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February 17, 2022,
How in the world can you watch someone on film, numerous times, think she is incredibly talented, deep and gorgeous and then something very odd happens. You forget her.
Completely.
Can’t remember her name to save your life.
Then you see her again. By accident. In a film where you had low expectations because the subject matter seemed too shallow. Kind of crazy.
Ingrid Goes West.
That’s the movie title.
Is this about investing in real estate? Pursuing your dream as a movie star? Being a female kicker for USC?
What in the world are you going to remember from a movie with a funky title like that?
At first blush, and we loved the way she wears her blush, is Aubrey Plaza. Wrote about her.
Sensational Audrey Plaza, Black Bear Movie, No Mall In Sight
So we were watching this movie to fill out our celluloid stalker crush on Aubrey. Didn’t expect to get anything deep or rich out of a film with a title like that, but hey, at least we can watch Aubrey again and sigh.
Had the channel flipper on red alert.
Ingrid Goes West is a 2017 American drama film directed by Matt Spicer and written by Spicer and David Branson Smith. The film also stars Elizabeth Olsen, Billy Magnussen, Wyatt Russell, Pom Klementieff, and O’Shea Jackson Jr., and follows a young woman who moves to Los Angeles in an effort to befriend her Instagram idol.
Real stalker territory here with Aubrey’s character in full on crazy mode.
The film premiered in competition at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award. The film received positive reviews, with many praising the script, dark themes, humor, and performances.
For good reason. But not for Aubrey (Ingrid Thorburn) alone.
It was because of one powerful scene with Elizabeth Olsen (Taylor Sloane).
Here is the storyline.
Ingrid Thorburn is a mentally unstable young woman in Pennsylvania.
After crashing the wedding of Instagram influencer, Charlotte Buckwald, and pepper spraying her (you’ve done that before right?), Ingrid checks in to a recovery facility where she “writes” to Charlotte as if she knows her when, in reality, Charlotte commented on one of her pictures once and Ingrid has no way of getting letters to Charlotte.
Sad case.
After being released, Ingrid learns of a social media influencer named Taylor Sloane from a magazine article. Upon arrival, she rents a house in Venice from Dan Pinto, an aspiring screenwriter, and gets a makeover in her style.
Taylor Sloane? Love the name. Gotta be a good looking chick with that name. Absolute So. Cal. Babe territory. How many unattractive Taylor Sloanes have you met?
That’s what we thought. Zero.
Doubt that it is her birth name. Probably Gertrude Alabaster. Good move. Very So. Cal. Winner kind of name. Beach Babe name. Gorgeous girl territory. It chick possibilities.
After running into Taylor at one of her favorite bookstores, Ingrid follows her to her house and kidnaps her dog.
Very logical next step. Right? What’s that we hear barking in your walk in closet?
Real psycho, delusional, outer space territory.
For how long will Ingrid be visiting planet earth? Ingrid? When you get back to whatever planet you have come from, please send our best regards. Tell them we smell like elephant dung, and, if they are anything like you, influence them to never come back to earth again.
So, to speed this up, Ingrid returns the dog and now has become Taylor’s new family pet herself. They become best buds with Taylor unaware that Ingrid is doing one crazy thing after another to stay in her life.
Finally Ingrid does something really over the top, like kidnap Taylor’s brother, who never liked Ingrid and that’s when things finally unravel enough to where Taylor kicks Ingrid out of her circle.
Not content with all of the other crazy things she’s done, Ingrid spends what is left of her inheritance to buy a house next to Taylor Sloane’s desert retreat getaway, even spying on Taylor, her husband, brother and their friends with binoculars.
And the dog.
Hey? At least Ingrid didn’t blow her inheritance up her nose, on a new car or shopping at overpriced L.A. boutiques where she might run into Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashian and steal their family dogs.
One night Taylor throws a Halloween costume party.
To put it mildly, Ingrid is not invited. Gee, we wonder why.
But she comes anyway, dressed as a ghost.
Real original.
Scary. Crazy scary.
Someone accidentally steps on Ingrid’s sheet and her farce is now out in the open.
Not to mention her face. Uncovered and embarrassed.
Exposed, Ingrid then comes up with a brilliant line. “Boo”.
The party goes silent.
Mommy? I made a stinky.
Taylor’s brother, having enough, threatens to call the police.
Ingrid (in a very pathetic way) begs Taylor for 5 minutes of her time, because they used to be close (on planet Zilo).
Taylor reluctantly agrees. She will give Ingrid 5 minutes.
So she motions Ingrid over like, “Okay, let’s do this”.
First Ingrid starts to babble about how she thought they were friends and “this is me”.
Well, yes Ingrid. She knows it’s you and you’re crazier than two Southern California Seagulls who accidentally swallowed crack left over from a beach party, interchanging bird brains.
Are you Sybil or am I Sybil Seagull?
Taylor Sloane, in the coolest sort of chick way, let’s Ingrid know that, actually, they weren’t friends. Why? Because everything Ingrid told her was a lie.
Okay, certainly has a point there. By the way. Love your lips and hair Taylor. When you’re done with this crazy Ingrid chick, can we have a meeting?
Finally Taylor’s brother and husband have had enough of this psychotic break, even by Hollywood standards, and that’s saying a lot. Game over, time for Ingrid to leave.
And you want to know something?
We actually felt sorry for Ingrid. Why?
Artists at times have psychotic breaks and hopefully find themselves again.
As much as some in our circle hate to admit it, we have been there before. Not stalker territory, didn’t steal any dogs, pet snakes, parakeets or rolling juice bar stands, but acting full on crazy. Where one person in an organized religion, that she was once a part of, said she was “out to lunch”.
No, actually it was dinner and if you were so great, why did you ask our daughter to baby sit your child for free?
Some would describe that behavior as selfish and cheap.
So, we’re not going to be too hard on Ingrid.
In our friend’s situation, her craziness began after people, who were supposed to love her, came after her money and got to it. Then when she lost her money, like true family and friends, they left.
All of them.
She survived cancer alone with all of her family members fled to greener pastures.
After 25 years of marriage and great sacrifices for all involved, that might make anyone a little emotionally tipsy.
So Ingrid? While we won’t give you a complete pass, we will sympathize with you. Yes, you are living in Crazy Town. Love the purple and pink exterior. The plastic bear in a bikini in the front yard is a nice touch.
Our old neighborhood. Pretty crowded, but never a dull moment.
At certain times in your life, if you need to, you are welcome to stay there too.
Having said that, please do us a favor?
Don’t take out a mortgage.
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