Wish You Were Her
Frank Sinatra, portrayed by a celebrity impersonator, suffers from severe seasickness during a cruise performance, struggling through the evening as he prepares to take the stage. The event is part of the Sunburst Convention of Celebrity Impersonators, a gathering of tribute artists whose popularity is waning due to aging members and declining demand. The impersonators blend in with regular passengers on a luxury cruise ship bound for the Bahamas, navigating both physical discomfort and the changing landscape of their craft.
- ▪Frank Sinatra, as impersonated by a performer, is depicted as seasick and physically uncomfortable before his scheduled performance.
- ▪The Sunburst Convention of Celebrity Impersonators, composed of aging tribute artists, is facing declining relevance in the digital era.
- ▪The impersonators board a luxury cruise ship incognito, mingling with regular passengers during a four-day voyage to the Bahamas.
- ▪Many of the celebrities impersonated by Sunburst members are deceased, and the average age of the performers is around 55.
- ▪The cruise, aboard the MSC Seashore, departs from Port Canaveral, Florida, and includes typical vacation amenities and festivities.
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INT. Deck 7, Le Cabaret Rouge, 11:37 PM Frank Sinatra, palming a can of Sprite in one hand and the fist of his beautiful redheaded wife in the other, sat in a dark corner across from Jeff Bezos, who looked like he was waiting for him to say something. But Sinatra said nothing. He’d been mostly quiet all evening, and now in this cabaret he seemed even more distant, staring out past fog and strobe and Bezos’s strong bald head and into the large room where at least half a dozen men had basically shattered a bistro table trying to get a better look at Marilyn Monroe.
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