I went to see "Next to Normal," and throughout most of the show, my entire row was sobbing hysterically.
Afterwards, my friend Nick and I started talking about what makes us cry.
For some reason, discussing what makes you lose it can actually be quite fun.
Here's my list of things that will make me tear up:
- The last monologue from "Broadway Bound" by Neil Simon. Normally I can hold it in onstage, but every time I got to this line--"My mother never got comfortable saying 'I love you.' Sometimes a hard life knocks the sentiment right out of you"--the tears would start. The day my Mom came it was the last performance, and I'm pretty sure they had to mop me up once the show was finished.
- The episode of "Rugrats" where Melville the Bug dies. Don't judge me. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmEQgi3dAaQ&feature=player_profilepage#)
- Greeting cards. Whenever somebody writes anything to me in a greeting card, I start to cry before I've even opened it. On birthdays and holidays, I stack them all up then open them in private where I can turn into a puddle without anybody losing respect for me.
- The opening of the Torkelson's. It's a mix of the nostalgia plus the sepia lighting plus Dorothy Jane looking up at the moon. God, why hasn't that girl made a comeback yet?
- "Dear Mr. Henshaw" by Beverly Cleary I'm a child of divorce, what can I say?
- The Big One: There's an episode of "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" where everyone thinks Eeyore is depressed because he goes to a hill and sits every night by himself. Piglet tries to cheer up Eeyore by making everyone spend a day with him. Of course, it's a huge disaster. So Piglet goes up to the hill to apologize. And...oh, just watch. Start at 2:12 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKauBz-Nh6c
All right, that's what gets me every time.
Now let's hear it.
What makes you cry?
Afterwards, my friend Nick and I started talking about what makes us cry.
For some reason, discussing what makes you lose it can actually be quite fun.
Here's my list of things that will make me tear up:
- The last monologue from "Broadway Bound" by Neil Simon. Normally I can hold it in onstage, but every time I got to this line--"My mother never got comfortable saying 'I love you.' Sometimes a hard life knocks the sentiment right out of you"--the tears would start. The day my Mom came it was the last performance, and I'm pretty sure they had to mop me up once the show was finished.
- The episode of "Rugrats" where Melville the Bug dies. Don't judge me. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmEQgi3dAaQ&feature=player_profilepage#)
- Greeting cards. Whenever somebody writes anything to me in a greeting card, I start to cry before I've even opened it. On birthdays and holidays, I stack them all up then open them in private where I can turn into a puddle without anybody losing respect for me.
- The opening of the Torkelson's. It's a mix of the nostalgia plus the sepia lighting plus Dorothy Jane looking up at the moon. God, why hasn't that girl made a comeback yet?
- "Dear Mr. Henshaw" by Beverly Cleary I'm a child of divorce, what can I say?
- The Big One: There's an episode of "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" where everyone thinks Eeyore is depressed because he goes to a hill and sits every night by himself. Piglet tries to cheer up Eeyore by making everyone spend a day with him. Of course, it's a huge disaster. So Piglet goes up to the hill to apologize. And...oh, just watch. Start at 2:12 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKauBz-Nh6c
All right, that's what gets me every time.
Now let's hear it.
What makes you cry?
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