourth video , he discussed his first boyfriend and the experience telling his family that he’s gay . he initially recorded 46 minutes , but he trimmed it to 9 minutes , 6 seconds that he published sept . 14 , 2015 .
the pilot of the show ,
it ' s a small world
, was first broadcast on april 23 , 1957 on a syndicated anthology series , studio 57 ( 1954 ) . it did not have a laugh track nor an opening or closing theme . it never aired within the series itself . max showalter played ward and paul sullivan played wally . sullivan was replaced because he experienced a sudden growth spurt after the series was picked up .
mr . showalter was 83 and included painting and songwriting as parts of his career . he composed for musicals , including the broadway tuner , harrigan ' n hart , seen on broadway in 1985 .
in 1984 , showalter retired from acting and moved to an 18th - century farmhouse in chester , connecticut , near the area where he acted in the film , it happened to jane ( 1959 ) .
when television first appeared in the late 40s , showalter was an early participant and his appearances caught the eye of 20th century fox boss darryl zanuck . he hired showalter a featured player , changing his name to the more bankable casey adams . his movies from that era include 1956 ' s
bus stop ,
1954 ' s
naked alibi ,
and 1957 ' s
the female animal .
“i was never uncomfortable with the disregard for gender norms , ” reed showalter said . “when you’re a kid , i don’t think you have those same things hammered in , at least our family didn’t . ”
showalter , who is 19 , said he now wants to pursue a career doing other people’s makeup — he is already scheduled for two weddings this spring . he also wants to become a regular drag performer .
in the 1950s , showalter took a hiatus from his work in hollywood , returning to caldwell , kansas , to care for his 15 - year - old sister who was orphaned by the death of their parents in an automobile accident . their deaths followed the deaths of showalter ' s brother , robert , in a car wreck two years earlier . after
a couple of years
he returned to hollywood and resumed his career .
overture - - dropsy cure weather ( barbara cook , carol brice and russ thacker ) - - floozies ( russ thacker ) - - big rich ( max showalter ) - - if there ' s love enough ( carol brice ) - - yellow drum ( barbara cook , carol brice and russ thacker ) - - marry with me ( carol brice ) - - chain of love ( barbara cook ) - - this one day ( russ thacker ) - - the babylove miracle show ( karen morrow , barbara cook , russ thacker , carol brice and the company ) - - the indian blues ( carol brice ) - - what do i do now ? ( ruth ford ) - - reach out ( barbara cook , carol brice , russ thacker , karen morrow and the company ) - - finale : yellow drum ( the company ) - - bonus tracks . the one and only person in the world ( max showalter ) - - i trust the wrong people ( elaine stritch ) - - brazil ( george rose ) .
in the late 1940s , showalter was signed to 20th century fox as a featured contract player . his name was changed by fox ' s founder , darryl f . zanuck to the more
bankable
casey adams .
that tension–between silliness inherent in any comedy and the reality of what doris’s life would be like–is something that it takes a clear vision to keep steady . and for showalter , that was one of the crucial parts of the project . showalter has plenty of experience with silliness , of course–in films like wet hot american summer , the characters are there to serve the jokes , while in doris , the jokes are there to serve the characters .
chester , ct - - max showalter , better known to msties under his 1950s stage name of casey adams and who played dogged detective lt . dick chasen in episode 409 - the indestructible man , died of cancer here july 30 , 2000 , at the age of 83 . his career on stage , screen and television spanned five decades and in the process he found himself costarring with leading ladies from marilyn monroe ( in 1953 ' s
niagara
) to bo derek ( in 1979 ' s
10
) .
purdue diver steele johnson , who earned a silver medal at the rio olympics , won two ncaa titles a couple months before showalter arrived in west lafayette , ind . almost daily , johnson produced videos for his youtube channel .
“he ended up being like my second dad , ” showalter said . “he was the only one in north carolina i could talk to about any gay issue that i had . he is still one of my best friends . ”
but there are always things that we , as the public , don ' t know about sports figures such as showalter , and i can guarantee you that you don ' t already know what ' s on the following slides .
showalter ' s second feature film was the biopic with a song in my heart ( 1952 ) , where he had a small role as a vaudeville performer . in the film , showalter , along with david wayne , sang the song
hoe that corn
, which he also wrote . he appeared in niagara ( 1953 ) alongside marilyn monroe and joseph cotten . he made a cameo as a life magazine photographer in another monroe movie , bus stop , in 1956 .
born in kansas , max showalter picked up the
acting bug
as a toddler when mother used to take him to the local theater where she played the piano for silent movies . he acted in 92 shows at the pasadena playhouse between 1935 and ' 38 , made his broadway debut under the aegis of oscar hammerstein ii in
knights of song
and acted for two years in the cast of irving berlin ' s traveling musical
this is the army .
in addition to his films , tv appearances ( over 1000 ) , and stage shows , showalter was a composer , a songwriter , and pianist . in his later years he lived in an 18th - century farmhouse in the connecticut town he fell in love with while shooting the movie it happened to jane ( 1959 ) .
born in kansas , max showalter picked up the
acting bug
as a toddler when mother used to take him to the local theater where she played the piano for silent movies . he acted in 92 shows at the pasadena playhouse between 1935 and ' 38 , made his broadway debut under the aegis of oscar hammerstein ii in
knights of song
and acted for two years in the cast of irving berlin ' s traveling musical
this is the army .
in addition to his films , tv appearances ( over 1000 ) , and stage shows , showalter was a composer , a songwriter , and pianist . in his later years he lived in an 18th - century farmhouse in the connecticut town he fell in love with while shooting the movie it happened to jane ( 1959 ) .
beyond being gay , showalter never fit gender expectations . that boyfriend taught him conforming to other people doesn’t make him happy or them happy . he’s found it much more enjoyable to wear eyeliner and heels than shield who he is from the world .
“i have the best boyfriend in the world , ” showalter said . “he shows all his friends — look at how good my boyfriend is at makeup , look at him in drag on halloween . he’s going to be on rupaul’s drag race .
showalter composed the music for little boy blue , which opened at the el capitan theater in hollywood , california , on september 11 , 1950 . he also wrote the musical go for your gun , which premiered in manchester , england , in 1963 .
after wearing the no . 11 during his three previous managerial stints with the new york yankees , arizona diamondbacks and texas rangers , showalter switched over to the no . 26 to honor former o ' s player and manager , the late johnny oates .
but showalter was best known in the theater world for the role of horace vandergelder in the megahit
hello , dolly ,
a role he performed more than 3 , 000 times , opposite carol channing , betty grable , ginger rogers and betsy palmer .
it devastated showalter and left him heartbroken , something he hid from almost everyone for months . it also set him free of any obligation to hide his sexuality . he started telling people he’s gay and even challenging his catholic high school’s anti - lgbt teachers .
in the 1960s , he reclaimed the name max showalter and continued to work steadily , appearing such films as 1964 ' s
sex and the single girl ,
1965 ' s
how to murder your wife
and the 1966 cult classic
lord love a duck . in later years , you could have spotted him in the crowd of the 1978 disaster
sgt . pepper ' s lonely hearts club band .
his final film was 1984 ' s
racing with the moon ,
though he is perhaps better remembered as grandpa fred in
sixteen candles ,
made the same year .
a few weeks ago , my husband stuart and i traveled to the “west coast” of michigan , first to saugatuck , where we had a lovely visit on a rainy day to the wickwood inn , and then to holland , where stuart explored the downtown and i visited max depree , the man who has been my mentor for more than a decade .
during the 1950s , showalter appeared in television shows like the loretta young show and navy log , in addition to films like vicki ( 1953 ) , down three dark streets ( 1954 ) , naked alibi ( 1954 ) , and indestructible man ( 1956 ) .
those books contain personal stories from his years of leading the herman miller furniture company , his family life , and his service on nonprofit boards . they exude a rare combination : confidence , authority , humility , and accountability . max lives his philosophy of leadership , best exemplified by the title of this book : leading without power : finding hope in serving community . max has been generous with his time . he was the first mentor in my life to ask me the kind of questions i described in my last post : personal , ambiguous , and anxiety - producing . i look forward to our infrequent one - on - one meetings because i will inevitably be surprised by one of his questions and ponder them long afterward .
after his teammates saw the video , they were all supportive . showalter said one of the best responses came from purdue men’s swimming and diving head coach dan ross , who told him , “thank you for posting that video and having the courage to do that . ”
esposto coaches the duke university men’s and women’s divers in addition to the young club divers . despite multiple jobs , he tried to make time for showalter , who didn’t have his family in north carolina . their personalities clicked , so it wasn’t hard to form a connection .
so when field got the script to hello , my name is doris , she grabbed onto it with both hands . the romantic comedy stars field as doris miller , a reclusive new yorker whose tendency to collect junk , dress in clothes she’s had since the ’70s , and misunderstand social cues makes her the unexpected hit of the brooklyn hipster set–a trait that comes in handy as she develops a serious crush on a much - younger coworker ( played by max greenfield ) . the script , written by michael showalter ( who also directed ) and laura terruso , is based on a short by terruso , and while it’s not afraid to use some of the weird humor that showalter is known for with his the state / stella / wet hot american colleagues , it’s also a grounded look at age , aging , missed opportunities , and the way that–in some ways–people never stop feeling like teenagers , no matter how old they are .
“i identify with this character , ” showalter says . “i really root for her , and it was so important to me that we laugh along with this movie , but that we don’t laugh at her . we really need to root for her . it’s very important . ”
“he was a pretty shy kid , ” said justin white , a swimmer at fenwick two years older than showalter and currently a senior on the lehigh university swimming team . “then his sophomore year , he gained a lot of confidence on the board and with the team . ”
even during this preliminary phase , edwards seems to take two dumb steps for every smart one . the prevailing southern california ambience is very promising : warm and luxurious , a potentially disarming setting for haywire upper middle - class behavior . wonderful supporting players keep circulating through the action , notably max showalter as the minister , a hearty , flannel - mouthed good soul who turns out to be an aspiring songwriter and treats us to a perfectly swell composition , a dizzy classic of mixed metaphors called
i ' ve got an ear for love .
( his theoretically awful song is actually better than the others henry mancini and robert wells composed for the film . )
after starring in wet hot american summer as the beleaguered coop , ( but before returning as a slightly younger version of coop in first day of camp ) , michael showalter got to work on the baxter , his feature directorial debut . the would - be cult comedy kept its focus on a very specific trope : the poor schlub who gets left at the altar when the more charming rom - com lead butts in . his second feature , hello , my name is doris , similarly has some fun with a cinematic convention , asking , “what happens when a manic pixie dream girl grows up ? ” sally field stars as the titular mpdg , a quirky spinster who falls head - over - heels for her much younger co - worker ( max greenfield ) . as expected , showalter surrounds this fledgling may - december romance with a bunch of familiar funny faces , including wendi mclendon - covey , stephen root , kumail nanjiani , and more .
by the time we make it up there , i am so flustered and freaked out , i turn into molly midwest and thank them for coming like it’s a church picnic and not a popular comedy venue in a major city . i look only at black . never at showalter .
rather than write his memoirs , showalter first delivered his biography in 1997 the form he knew best : the theater . he performed it throughout the state - - the eugene o ' neill theater , in waterford , the goodspeed opera house , and the white barn , in westport .
“after i came out , i was ballsy , ” said showalter , currently a sophomore men’s diver at purdue university . “i don’t know what came over me . i was like , ‘yeah , i’m out . i’m super cool . look at me , i have all this confidence . ’”
but feuerstein does go way back with the series’ creators . he and wet hot co - creator michael showalter spent a summer together during their college years—not at camp , mind you , but doing a play called run for your wife at princeton , where showalter’s mom , elaine , was feuerstein’s professor . “i’ll never forget hanging out in princeton with michael ian black and ken marino —none of them would remember it—and joe lo truglio and david wain , ” feuerstein says . “they were just this foreign , incredibly cool group to me , but luckily michael and i stayed in touch . ”