12 Things We Learned From Rose McGowan On Louis Theroux’s Podcast
7. Her Move To The Freedom Lands Of America Was Far From Liberating
If you thought Theroux was someone who impresses with his expressive way of words, McGowan often manages to play to his level. When talking about her move to America, she details how inexplicably startling the immersion of American culture was when she finally left Italy at the age of ten. One of the most striking descriptions she makes to explain the culture shock was her first experience at a Denny’s Diner.
To her, Denny’s felt like a world full of new alien senses that she had never encountered before - senses that she described as being by blinding fluorescent lights and dining with wipeable plastic menus and the vivid plasticity of orange cheese.
In her pessimistic terms, McGowan knew her blob of congealed Denny’s spaghetti was the moment she realised life as she knew it was over. The beauty of Italian life and the authenticity of Italian culture was done for, and from then on, life in the U.S was going to be an uphill challenge.