"There's a whole two inches left."
It would seem that a character in the film that Benandarthurists have taken to their hearts is Mildred (or "Mildread" as Sam spells it), played by Loretta Altman (any relation to Robert?). In the screenplay, Sam describes her thus: "Mildread is Arthur and Ben’s neighbor. She is mean and hates Ben and Arthur because they’re gay. Arthur feels the same but tries to be polite." Yet this is not quite how the scene is played as filmed. Mildred comes off as bored, impatient, and apparently gay herself, but not "mean."
Also, after Mildred tells Arthur about the break-in at the parking garage, Arthur, according to the script, "turns around smiling. He feels good slamming the door in Mildread’s face." Again, it is not played that way in the film.
If anyone wants to give some love to Ms. Altman, she can be reached at flute1861[at]hotmail.com. (She provided that address herself in Sam's guestbook.)
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I have created a facebook group and a blogger acount dedicated to this passionate performance, i love mildread, if you want to check it out its, mildrea, ben and arthur- a cult following
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