His name is Steven Chupnick. He is the Managing Editor of the website JewReview.net…and he has never seen a “Star Wars” film.
Never.
Not one of them.
As you can imagine, this man, who otherwise appears to be a fine, upstanding member of society, was properly lambasted by his peers (including me) for this shameful omission from his list of life experiences. Of course, we’d all been drinking by this point of the evening – we’d just finished up a night at the Friar’s Club, where we sat around sipping Old Fashioneds and watching Jeff Goldblum play piano with the rest of his jazz quintet – so it got a bit rough. I believe the phrases “how can you even function in society” and “where do you hide your antennae” were bandied about, not to mention the inevitable “omigod, that’s just fucking crazy!” (I believe I said something to the effect of, “So, when you score that interview with Harrison Ford for ‘Indy 4,’ will you say, ‘Now what’s this I hear about you being in ‘The Star Wars’?”)
Still, at least one writer…I believe it was Kevin Kelly, from GeneralRubbish.com…said wistfully, “Y’know, I actually envy you a little bit, because you can still experience them for the first time; I wish I could do that.”
Of course, this is after he’d yelled, “That’s not even normal!” So let’s not give anyone too much credit.
Anyway, I basically only post this because A) it’s funny, B) it’s actually a little surprising, and C) at the time of his omission, I pulled out my camera and said, “I didn’t think people like you existed; I’m gonna need to have photographic proof when I write about this, because otherwise no-one’s gonna believe me when I tell them I’ve met someone who’s never, ever seen a ‘Star Wars’ film.” But, by God, NOW they will!
