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I am a HUGE fan of the movie A Christmas Story. Yes, the movie that plays on TBS all day Christmas day, over and over again. And no, I don't get sick of it, I even own the DVD. If you are as big of a fan of the movie as I am, I have to suggest getting tickets and going to The Little Lake Theatre and watch their production of this hilarious play. I had the pleasure of seeing the production today and loved their interpretation. Overall the cast was excellent and I would go every year if they did it every year. There is not much time left, only 4 more dates left 12/10 - 12/14, so get your tickets if you still can! Location(s)Little Lake Theatre 500 Lakeside Drive South Canonsburg, PA, 15317
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A Christmas Story
A Christmas Story is a 1983 American/Canadian comedy film based on the short stories and semi-fictional anecdotes of author and raconteur Jean Shepherd, including material from his books In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash and Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories. It was directed cheap lcd tv by Bob Clark. The film has since become a holiday classic and is known to be shown numerous times on television during the Christmas season. The film is set in 1940s Indiana in the fictional town of Hulman (based on real-life Hammond, Indiana). 9-year-old Ralphie Parker (Peter Billingsley) wants only one thing for Christmas: "an official Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot range model air rifle with a sony tv compass in the stock, and this thing which tells time." Between run-ins with his younger brother Randy (Ian Petrella) and having to handle school bully Scut Farkus (Zack Ward), and his sidekick Grover Dill (Yano Anaya) Ralphie does not know how he will ever survive long enough to get the BB gun for Christmas.
The plot revolves around Ralphie's overcoming a seemingly insurmountable obstacle to his owning the precious Red Ryder BB gun: the fear that he will shoot his eye out. In each of the film's three acts, Ralphie makes his case to another individual; each time he is met by the same retort. When Ralphie asks his mother (Melinda Dillon) for a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas, she says, "No, you'll shoot your eye out." Next, when Ralphie writes a theme about wanting the BB gun for Mrs. Shields (Tedde Moore), his teacher at Harding Elementary School, Ralphie gets a C+, and Mrs. Shields writes "P.S. You'll shoot portable color tv your eye out" on it. Finally, Ralphie asks an obnoxious department store Santa Claus (Jeff Gillen) for a Red Ryder BB gun, and Santa responds, "You'll shoot your eye out, kid. Merry Christmas! Ho, ho, ho!", before pushing Ralphie down a long slide with his boot.