Iāve had a lot of thoughts recently and thought Iād type them out. I donāt know if this will get published or not, but here goes.
A friend gifted me Pennās book āGod, No!ā. Itās honestly a really good book (and I recommend it to everyone that likes Pennās brand of comedy) and noticed something interesting when I read the acknowledgements. He goes off thanking a lot of people and to Teller he gives a simple āThanks, Teller.ā Now I didnāt think much of it at first-and donāt ask me why I read the acknowledgements first but I do it for every book- but when I began reading the book, a couple of sentences stood out to me.
āItās not sad to feel that life and the love of your real friends and family is more than enough to make life worth living. Isnāt it much sadder to feel that there is a more important love required then the love of the people who have chosen to spend their limited time with you?ā
These two have spent nearly half a century with each other and Penn expects me to believe that there is no love between them? It doesnāt even have to be romantic love, but just platonic, brotherly love. I heard Penn say something along the lines of āweāre friends in the most basic sense of the word. We donāt hang out socially. When we first started out, there was no affection.ā And he continued to say that it was true until this day. Thatās not a quote btw, itās just what I remember from an interview.
I mean, I completely understand what heās saying. You have coworkers and you have friends, but these two crossed that line years ago. They lived together, traveled together. Their show is basically their child, for fuckās sake. Hell, Penn wasnāt even really looking to get married, his wife 'found himā. Canāt make a comment there about Teller. They have chosen to spend their 'limited timeā with each other and thatās the most basic form of love there is in my opinion. Every single time Penn says āthere is no loveā I will call bullshit to the highest degree.
I thought about the simplicity of it. Just two words. "Thanks, Teller." I thought of every time I truly thanked someone sincerely.
Merriam-Webster defines 'loveā as āa strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties.ā Based on that definition, these two love each other. And I wouldnāt want it any other way.
