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Crispin Glover comes to town July 5
Published: 6/21/2011 5:59 PM
Last Modified: 6/21/2011 5:59 PM


Crispin Glover

BookSmart Tulsa has brought all sorts of literary types to Tulsa over the last couple of years, but its July 5 event promises to be one of its most unusual.

Actor and film maker Crispin Glover will be at the Nightingale Theater, 1416 E. Fourth St., presenting his “Big Slide Show,” which features images from the books Glover has created, along with a screening of his film “It is Fine! EVERYTHING IS FINE.”

Glover will also answer questions from the audience, and will be available to sign copies of his books.

Tickets are $25 and will only be available at the door starting at 7pm the night of the show. The Nightingale Theater accepts only cash. Attendees must be 18 or older.

Here’s the official description of “It is Fine! EVERYTHING IS FINE” from Glover’s own website:

“ ‘It Is Fine! EVERYTHING IS FINE’ goes into uncharted cinematic territory with screenwriter Steven C. Stewart starring in this semi-autobiographical, psycho-sexual, tale about a man with severe cerebral palsy and a fetish for girls with long hair. Part horror film, part exploitation picture and part documentary of a man who cannot express his sexuality in the way he desires, (due to his physical condition), this fantastical and often humorous tale is told completely from Stewart’s actual point of view – that of someone who has lived for years watching people do things he will never be able to do.

“Here, Stewart’s character is something of a lady killer, seducing a troubled, recently divorced mother (Margit Carstensen), her teenage daughter and any number of other ladies he encounters along the way.

“According to Crispin Glover, Stewart ‘wanted to show that handicapped people are human, sexual and can be horrible.’ He also states that ‘It is Fine! EVERYTHING IS FINE’ will probably be the best film he has anything to do with in his entire career.”

The New York Times described it as “Wildly impassioned and macabrely fascinating."

And who are we to argue?




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James D. Watts Jr. has lived in Oklahoma for most his life, even though he still has people saying to him, "Don't sound like you're from around these parts." A University of Oklahoma Phi Beta Kappa graduate, Watts has received the Governor Arts Award, Harwelden Award and the National Conference of Christians and Jews Beth Macklin Award for his writing. Before coming to the Tulsa World, Watts worked for the Tulsa Tribune.

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