Best part was the people you meet there, they're genuinely enthusiastic about being amongst like minded people, the celebs who attend are truly, at least this time, good spirited about what they've been allowed to be apart of... It was a bit hectic and jumbled because of Jai White himself appearing. He's a down to earth millionare celeb meaning you can find him just walking the street without a big deal going on. So when he showed up to the event, there was no announcement, NOTHING he just walked in humble as a mouse, then you get a taste of who he is, a BIG shot hollywood personality, and yeah he's a bit of a contradiction, walks the streets like an ordinary man, anything but ordinary in reality... master martial artist and huge hollywood personality with super star status. I was unfortunately fooled into thinking I could be cordial with him. He'll stomp on you and move on if you get in his way and his agenda in life... He doesn't mess around. He's LEGIT Celebrity, first I've ever encountered..... someone who's actually a goddamn huge star and has probably a mansion somewhere... I was just shocked when I kinda saw how he mowed past me like I was an insect... no eye contact, nothing, I didn't register in his freakin brain.
I just wanted to hopefully tell him I was the guy he responded to on facebook that one time, had no chance of getting that across. His reply was done apparently in a joking spare moment he had between being wealthy and ignoring the common folk. I don't know the truth about him, but others there have commented to me about his personality not being easy to manage. No duh...
Sounds like I hate the guy. Far from it. Just got caught off guard with how he'd behave in the actual event and stuff. He's nice to you to a point, then beyond that, forget it. That's how people describe him prettymuch and that's how he came across to me. Interesting.
Do I think celebs should be fake and act nice when they don't really want to be? No, be yourself and that's what you'll get from Jai White for better or worse, he's himself. If he's annoyed and doesn't like you he'll make that clear. I mean, better than the plastic personalities we always get from people in the public eye even if it's not easy to handle.
Glad I did what I did... I have the autograph, a photo, have a ton of video of the actual celebration of spawn's 20th anniversary. I mean, usually I read about t his stuff after the fact. But no, I was there, I saw all the crazyiness that went on. It was great fun, wish I wasn't so exausted and sick from the weather, but other than that, my inner child was going nuts.
Rumor has it Wesley Snipes will be appearing at next years event. OMG. I doubt jai white will be back. This was actually sort of a thing he personally felt obligated to do having contributed to the showcase in the past and to some extent this was about celebrating spawn and no one else would really best celebrate it than the event he helped start, and it made sense, spawn truly was like the first time a major studio took interest in making a black centric super hero film. Jai white was one of the first celebs at the showcase when it began. Only fitting he use the event to promote his company (there's the truth about his appearance) and to celebrate the film that shot him into super stardom. (He doesn't like the film, but can't deny it's what put his name on the map.)
A lot to take in and absorb and make sense of. I think over time I'll look back on this day I went through, warts and all, and be proud of myself for having gone out and showed respect to my heroes. Too bad they sometimes don't seem to care squat that you're a huge fan.... that's hopefully going to be something some celebs work on... kinda need fans don't ya think?
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