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Thursday, June 16, 2011

Conflict of Interest / Books / Film This Father's Day, Listen to a Bunch of Stories About Bad Fathers

Posted by Paul Constant on Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 12:20 PM

Father's Day is coming up on Sunday! But what do you do if you don't have a father, or if you can't stand your father, or you took your father to brunch and you want to do something fun for dinner? For your consideration, Central Cinema is hosting an event on Sunday night starting at 8 pm called Fuck Father's Day.

Here's the deal: Three readers—Brian McGuigan from the Hugo House and Cienna Madrid and Derek Erdman from The Stranger—will tell personal stories of their own bad dads, with visual accompaniment playing on Central Cinema's big screen, while you drink beer and eat food.

All your bad-parenting-story needs will be met. Alcoholic fathers? Check! Absent fathers? Check! Crack-addicted fathers? Check! Bad fathering, including putting whiskey in a baby's bottle to get the kid to quiet down and go to sleep? Check! A lifetime of spiritual scars, including body issues, relationship problems, and self-loathing? Check, check, and check! This ought to be hilarious.

If you like to laugh and you hate fathers, you should buy your tickets right here.

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The buy-tickets link isn't working.

Posted by Callie

on June 16, 2011 at 12:41 PM

i really like my dad. we only really had problems from about when i was18 until i was 23. and even then, i was way cooler w/ him than i was the rest of my family. that said, this is a great fucking idea.

Posted by philosophy school dropout on June 16, 2011 at 12:51 PM

My dad was awesome.

Posted by seatackled on June 16, 2011 at 1:16 PM

Central Cinema's ticket server has been having some problems due to an upgrade in the software. Try it again directly from their site www.central-cinema.com (and use your most up-to-date browser). If it still isn't working, just come by the box office any time after 5pm to buy advance tickets for any show. Sorry for the inconvenience - we are trying to fix it.

PS - So psyched about this show!

Posted by Resident Clinton on June 16, 2011 at 1:26 PM

My dad's a perfectly nice old man that I really don't know very well, since he abandoned me when I was 6 weeks old and had nothing to do with me until I was about 18. He's turning 90 and my siblings (who grew up with him) are expecting me to show up for his birthday party/Fathers Day party. I'd rather go to this.

Posted by Geni on June 16, 2011 at 1:34 PM

I resented the heck out of my dad for a long time. Now that I'm older and a dad myself I understand he's just a flawed human being who did the best he could. He was there, he didn't hit us, he was sober except at parties, he taught me to shoot and ride a bike, he loves me even though he doesn't really understand a lot of what I do... Of all the dad's in the world I could have done a hell of a lot worse.

And hearing about the bad dad's just makes me really depressed.

Posted by dwightmoodyforgetsthings