[39/366] a beautiful day in the neighborhood

[cosmolinguist]

diffrentcolours told me a long time ago that there was going to be a movie about Mister Rogers, and then yesterday he said it was out now. So this morning we watched the documentary on Netflix, Won't You Be My Neighbor?, to give him a bit of a crash-course in Mr. Rogers because his childhood was sadly lacking in it. That was a nice way to spend this morning: Gary and I had stayed overnight so it was very cozy to be snuggled under a blanket between the two of them and watch it.

I'd seen it before (which is why I thought it'd be a good introduction), on a plane on my way to the U.S. So at least I knew I'd cry, and I did, but at a different bit than I remember.

Then we went to Ikea with Mal in the afternoon (my second trip ever, I still hated it, but at least bringing a Swedish person along meant I learned some more about how to pronounce the names of things!) and just barely had time to go see A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood at the cinea. We hadn't had time for dinner so shared nachos and he had a terrible cinema hot dog.

I really enjoyed it, and I was so pleased that diffrentcolours did too. It made for a pretty cathartic day, really. Mr. Rogers is such a good influence.

Comments

[softfruit]

I might watch that. It's one of those weird things for people who grew up here that have percolated into my consciousness without ever having been 'real'.

[cosmolinguist]

Yeah the movie seems to be good even for people who don't know much about Mr. Rogers. I'd definitely recommend it.

[silveradept]

I'm glad that we have film of Mr. Rogers, because that means we get to have his influence and reminders from him for generations to come. And that's really rather awesome.

[cosmolinguist]

Absolutely. And it was something he was very conscious of; he expected to be able to cover everything and retire. :)

[otter]

Sweet W hadn't seen much, if any of Mr Rogers as a child. We went to see Won't You Be My Neighbor together when it first came to the neighborhood theater a couple years ago. He has a great appreciation for the man, as I've had since childhood. When I was teaching high school, I got home from work shortly before the show aired each day. I'd get a bowl of chocolate chips, sit on the couch and watch Mr Rogers to help me wind down from the stress of the day. It was the first tv show I allowed my own children to watch when they were small.

[cosmolinguist]

Coming home from work to Mr. Rogers and chocolate chips sounds absolutely perfect. :)