Dear Friend,
I'm not sure what it was today, but when I met Patrick at the Big Boy after seeing the Rocky Horror he seemed really upset. Maybe it was because he misses playing "Frank N' Furter." When I asked him about it he said he thought the new cast didn't have "it." When I asked him what "it" was he said,
" Pizzazz, you know. The dynamic was all wrong." He cupped his chin in his hands and looked at the his place mat like maybe he'd spilled something on it. After another minute he added,
"And the guy who plays 'Rocky' isn't cut and hunky enough."
"I thought you said 'Rocky' didn't have to be." I said.
"What?"
"Last year when I played 'Rocky' for Craig that one time, Mary Elizabeth and everybody told me it didn't matter that I wasn't 'cut and hunky.'"
Patrick kind of got this blank look on his face and he stared at me. And after a minute like that he started to laugh. Really laugh. "Jeeze, Charlie, you remember everything, don't you?"
I shrugged. "I guess so."
We spend the rest of the time eating fries and talking about the time I played Rocky. And Patrick couldn't stop laughing about how I had to wear a feather boa, just like last year. And it felt nice to reminisce.
Love Always,
Charlie