THE FATBOY CHRONICLES
an appropriated video diary in three parts
written, directed and conceived by
René Broussard

Part Three:
Norman Rockwell Never Painted a Fat Kid!

This final installment of The Fatboy Chronicles centers around the events of my father’s death and a series of nightmares I had featuring Doris Day after he died in the hospital while we were watching the film Pillow Talk. It also revolves around another loss, that of Vern Bodkins , a pre-op female to male transsexual that looked almost exactly like me. I was in a relationship with him for six months when I was living in Buffalo, NY. While I was back in New Orleans dealing with my Father’s death, Vern died of a severe asthma attack. The night my father’s obituary was in the newspaper I got a crank phone call saying “Your father’s better off being dead than having a faggot for a son!” Still I envision the video as a comedy.

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