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TheWhale
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 Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 9:53 pm Post subject: "Rain Man" play set to debut in London in Septembe |
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"Rain Man" will be a play this summer in London and probably the USA eventually.
There was an article in "Variety" magazine on July first about this. It is said to be "updated to reflect the current times" but I have to wonder if that means Raymond Babbitt won't go back to the institution.
I am trying to find out with no luck so far. Josh Hartnett (who played my alter ego in a movie) will play Charlie Babbitt, the brother of Raymond Babbitt. A British actor is playing Raymond. Other than Hartnett, none of the people from my movie are involved, nor are the original screenwriters of "Rain Man", Ron Bass and Barry Morrow.
I would like to see autism organizations and concerned peers contact the people doing this play and express a desire to see a different ending.
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I hope it comes to Portland.
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I hope it comes to Portland too. 
But knowing how bad the hipster population is here,
the possibility is close to zero.
For some reason, there is a vibe of irony is this thread.
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:46 pm Post subject: Re: "Rain Man" play set to debut in London in Sept |
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| TheWhale wrote: | "Rain Man" will be a play this summer in London and probably the USA eventually.
There was an article in "Variety" magazine on July first about this. It is said to be "updated to reflect the current times" but I have to wonder if that means Raymond Babbitt won't go back to the institution.
I am trying to find out with no luck so far. Josh Hartnett (who played my alter ego in a movie) will play Charlie Babbitt, the brother of Raymond Babbitt. A British actor is playing Raymond. Other than Hartnett, none of the people from my movie are involved, nor are the original screenwriters of "Rain Man", Ron Bass and Barry Morrow.
I would like to see autism organizations and concerned peers contact the people doing this play and express a desire to see a different ending.
Jerry Newport aka The Whale |
OMG!!!!! i responded to ur post before, not reading ur thing thouroughly I just realized who wrote the post!!!!!!!! I just finished reading ur book last thursday . I also saw the movie on friday woww wow wow How ironic it is to read a post by you woww wowowow wowow Can I have ur autograph? (just kidding theres no way send an autograph by computer. actually yeah tere is its e-mail but watever im kidding about the autograph thing though
do you know if the play is coming to New York? |
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
People over here compare me to that dayum movie all the time when I bring up AS in autistic spectrum!! 
Good movie though.
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TheWhale
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| Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:39 pm Post subject: Re: "Rain Man" play set to debut in London in Sept |
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OMG!!!!! i responded to ur post before, not reading ur thing thouroughly I just realized who wrote the post!!!!!!!! I just finished reading ur book last thursday . I also saw the movie on friday woww wow wow How ironic it is to read a post by you woww wowowow wowow Can I have ur autograph? (just kidding theres no way send an autograph by computer. actually yeah tere is its e-mail but watever im kidding about the autograph thing though
do you know if the play is coming to New York?[/quote]
I don't know if it will come over here. I hope it does if the ending is better than the movie.
I have enough Frequent Flier miles to get Mary and me to a play on this continent.
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Whoops... 
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| Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 5:02 pm Post subject: Re: "Rain Man" play set to debut in London in Sept |
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| TheWhale wrote: | "Rain Man" will be a play this summer in London and probably the USA eventually.
There was an article in "Variety" magazine on July first about this. It is said to be "updated to reflect the current times" but I have to wonder if that means Raymond Babbitt won't go back to the institution.
I am trying to find out with no luck so far. Josh Hartnett (who played my alter ego in a movie) will play Charlie Babbitt, the brother of Raymond Babbitt. A British actor is playing Raymond. Other than Hartnett, none of the people from my movie are involved, nor are the original screenwriters of "Rain Man", Ron Bass and Barry Morrow.
I would like to see autism organizations and concerned peers contact the people doing this play and express a desire to see a different ending.
Jerry Newport aka The Whale |
I hope comes to play at The Strand/Capitol Theater here in York, PA.
An interesting aside: I first became aware of Asperger Syndrome in 1996 when "60 Minutes" aired the story
of you and Mary Meinel.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/29/60II/main646311.shtml
Now a few of the "Dino-Aspies" and I are involved in our own book writing project...
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I hope it plays at the
Portland Center Stage
here in Portland.
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TheWhale
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| Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:32 pm Post subject: Ending of "Rain Man" play same as movie. |
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| AnonymousAnonymous wrote: | I hope it plays at the
Portland Center Stage
here in Portland. |
It it does, it will have a different cast. I have learned from somebody in positon to know that the play has the same ending as the movie. However, I think this can be used as a teachable moment: The publicity from the play can give us a chance to point out that the Raymond Babbitts of our world can live in our communities with proper support.
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| Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:44 pm Post subject: Re: "Rain Man" play set to debut in London in Sept |
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| richie wrote: | | TheWhale wrote: | "Rain Man" will be a play this summer in London and probably the USA eventually.
There was an article in "Variety" magazine on July first about this. It is said to be "updated to reflect the current times" but I have to wonder if that means Raymond Babbitt won't go back to the institution.
I am trying to find out with no luck so far. Josh Hartnett (who played my alter ego in a movie) will play Charlie Babbitt, the brother of Raymond Babbitt. A British actor is playing Raymond. Other than Hartnett, none of the people from my movie are involved, nor are the original screenwriters of "Rain Man", Ron Bass and Barry Morrow.
I would like to see autism organizations and concerned peers contact the people doing this play and express a desire to see a different ending.
Jerry Newport aka The Whale |
I hope comes to play at The Strand/Capitol Theater here in York, PA.
An interesting aside: I first became aware of Asperger Syndrome in 1996 when "60 Minutes" aired the story
of you and Mary Meinel.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/29/60II/main646311.shtml
Now a few of the "Dino-Aspies" and I are involved in our own book writing project... |
shhhhh! Richie! you will give us away!
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why does Hollywood like to romanticize the mentally deficient? is it because everyone in Hollywood is insane?
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Is there a link to where it is and things like that? I would like to go, if it isn't too expensive.
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