One week until Operation Oscar Strikes Back.

One week and I will be in my beloved NYC again.

One week and I get to finally meet @damerondjarin in person!!

ONE WEEK OMG.

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Il materiale di origine: @instyle (TikTok) / “Don’t worry, this is a safe space @Jessica Chastain #jessicachastain #oscarisaac”

(aka Operation Oscar Strikes Back)

I can’t believe it’s already been a week since the NYC trip and the screening. A lot happened on Friday (more about that later) but let’s talk about the screening itself and the rest of Thursday, May 19.

So after our hotel siesta, we got ready and hopped a cab over to the screening. There were quite a few people waiting to get a ticket, but we already had ours and found out seats and tried to prepare. They handed out cards so we could write questions down for the conversation part (ours wasn’t picked but that’s ok) and then we tried to figure out which episode they were going to show. And we were laughing like “oh my god, they better not show THAT episode!”

And the lights finally dim and the screening starts…

And of course, IT IS TOTALLY THAT EPISODE.

Yes, they screened Episode 4 - The Illiterates. Everything was on display on a giant movie screen and the sound was so massive that you could feel the vibrations in your seat and somehow @damerondjarin​ and I did not get kicked out for giggling like a bunch of twelve-year-old schoolgirls 

But, uh, yeah. So that happened.

There was a curtain across the stage, and after a short break, the curtain just went up and there they all were.

sir who gave you permission

The conversation was really fun and thoughful and lively and the questions were all about the series in general and the thoughts and motivations that went into making it. Oscar was smart and funny and profound as usual (as was Jessica, she was lovely) and it could’ve gone on all night and I would’ve been totally okay with that.

They did hang around a little bit after, at the side entrance, although we kind of just missed Oscar (and it was like five deep at the barricade of people just screaming from what I’ve heard) BUT we did sort of end up standing right next to his car while he was in it and even with the window tint we could see him so he probably saw us. I mean we just kind of stood there until his car finally pulled away from the curb. So we didn’t get to meet him but it was fun and exactly the kind of moments I loved so much when I used to go to the city all the time in my younger days.

(It wasn’t quite the same as that time in November when I was standing three feet away from him in the MoMA lobby and he sort of maybe caught me taking pics and we had a moment…but it was fun.)

And I’m totally gonna do it again next time there’s a screening.

Afterwards we went to Times Square to see it at night and eat pizza at Ray’s and get Insomnia Cookies and then back to the hotel.

I’ll tell the story of Friday as an epilogue just because it makes the whole weekend a little weirder, and there was still a very strong Oscar connection. (Stay tuned for that, probably tomorrow.) 

The Saga of May 19, 2022 - Part Two

(aka Operation Oscar Strikes Back)

In which I got to NYC early with a smooth flight and no weird issues, acquired one @damerondjarin, taxied to our hotel and checked in, and have been rightly amused by the fact that it looks more like an apartment Llewyn would crash on than your standard hotel.

Now for a little rest and plotting and planning and then off to the screening.

The Saga of May 19, 2022 - Part One

(aka Operation Oscar Strikes Back)

In which they tell me there’s going to be a special screening of Scenes from a Marriage at the 92nd Street Y and both Oscar and Jessica will be part of a conversation afterwards.

And Allison’s brain immediately goes, “Well… YOLO!”

And here she is again, waiting at an airport gate to fly 900 miles just to lay eyes on the man in person.

And this time she’s dragging @damerondjarin with her.

NYC (and Taylor!!) I’m coming for you!!