“Good-morning,” Mr. Button said nervously, to the clerk in the
Chesapeake Dry Goods Company. “I want to buy some clothes for my
child.”
“How old is your child, sir?”
“About six hours,” answered Mr. Button, without due consideration.
“Babies’ supply department in the rear.”
“Why, I don’t think–I’m not sure that’s what I want. It’s–he’s an
unusually large-size child. Exceptionally–ah large.”
“They have the largest child’s sizes.”
Now, substitute Robin for Brad and F Scott Fitzgerald for Francis Ford Coppola, mix it up, fwd and resend. Although Capn. Button has received good reviews , I can’t help but think of Robert Downey Jr.’s controversial lecture to Ben Stiller in Myopic Blunder on going “full retard”, and maybe in terms of blockbusters which boldly confront mortality a la some sort of dude aging crisis, the “fullness” of one’s character depends on the direction or reverse direction of the age/body in which they are growing/shrinking.
brad pitt robin michelle williams baby child movie geriatric experience opens on (surprise) Dec. 25th.
