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In 199X, I saw a very amusing documentary, Painting the Town, which was about a taxi driver and painter named Richard Osterweil, who was an expert in crashing high-society parties.
I wonder whatever happened to him, and whether he still crashes those parties. I doubt it, though, because, these days (1) party organizers use high-tech means to screen entrants—in his days, Osterweil could make do with photocopied invitations; and (2) because of the Internet, more people now know what Celebrity X looks like—Osterweil once said he was Sao Schlumberger to get past a guard, even though the real Sao Schlumberger was a fat female French socialite.
In 199X, I saw a very amusing documentary, Painting the Town, which was about a taxi driver and painter named Richard Osterweil, who was an expert in crashing high-society parties.
I wonder whatever happened to him, and whether he still crashes those parties. I doubt it, though, because, these days (1) party organizers use high-tech means to screen entrants—in his days, Osterweil could make do with photocopied invitations; and (2) because of the Internet, more people now know what Celebrity X looks like—Osterweil once said he was Sao Schlumberger to get past a guard, even though the real Sao Schlumberger was a fat female French socialite.
I feel that pre crazy NYC security lock-down, it was really easy to crash events -- especially corporate meetings and charity functions at big hotels. I've worked near the Hilton on 6th ave for years, and in the 90s, we used to crash events up in their ballrooms all the time, free food, booze, etc. Now they have hotel staff and private security all over the place.
You are "rubbing elbows" with the rich and famous, who don't know who you are, and don't care about you, and when they do know who you are they will shun you. And you want to "rub elbows" with them for what reason? Some of their richness will rub off on you? They will forget you are a peasant and fall in love with you and write you a check for 2 million, and have their daughter marry you?
It has nothing to do with being "too cool", it has to do with respecting yourself, and acknowledging they are no different than me and you, except they have a bigger bank account and likely unscrupulous.
But if you hate the rich so much, shouldn't that precisely be a motivation for crashing their parties, as Osterweil did? (I'm not saying pay your way in.) That way, you (1) appropriate part of their money and save on your spending for food and drinks; and (2) are able to feel superior about yourself as you wonder the reception area, thinking snide thoughts about the rich.
Last edited by Bronxguyanese; 10-17-2011 at 10:22 PM..
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