Something Tobey about Him

Lonely late nights with the telly does give rise to all sorts of crazy speculation. Since I had a day off the next day, I figured staying up late for a while wouldn't kill me. Sleep is still unbearably precious to me but a postponement was in order when I had something riveting on the telly. Not everyone's as dedicated to the wacky wonders of television as I am but I'm one of the drooling couch surfers who watch almost every series during primetime. Perhaps it's the chips, the semi-grogginess or the flickering telly but while I was caught on a late night rerun of one of my favourites Pleasantville, something clicked resoundingly in my head.

And it wasn't the beginnings of an aneurysm. I hope.

As you all would know if you'd seen this deliciously provocative film a while back, Pleasantville tells the tale of two fractious siblings who find themselves permanently stuck in a wholesome squeaky-clean television series in the idealized all American 1950s, a black-and-white world devoid of crime, poverty, sex--even bad weather. The brother and sister duo find themselves finding out that the world certainly doesn't look the way they left it before as they find themselves mired in a fantasy world of apple-pie, cherry coke and empty textbooks.


Trust me, it's much less kooky and out-of-this-world as I make it sound. Certainly far more provocative and definitely worth a watch.

While watching the slow-talking, bashful brother Bud deal with the world where the road only goes round in neverending circles and the weather's always unusually fair and sunny, I suddenly realized that he reminded me quite a bit of Charming Calvin.

Seriously. Those curious few that have been wondering who's this dude Calvin, let me briefly explain.

Not so much the looks - though there's a certain passing resemblance there - but definitely the slow, methodical way of speaking, the perfectly slicked back hair, that serious, reserved look on his face.... the seemingly shy sweet guy you know would freak if you suddenly stroked his thigh with your foot in a public restaurant. What more a sweaty five-minute quickie in a public men's room!

Incidentally the character Bud was played by Tobey Maguire. Yeah, the buffed-up shy guy with the glasses. Never actually found Tobey all that desperately hawt - you know, the kinda desperately sexy guy you'd fuck standing on the wall, but I guess I'd better rethink that. :)

Hmmm... you know, maybe I should get Calvin a Spidey suit.

Funny the things you think about at one in the morning.