True Confessions about Made-Up Things
If you recognize a certain television cooking competition in the epilogue of Roller Coaster, you’re not wrong. “Prepare a gourmet French dinner that includes haggis-in-a-can.” Karin thinks that’s fun. To watch.
Pretend you’re something you’re not and hope for the best. After all, the lie only has to last a few days. Making Up for Lost Time started with this basic premise of a screwball comedy, with inspiration from the hilarious Christmas in Connecticut, starring Barbara Stanwyck.
Karin’s favorite sarcastic-inside-voice heroine is Leslie from Embrace in Motion. Marian the Librarian (One Degree of Separation) thinks that’s a load of crapspackle but would never say so out loud.