WTF Movies: April 12, 2018

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WTF’s reviews of Chappaquiddick, Beirut, Truth or Dare, Rampage and The Rider.

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  2. Quick story: late 1970’s, I was doing the tourist thing in DC, very hot summer day, I’m wearing shorts/sandels and breezy top, stuck near the Mall with full bladder and no clue where to find a bathroom…. Feeling desperate. Duck into a giant building — instantly overwhelmed by its grandeur with vaulting ceilings in the hallways, marble floors and walls… and no signage pointing to bathrooms.

    As I walk hesitantly down the hall, a dark oak door flies open and three very busy men in suits emerge, talking rapidly, walking down the hall straight toward me. I freeze like a deer in the headlights, very self-conscious in my breezy summer-casual clothes, wanting to shrink into the floor and become invisible. The two men on either side are simultaneously arrogant and obsequious, deferring to the “power man” in the middle while briefing him. As they get near to me, the two wingmen glance at me and dismiss me like I’m a bug on the wall.

    But not the guy in the middle. He looks straight at me, and comes to a full stop. The wingmen on either side stumble to a stop with him, looking disturbed at the interruption. The guy in the middle flashes a warm welcoming smile at me, and says “Can I help you?”

    Pretty sure my voice squeaked as I said “Um, is there a bathroom?”

    The power guy nods, steps to one side, and points. He says go down there and make a right, you’ll find the bathroom just a few doors down. I nod thank you. He smiles again, and the warmth and genuineness of the interaction leave me feeling a glow. Then the three men continue on their way.

    Later that afternoon we did the tourist thing through the Senate Gallery, waiting our turn to sit for 20 minutes and watch the doings. As my cousin and I shuffled into the gallery and found seats, I looked down and saw the nice young man standing at his desk, giving a speech to the rest of the chamber. I elbowed my cousin excitedly — “That’s the man who helped me find the bathroom!”

    My cousin gave me a look like “oh these yokels from California!” and said “That’s Ted Kennedy.”

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