Color My World

Last night we saw The Baxter. It was def top notch! Flynn says it’s his favorite ro-co ever.

(By the way, you either say, “ro-co” or “rom-com”. You’re one or the other. I like ro-co better. Rom-com makes me think of dot-com which isn’t really something that is cutesy. Which ro-co’s definitely are. Anyhoo…)

It’s so sweet. And it reasonates too. But something else. It has Michelle Williams in it. Yes, Michelle Williams from Dawson’s Creek Michelle Williams. I think I kind of forgot about her. Apparently, the casting director for The Baxter saw The Station Agent because she’s in it. And so is Peter Dinkelage. Who is hilarious in this. He plays the wedding planner.

Michelle Williams in this movie is interesting though for one reason because she dyed her hair. She’s got brown hair in this movie. Check it out:

On the left is the blondie we all remember as Jen Lindley. And on the right, is the loveable mousie brown in The Baxter.

And you know what? I think I prefer the brown-haired Michelle. Shocking! Goes against conventional male theory. But it’s true. I think part of it, and I think this was calculated in The Baxter, is that she reminds you of Shirley Maclaine in The Apartment. The character she plays does.

And the way her hair’s done too. What do you think? Regardless, she wins you in this movie. And you are screaming for Elliott[Showalter] to ‘ask the girl to dance’. (Watch the movie, you’ll understand.)

(Oh yeah and one more thing, JMU alums will appreciate seeing Jenny Maguire in one bar scene. Go Dukes!)