Wigs

Last month our family convened here in California for a week: Geoff and Heidi all the way from Norway, and Patty from Seattle. It was so good to get together with them, and also with Geoff's son and his family, Aaron, Ruby, and Felix, up in Bonny Doon in the Santa Cruz Mountains. 

Patty flew into the Monterey airport, and we went to pick her up. We waited at the gate, but no Patty. Then a text came: "I'm at baggage." We went over there. No Patty. We kept looking around, and then a woman in pink hair sidled our way. A woman in pink hair, a sly gleam in her eye—with Patty's face! Ha ha ha ha ha! She wore a pink wig for her entire trip! Oh, the audacity!

When Patty described her gutsy experiment, she mentioned the show Schitt's Creek and the character Moira Rose (played so delightfully by Catherine O'Hara) and her oh-so-many "girls" (i.e., wigs). That comment got us to watch Schitt's Creek again. Oh! What a wonderful show! (We finished the sixth and last season this evening.) I had forgotten about the central role that Moira's girls, and her ostentatious wardrobe, play. Not in the story so much, but certainly in her self-creation. Something (self-creation, that is) that I have zero understanding of. But I do admire people who do understand and manifest—in a positive, creative way.

So here, for my own viewing pleasure, I'm posting a few videos of certain themes in the show. First up, Cabaret: 

Next, David and Stevie's friendship:

The Crowening:

And here are a couple of cast roundtables that I am putting here for future viewing. And yes: I will most likely be queuing up Schitt's Creek again before too long. Because it's that good.

And here's the cast talking about the final season:

I just love this show. I think it's important: it teaches love, acceptance, and the importance of family and community above all.

And no, sorry, I guess I didn't say much about wigs. Except it's a wig that got me here.