Crash Test Dummy

It was a wise man who said news is conversation. Let's talk. Daniel Rubin, a saucy reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer, made my blog Freudian Slips news. Rubin read my August 14, 2005 blog post called On the Set of Invincible and wrote about it as a lead story. He reprinted an accurate quote and wrote a summary of my experiences filming as a fan in the sports movie called Invincible. Rubin held onto my every word for he posted my exact word count of 2,273. A word to the wise man, the reference to the word count should have counted for more than the words it did. Rubin proceeded to lampoon me as if I were the only surviving crash test dummy at an automobile accident. The jab did nothing to deflate my confidence as a storyteller or actor and it had its merits in humor. While extra press for being an extra is extraordinary, allow me to set the record straight with some extra credit.

On a movie set full of dawdling newspaper reporters, many extras chose to hangout with the dummies. Unlike reporters who fancy themselves with the last word, dummies don’t talk back and they have yet to take anything out of context. During breaks in the filming of the movie, I had ample opportunity to sit next to reporters but I preferred the company of dummies. I have never ordered a grilled Rubin sandwich in my life.

If Daniel Rubin returns to my blog, I hope he can take a joke as far as he promoted this one. Laughter allows life to pass by even in the Blinq of an eye.