Post by TutorGirl on Jun 8, 2006 11:23:41 GMT -5
HOLLYWOOD MOVIE AND MUSIC TERROR RUNS WITH INTERNATIONAL BLACK-AND-WHITE TERRIERS!
I find myself strangely nervous interviewing Bug and Fester McGowan-Manson for the first time. As they approach me, I notice they have on nail polish, and I am charmed by their effort to look good. Most of their kind just show up in an artfully sloppy state, toting either Bukowski or a book on dream interpretations. We exchange greetings and get down to it.
ROSE MCGOWAN: Is it hard being black, white, and bug-eyed in a world filled with golden retrievers?
BUG: There is an ache in being different from my fellow dogs. However, they can't see in two directions at once, as we can, and there is gratification in knowing that.
FESTER: We are very muscular and strong and always look elegant in our little tuxedos. There is no need to flash chain-link leashes since we are secure in our virility/femininity.
RM: You two have grown up on film and video sets. What's that like?
F: A natural. Bug not only looks like a ham, she is a ham.
B: At least I'm not on the editing-room floor.
F: That's because you look like a gargoyle.
B: Gremlin.
RM: OK. Switching gears. What do you think of your mother's chosen profession?
B: Imagine going on a job interview and exposing the tender underbelly that is the human character. Imagine having to be over-the-top and funny when there is no blood transfusion on earth that can make you feel present and energetic. Imagine doing that every week.
F: Fancy.
B: It's hard to see her holding a violin and only having had the chance to play one string.
F: Ugh. Analogies.
B: Well, people forget Jessica Lange started with King Kong [1976]. While working on getting her Frances [1982], our mother has to keep going. Ah, the catch-22s of life.
RM: What makes you, Bug and Fester, smile on the inside?
B: I enjoy passing gas. There is tremendous power in being able to clear a room. Also, I delight in puncturing any and all balls. Especially those balls belonging to men who wear Oakley sunglasses, sport aggressively bad haircuts, and slap each other on the ass. I feel it is my civic duty to pop their balls.
F: I enjoy humping the biggest dog or person around. I like to hide in the closet when I hear "love" sounds. And, like Bug, I too am in favor of dropping mini-Hiroshimas on unsuspecting guests.
RM: Anything else you'd like to get off your chests?
B: Yeah, cut my owners some slack. They're trying to make it through the day like you and I. Sometimes, as I'm licking my mother's tears, I wonder, Why? Why bother to create anything? Why bother to put yourself out there? Then I remember, she has to keep us in dog food.
F: Come on, Bug! When she's acting, she escapes being herself. It's a mental vacation, if you will. That physical and emotional release--those fleeting moments--make all the hoops and hurdles worth it.
B: Oh, Fester. She also says that actors who expound on aspects of "the craft" invariably sound like fools. Worse yet, bores.
F: Too true, Bug. Too true.
RM: Well, thank you for your time. You've really lived up to the Boston terrier's nickname: the American gentleman. [Bug and Fester trot off, leaving a scented mini-Hiroshima in their wake.] Ah, celebrity.
Rose McGowan's most recent movie is Ready to Rumble. She costars with Brendan Fraser in the fall release Monkeybone. Here she is photographed with her Boston terriers, Fester (left) and Bug McGowan-Manson. The dogs wear T-shirts by e.vil.
I find myself strangely nervous interviewing Bug and Fester McGowan-Manson for the first time. As they approach me, I notice they have on nail polish, and I am charmed by their effort to look good. Most of their kind just show up in an artfully sloppy state, toting either Bukowski or a book on dream interpretations. We exchange greetings and get down to it.
ROSE MCGOWAN: Is it hard being black, white, and bug-eyed in a world filled with golden retrievers?
BUG: There is an ache in being different from my fellow dogs. However, they can't see in two directions at once, as we can, and there is gratification in knowing that.
FESTER: We are very muscular and strong and always look elegant in our little tuxedos. There is no need to flash chain-link leashes since we are secure in our virility/femininity.
RM: You two have grown up on film and video sets. What's that like?
F: A natural. Bug not only looks like a ham, she is a ham.
B: At least I'm not on the editing-room floor.
F: That's because you look like a gargoyle.
B: Gremlin.
RM: OK. Switching gears. What do you think of your mother's chosen profession?
B: Imagine going on a job interview and exposing the tender underbelly that is the human character. Imagine having to be over-the-top and funny when there is no blood transfusion on earth that can make you feel present and energetic. Imagine doing that every week.
F: Fancy.
B: It's hard to see her holding a violin and only having had the chance to play one string.
F: Ugh. Analogies.
B: Well, people forget Jessica Lange started with King Kong [1976]. While working on getting her Frances [1982], our mother has to keep going. Ah, the catch-22s of life.
RM: What makes you, Bug and Fester, smile on the inside?
B: I enjoy passing gas. There is tremendous power in being able to clear a room. Also, I delight in puncturing any and all balls. Especially those balls belonging to men who wear Oakley sunglasses, sport aggressively bad haircuts, and slap each other on the ass. I feel it is my civic duty to pop their balls.
F: I enjoy humping the biggest dog or person around. I like to hide in the closet when I hear "love" sounds. And, like Bug, I too am in favor of dropping mini-Hiroshimas on unsuspecting guests.
RM: Anything else you'd like to get off your chests?
B: Yeah, cut my owners some slack. They're trying to make it through the day like you and I. Sometimes, as I'm licking my mother's tears, I wonder, Why? Why bother to create anything? Why bother to put yourself out there? Then I remember, she has to keep us in dog food.
F: Come on, Bug! When she's acting, she escapes being herself. It's a mental vacation, if you will. That physical and emotional release--those fleeting moments--make all the hoops and hurdles worth it.
B: Oh, Fester. She also says that actors who expound on aspects of "the craft" invariably sound like fools. Worse yet, bores.
F: Too true, Bug. Too true.
RM: Well, thank you for your time. You've really lived up to the Boston terrier's nickname: the American gentleman. [Bug and Fester trot off, leaving a scented mini-Hiroshima in their wake.] Ah, celebrity.
Rose McGowan's most recent movie is Ready to Rumble. She costars with Brendan Fraser in the fall release Monkeybone. Here she is photographed with her Boston terriers, Fester (left) and Bug McGowan-Manson. The dogs wear T-shirts by e.vil.
