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10/24: “The Closer” fans gather in Atlanta, get a surprise call
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It wasn’t quite like a “Star Trek” convention, but 11 devoted fans of TNT’s “The Closer” have gathered in Atlanta this weekend to celebrate basic cable’s most successful show ever. Why Atlanta? Not only is this TNT’s hometown but it’s lead character Brenda’s hometown, too.
TNT hosted a luncheon at Turner headquarters on their behalf, replete with fried chicken, green beans and pecan pie. The marketing folks also gave the fans a surprise phone call from the show creator James Duff. (Unfortunately, he nor any of the actors could be there in person because the show is still in production.)
Duff, recovering from a root canal from his home, gave the fans some teasers on the five new episodes early next year which conclude season four:
— The cat named Kitty is ill but shows up in two episodes. Kitty is a hot topic on the forums. “To some people,” Duff joked, “the Kitty’s well being is more important than the outcome of the election!”
— Each season has a theme. Next year will be about change. “Brenda doesn’t like change but that’s the only constant in life,” he said.
— Fritz’s sister shows up, played by Amy Sedaris, and she’s a ditz. “She claims to be a psychic and volunteers her services to help with a crime,” he notes.
— Brenda’s parents will be in three of the five episodes, which implies a wedding might be near for Brenda and Fritz.
— He also promises a resolution to whether the couple get hitched — or not. The tone of his voice was ominous, implying they break up, but he might simply have been trying to throw the fans off the scent.
The crew (mostly female) came from Boston, Austin, Raleigh, Chicago and points in between. They first met via Abbey Leden’s www.thecloserforum.com fan Web site. At the Omni hotel downtown, the fans plan to watch past episodes and hold a trivia contest.
“The show’s unique,” Leden (right) said. “It’s drama and comedy. Brenda is uniquely flawed. I see bits of her in me.”
“As an ensemble,” added North Carolina college professor Monika Fleming, “they really click.”
TNT, as a parting gift, gave each person a version of Brenda’s signature oversized black vinyl purse.
Here’s the group that showed up Friday at Turner Studios:
Comments
By Elsie
October 24, 2008 7:16 PM | Link to this
Shouldn’t the front row be wearing signs that say, “Eat Mor Chikin”? Mooo!
By Wow
October 24, 2008 8:58 PM | Link to this
Obama gets Naked Copy and paste Da video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T40y7jX8C4
By Marie, BS., MBA, MT,Ascp
October 25, 2008 8:02 PM | Link to this
The image you protray is awful. You use getto language such as axe instead of ask, using double negatives, and the list goes on. It appears to me that your idea of success is marry some rich black dude who can throw a ball, have an overly decorated house (huge furniture, fancy cars, shoes to the tune of $3500 in one shopping spree where the “shopper” comes to your house, and boobs that hang below your elbows. If this is the image you hope to pass on to other black young ladies you are dead off the mark. Do any of you have a grad degree from a well respected university ? From the class of english you use you must have slept through gradeschool english. Did I axe this question correctly ? I’ve watched three episodes and hope your show goes down in flames. At least the Orange County ladies have class.
By edumakashun
October 27, 2008 2:23 PM | Link to this
Marie…all those letters after your name and you’re still not smart enough to post to the correct thread. Your bucketload of misspellings and typos would make Rodney proud.