Interrupting Vanessa
Vanessa lives with her mother, who seems too busy to listen to her and
calls Vanessa's beloved collection of stuff a "pile of junk." Vanessa
uses her stuff—keys, string, wire, cardboard, broken flashlights, old
radios—to create inventions and to make up stories. There is one more
treasure she keeps in her room: her father. Vanessa's father died last
year, but Vanessa, unable to let him go, has imagined him back to life.
Dad is there reading his newspaper and telling jokes, just like he used
to. Vanessa gets carried away by her imagination, telling her father
elaborate stories about things like receiving a gold medal from the
president and having a ranch with bucking broncos. Then Mom does the
unthinkable. She invites Timmy Fibbins over to play. Vanessa is
mortified because no one talks to Timmy at school. Her dad reminds her
that no one talks to her, either. He also decides that it's time for him
to leave. Once Timmy arrives and starts talking, things aren't so bad.
Timmy likes Vanessa's junk, laughs at her jokes and doesn't laugh at her
inventions. In the end, Vanessa makes a new friend and a statement of
truth: her dad died last year. Realizing she is never really alone, she
lets her dad go to "live on the ranch and ride the broncos."
Directed by Mr. Chrismon
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Directed by Mr. Chrismon
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