liza minnelli documentary

 this evening i went to the Trylon cinema and saw a documentary about entertainer Liza Minnelli. i attended with a meetup friend, the retired postal worker, and his friend, who has the same name as a great-aunt of mine. i was largely unfamiliar with liza's big decade of the 1970s, so i did learn some from watching this movie. a few things sounded familiar, sadly, in terms of what it is like to be an entertainer. one quote was 'they wanted her', meaning, only seeing her as an entertainer. although there are times when she just wanted to be someone different offstage. much was said about her mother, Judy Garland. i could see how this would be annoying, where interviewers would ask about her mom a lot. this movie does paint her portrait, 'warts and all', as there is mention of her times in rehab. i said i recall how she was once mocked on 'Saturday Night Live', because that's what they do on that show. except that sketch is not in this documentary. i was paying attention to the previews of upcoming programming, and as expected there is another movie in May that interests me. i go to this theater more than the first-run theaters. at work it was nice to get caught up again, as there was a carryover of a little over a thousand Fargo checks. i ran those through the machine in the morning before the ACH statements or the tax forms for payroll. there was a quarterly town hall meeting, but i dialed in for just half of it as i wanted to stay caught up on work. this is the one that mentions new hires and those who are having service anniversaries. not mine, just yet, but soon enough. i wasn't home for long after work, i had a snack and then it was on to a holiday gas station. i got gas for the car and a sandwich for me. then it was on to the movie. then i did my after-work routine when i got home. i checked my Facebook news feed and my college roommate, the physics major, is headed to Japan. fourth visit there, first three for work, this one a vacation. during my walks i found 1 cent.