Part of the youth culture out here, where you might be over the hill at twenty-five. "MJ. So tell me about this beach picture." "Oh, it was a terrible shoot! First thing was, Todd--that's Todd Atchinson, the director?--was having a major crisis and he ran out of Paxil and was a bear to work with. He just kept yelling at everybody. Then Larry--that's Larry Wright--had a major fight with his boyfriend, he's gay, such a waste of a perfect bod, you know? Anyway, Larry was so depressed he just moped around like an old hound dog. And George--I was so sorry to hear that he died, so sorry, but he was a major doper, major--kept getting a, you know, a woody every time we shot a scene together, and they had to shoot around it because his bathing suit was, you know, bulging all the time!" She giggled and took a deep breath, showing off the results of what must have been expensive plastic surgery. Michaels wished Toni were here, so she could see just how vapid and unattractive this woman was, despite her looks and attempt at what she thought passed for sophisticated animation.
