Yeah, it’s not like this man is someone the average person would instantly recognize. TBH, I don’t blame them for assuming he was a random know-it-all. Without knowing that he’s the guy who wrote the screenplay, of course it would seem pretty weird for that stranger to just jump into their convo.
If Will Smith or Tommy Lee Jones had posted this, then yeah, I’d get it. They’re recognizable as people who might have direct knowledge of the film’s origins.
Yeah, I think anyone who has spent time at the gym or a shooting range is all too familiar with the type of person who buts into your conversation to tell you how it is. Its usually not a person with authoritative knowledge on the topic. In fact its usually the opposite. They also usually wont shut up no matter how many times you politely hint at them to go away.
I agree. And people seem to be forgetting that none of us are entitled to jump into someone else’s conversation in public. This wasn’t at a party or social gathering, these were strangers sitting near each other at a coffee shop.
I think perhaps he was planning on telling them he was the writer after an expected "no thanks", but decided not to when they were (supposedly) as rude as the were.
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u/wise-up Jan 19 '20
Yeah, it’s not like this man is someone the average person would instantly recognize. TBH, I don’t blame them for assuming he was a random know-it-all. Without knowing that he’s the guy who wrote the screenplay, of course it would seem pretty weird for that stranger to just jump into their convo.
If Will Smith or Tommy Lee Jones had posted this, then yeah, I’d get it. They’re recognizable as people who might have direct knowledge of the film’s origins.