April 9th, 2008 - Johnny Depp in Oshkosh
I have felt a bit remiss for not commenting on the movie production happening last week, this week, and the next week or two here in Oshkosh. I’d probably be a bit more excited if we were actually going to be in town for it. So, if anyone’s interested, head over to That’s Swell for the details. I waited long enough that someone else who’s blog I read talked about it.
In short: Public Enemies is the movie. Johnny Depp and Christian Bale are the leads. John Dillinger is the story. It’s been neat to drive downtown the past week as they are repainting lots of businesses, changing signs (many stores have small white paper up to announce their actual business name), painting fire hydrants (they used to be black), building a fake front on the park, and putting up new traffic lights. The streets close tomorrow. Some folks are writing letters to the editor complaining about all the news covered of Johnny Depp, but I’ve enjoyed it. And they aren’t really covering him (so far)–it’s been about the transformation, Dillinger, what Oshkosh was like in the 20s, etc. While we’re gone, the newspaper is going to have an edition that looks like it was from the 20s, but with today’s news. I’m sorry to be missing it. (We’re stopped the paper while gone, and donating the cost to the Newspaper for Education. I’m not going to collect the paper for 2 weeks just for that one. I can always read a copy at the library when I get back.)