With Mary Tyler Moore’s special airing tonight, here’s a window into my life #1 when I was a working actress. This is an episode of The Dick van Dyke Show where I’m Mary’s best friend from college and my visit is giving Millie, her next-door neighbor and current best friend, a funny hard time.
I'm still reeling from your reel. You have such a lovely vibe, terrific voice and facial expressions...you could have had your own show. You need to be in a Marianne Williamson campaign ad. Picture it:
You're attired in 50s/60's fashion, hair, makeup, and body language of the era. You will recreate your vocal phrasing to mimic your commercial reel. Production design and cinematography matches the era's film stock and coloring. Set is obviously mid century modern. You are maybe in the kitchen on a rotary phone, or in the living room watching old style TV. (Care will be taken to avoid any sexist references but the action will involve a typical day in the era.)
We will cut back and forth (or maybe split screen) between you and a young person of the modern age, actor and set matching the look and feel of today. You're having a conversation with that modern person either through the phone or talking to them thru the TV. You're discussing your life and how things are economically stable for you...for example how your family survives quite well on one income, You have no medical debt, your children are getting free college, etc. The modern person is shocked at the difference in quality of life. They give examples of their economic stress and despair of being working class an unable to make ends meet or see a future for themselves. Maybe they bring up climate change, mass shootings, rise of fascism, etc. and you are absolutely appalled at what's happened to the US and the world.
Then Marianne cuts in...maybe rings doorbell and enters your world dressed like today. She talks of her economic bill of rights and other parts of her platfrom. The modern person is relieved. You empathize with them and are happy good things are in store for them and the nation if Marianne is elected. There's hope. You might even get a sudden epiphany of how your era contributed to current problems...how the establishment didn't really want to spread democracy around the world, they wanted to spread predatory capitalism. How they plotted to roll back the New Deal. (too much?)
Once Marianne gets her points across we cut to children of both eras hand in hand (like that coca cola commercial "I'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony"). Text fades in across the screen in the graphic style 60s:
Thanks for this Sue Speaks. My brother Gord is a great Dick Van Dyke show fan and remembered the episode in detail. Poor Millie. But Mary Jane was a great character. Gord said he wished she could have been in more episodes. I like your reference to your Life #2. It is a great concept, and come to think of it, I am in my Life #2 as well. Best wishes on yours and on "waking up the world."
Carry on, Suzanne...dear to all of us here, and counting....
A wisdom council sounds like the right idea at the right time Great idea
Hi Suzanne,
I'm still reeling from your reel. You have such a lovely vibe, terrific voice and facial expressions...you could have had your own show. You need to be in a Marianne Williamson campaign ad. Picture it:
You're attired in 50s/60's fashion, hair, makeup, and body language of the era. You will recreate your vocal phrasing to mimic your commercial reel. Production design and cinematography matches the era's film stock and coloring. Set is obviously mid century modern. You are maybe in the kitchen on a rotary phone, or in the living room watching old style TV. (Care will be taken to avoid any sexist references but the action will involve a typical day in the era.)
We will cut back and forth (or maybe split screen) between you and a young person of the modern age, actor and set matching the look and feel of today. You're having a conversation with that modern person either through the phone or talking to them thru the TV. You're discussing your life and how things are economically stable for you...for example how your family survives quite well on one income, You have no medical debt, your children are getting free college, etc. The modern person is shocked at the difference in quality of life. They give examples of their economic stress and despair of being working class an unable to make ends meet or see a future for themselves. Maybe they bring up climate change, mass shootings, rise of fascism, etc. and you are absolutely appalled at what's happened to the US and the world.
Then Marianne cuts in...maybe rings doorbell and enters your world dressed like today. She talks of her economic bill of rights and other parts of her platfrom. The modern person is relieved. You empathize with them and are happy good things are in store for them and the nation if Marianne is elected. There's hope. You might even get a sudden epiphany of how your era contributed to current problems...how the establishment didn't really want to spread democracy around the world, they wanted to spread predatory capitalism. How they plotted to roll back the New Deal. (too much?)
Once Marianne gets her points across we cut to children of both eras hand in hand (like that coca cola commercial "I'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony"). Text fades in across the screen in the graphic style 60s:
Marianne Williamson
Make America Great Again (for real)
You have had such an interesting, meaningful, substantial life. Keep going girl.
Thanks for this Sue Speaks. My brother Gord is a great Dick Van Dyke show fan and remembered the episode in detail. Poor Millie. But Mary Jane was a great character. Gord said he wished she could have been in more episodes. I like your reference to your Life #2. It is a great concept, and come to think of it, I am in my Life #2 as well. Best wishes on yours and on "waking up the world."
Great to watch, gracias!
So cool Suzanne!
Looking forward to watching it tonight
That was fun. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Suzanne!
I do like your idea and mission “Waking up the World “!
I m traveling in Georgia country for two months ! My hope is that I can visit a some of my family in Russia , during my traveling over the ocean !
My mission is to unite people of goodwill around the world…!
When I will come back , I would love to share my traveling experiences with people in US …!
Congratulations Suzanne. Monty Ray Westerman