MIKE

I’m going to be a fan of writer/director/actor Mike White. Here’s why.

- His middle name is Christopher and his last name is White.

- He was born in 1970 (like me).

- He used to be a writer/producer for one the best TV shows ever, Freaks and Geeks.

- He looks like both a freak and a geek.

- His father (Mel White) used to write speeches for Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson.

- He wrote and acted in THE GOOD GIRL, SCHOOL OF ROCK, and NACHO LIBRE.

- He wrote and directed THE YEAR OF THE DOG...which wasn’t great, but had some really nice moments. It was his first official directing gig and it was solid. I still think of him as a writer, but he did get a really terrific performance from Molly Shannon...and a way to expose the excesses of political activism, while keeping the activist’s humanity intact.