There are a lot of ways to pass time at the airport. You could bring a Nintendo Switch, and play Super Mario Odyssey. You could crack open your laptop, and watch Stranger Things. You could read It, and see if it's better than the movie. Or you could sit at the airport bar and eavesdrop on two ladies flying to Chicago to catch their husbands sleeping together.
It sounds crazy, but that's exactly what happened to writer and filmmaker BJ Colangelo.
Okay, fine! Just BJ. And she live-Tweeted the whole event.
Every classic novel has a great first sentence. In Moby Dick: "Call me Ishmael." In Gravity's Rainbow: "A screaming comes across the sky." In A Tale of Two Cities: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." And this epic tale has a pretty great first sentence too.
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Go on!
Damn. That's both heartbreaking and sweet. So what are these women like?
Actually, it might be better to yell at people
with bad breath, because it pisses them off more. But kudos to her dad for having some manners. Man, this seems like a tragic situation. BJ, are you going to give them some privacy?
Sounds good to me!
It sounds like a very cockamamie story! What a hard situation. You should hire a private dick.
In the movie, they'll be played by Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig.
It sounds like this guy has pretty great gaydar. Can you do me a favor, and ask him if
Ellen Degeneres is gay? It's weird - I've known her for years, and she's never had a boyfriend.
Hilarious.
That's sweet. No, I'm not crying. A bee just stung my eye. Shut up.
In case you're not familiar, they're talking about Grace and Frankie. It's about two ladies who become unlikely friends when their husbands announce they're in love and are going to get married - which is exactly what's happening here! This is either a weird coincidence or Netflix is getting really elaborate with their viral marketing.
Baby hippo wins this round. Also, I think for the next season of Grace and Frankie, Jane Fonda's character should be played by a baby hippo.
DAMNIT THAT BEE STUNG MY EYE AGAIN.
Let's get back to the story, BJ.
I want them to livestream the moment they bust their husbands in bed.
Hey, racist hockey and bad basketball aren't bad either.
STOP STINGING MY EYE, BEE!
Come on, BJ, hold it together. Don't embarrass yourself.
I mean, this has to be viral marketing, right? Watch, next time BJ goes to the airport, she'll run into four kids in 80's clothes, trying to find their friend Eleven.
Wasn't that a great story? It wasn't just hilarious. It had heart. And in an interview, BJ explained why their conversation was so moving:
"What I found the most calming was that for both of these women, their husbands possibly being gay was never an issue. It was the fact they were having an affair, but more importantly, that they felt they couldn't be honest with their wives. This conversation could have been far uglier had it been between a different combination of women, but these two were trying to make the best of a difficult situation."
Next time you go to the airport, skip the video games, TV shows and books. Sometimes the best stories come from real life.
