TRAILER: "Valerie"
A few days ago, paid subscribers to this newsletter had the opportunity to submit suggestions for folks they’d like me to try and interview in the future, and one of those suggestions was Valerie Perrine. As someone who grew up in the ‘70s, I knew Valerie first and foremost as Miss Tessmacher, Lex Luthor’s right-hand woman in Superman: The Movie, so it’s not like it was a hard sell to convince me to try and reach out to Perrine’s publicist.
As it happens, however, I didn’t even get to that point before stumbling onto the trailer for Valerie, a documentary by Stacey Souther about Perrine, her life and career, and—more recently—her struggles with Parkinson’s Disease. Suddenly I found myself less concerned about talking to Perrine and more interested in discussing this labor of love with Souther, so that’s what I did today.
While I finish the transcription of my conversation with Souther, check out the trailer to Valerie. I think you’ll see why I got caught up in the proceedings so quickly and why I wanted to do whatever I could to spread the word about it.
Stay tuned…