On Friday, October 21st 1988 a series of seismic events occurred that would alter the course of my life. First and foremost—I turned 10, which meant that I would then, and forevermore, record my age with two digits. I mean…I suppose I could live to 100 but it’s highly unlikely…and who the hell wants that anyway?? For my birthday, I was gifted a cassette copy of the Cocktail Soundtrack, which I proceeded to listen to so aggressively that the lettering on the Kokomo side of the tape wore off (I still have a copy of said tape in my denim cassette carrier…come check if you don’t believe me!). Halloween IV: The Return of Michael Myers, a film that would infect me with fear of murder-related insomnia for the next 20 to 35 years, opened in theaters. What does all of this have to do with the Julia Roberts flick Mystic Pizza, you ask? Well it turns out that Mystic Pizza ALSO opened on 10/21/88, a fact I was unaware of until I decided to re-watch the movie for this article. What does it all mean!? I’m thinking absolutely nothing! I didn’t step out to see Mystic Pizza at the cinema but it was a big deal around my hood back in the day. It was filmed in the touristy seaport town of Mystic, Connecticut, which is just over an hour’s drive from my homecity of Worcester, MA. Also—my dad lifted weights with a guy who had a two line bit in one of the bar scenes…so he was super tight with this flick, my dad was. Mystic Pizza documents the profoundly predictable relationship travails of a trio of blue collar-ish, under twenty something waitresses employed at the titular pizza shop. Seriously, if I showed you a poster for this movie and asked you to describe the plot without actually watching it, there’s an excellent chance you’d be 100% correct. I should probably just call it a day right here.
Mystic Pizza
Mystic Pizza
Mystic Pizza
On Friday, October 21st 1988 a series of seismic events occurred that would alter the course of my life. First and foremost—I turned 10, which meant that I would then, and forevermore, record my age with two digits. I mean…I suppose I could live to 100 but it’s highly unlikely…and who the hell wants that anyway?? For my birthday, I was gifted a cassette copy of the Cocktail Soundtrack, which I proceeded to listen to so aggressively that the lettering on the Kokomo side of the tape wore off (I still have a copy of said tape in my denim cassette carrier…come check if you don’t believe me!). Halloween IV: The Return of Michael Myers, a film that would infect me with fear of murder-related insomnia for the next 20 to 35 years, opened in theaters. What does all of this have to do with the Julia Roberts flick Mystic Pizza, you ask? Well it turns out that Mystic Pizza ALSO opened on 10/21/88, a fact I was unaware of until I decided to re-watch the movie for this article. What does it all mean!? I’m thinking absolutely nothing! I didn’t step out to see Mystic Pizza at the cinema but it was a big deal around my hood back in the day. It was filmed in the touristy seaport town of Mystic, Connecticut, which is just over an hour’s drive from my homecity of Worcester, MA. Also—my dad lifted weights with a guy who had a two line bit in one of the bar scenes…so he was super tight with this flick, my dad was. Mystic Pizza documents the profoundly predictable relationship travails of a trio of blue collar-ish, under twenty something waitresses employed at the titular pizza shop. Seriously, if I showed you a poster for this movie and asked you to describe the plot without actually watching it, there’s an excellent chance you’d be 100% correct. I should probably just call it a day right here.