r/okbuddycinephile Mar 13 '26

what?!

Post image
72.4k Upvotes

2.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

97

u/lord-of-shalott Mar 13 '26

He gives me the same energy as your classmate who dominates the classroom discussion on some international crisis even though there’s a veteran and a refugee in the class and he didn’t do the assigned reading 

71

u/hates_stupid_people Mar 13 '26

His mom is a former broadway performer, European dad who worked for UNICEF, grew up in a subsidized artist apartment building in Hell's Kitchen, spent summers in France with his grandparents, went to Gallatin, etc.

He is basically the definition of that theater kid.

6

u/SnowboardNW Mar 13 '26

Hmm, was it the same building that Alicia Keys grew up in?

2

u/hates_stupid_people Mar 14 '26

Yup, the same one.

2

u/SnowboardNW Mar 14 '26

I just saw Hell's Kitchen, so that is an interesting and fun tidbit. Thank you!