“I’m probably buying like six,” the woman standing ahead of me told her friend. Everybody was going fucking crazy for these shirts. (“I just got hit by a deer.” “Copper Boom.” “12.8.”) And, damn. The shirts were from Kindred Handicrafts, a store that specializes in clothing featuring Gilmore Girls references that would be, outside of mega-fandom, largely unrecognizable. The T-shirt booth maintained a slow-moving line of about 60 people from 3 p.m., when festivalgoers arrived, until 6 p.m., when they got into place for the panel. Much of the Gilmore clothing came from Friday’s most popular feature, aside from the night’s panel discussion: a T-shirt booth. If you were to say it was sort of like a Gilmore Girls Comic Con, well, I wouldn’t stop you.
They were just being themselves, and themselves is: Gilmore Girls. Just a large number of women standing in the rain, talking to each other exclusively about Gilmore Girls, on their way to Gilmore Girls–related events, wearing Gilmore Girls–related clothing. There was no winking at the festival’s absurdity, no self-conscious rolling of eyes. Because of that, it was … maybe not “refreshing” but at least less tiresome to be surrounded by women unaffected by the Gilmore saturation. Though it’s true that there is too much Gilmore Girls shit online all the time, the voicing of the latter is often more exhausting than the former. Many of its detractors are sick of seeing so much Gilmore Girls shit online all the time. Many fans grew up watching the show and love it dearly, seeing themselves, or what they’d like to be, in the intelligent, strong, quippy leads. Since it was announced last October that Gilmore Girls would return to Netflix for a new season, Gilmore Girls fandom and, in response, Gilmore Girls fandom backlash have reached a fever pitch. Did I buy a Stars Hollow magnet for an astounding $12? None of your business. There were also a number of little shops offering, in addition to their usual wares, unofficial Stars Hollow–themed merchandise.
The picturesque foliage made it seem as though Washington Depot were frozen in time, a town on a Hollywood lot constructed to exist forever in a state of beautiful autumn.Īround town, there was a bookshop, decorated with a banner that read “RORY READS AND SO DO WE” a grocery store, reminiscent of how there was a grocery store on Gilmore Girls and a Town Hall that employed a real Town Selectman. Sandwich boards advertised town events, all of the stores were independently-owned, and if the friendly locals were unhappy about the influx of Gilmore Girls fans they hid it sociopathically well. Amy Sherman-Palladino conceived of Stars Hollow while walking around Washington Depot, and the comparisons were easy to draw. On Friday, the series’ pilot played on a loop in the festival’s main tent, projected onto a large screen, while fans familiarized themselves with the town. Did I mention that it was very rainy? It rained the whole time, and on Saturday it was also very cold, which I assure you is not a complaint and is instead merely a statement of fact. The festival spanned three days, cost $175 for general admission and $250 for VIP, and featured cast member meet-and-greets, two panels (one featuring crew and one featuring cast), trips to see the inn that inspired the Independence Inn, and events like a “living art” show and a knit-a-thon that made you think, “Oh, yes - like on Gilmore Girls.” The festivalgoers were ebullient white women of all ages, but mostly of the age late-twenties. On the weekend of October 21, over a thousand Gilmore Girls fans and, I believe, over a million reporters gathered there for the first-ever unofficial Gilmore Girls fan festival: Gilmore Girls Fan Fest. I'm pretty sure that's from the kid who posted a YouTube video screaming leave Britney Alone! When everybody was picking on Britney Spears in 2007.Just as Alice Liddell did for Alice in Wonderland, Riff Raff did for James Franco in Spring Breakers, and inculcated fear did for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, the town of Washington Depot, Connecticut, served as the inspiration for “Stars Hollow,” the fictional Connecticut town in which Gilmore Girls is set. Usually "Haven't you HAD that baby yet?" Comment by Tara Rocuant Having been pregnant 3x, I can unfortunately attest to the fact that people do say that sort of thing to pregnant women. It may be a filler, but it's a favorite episode. I was crying with laughter at my work desk. Genre GilmoreGuys Comment by Serenity Morris 1
Jamie Woodham joins the Gilmore Guys once more to gab all about Episode 407 - The Festival of Living Art
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