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Marisa in Brooklyn

Lots of people learned a little bit about the neighborhoods in Brooklyn, when Marisa Tomei came out in “My Cousin Vinnie.” She’s already been having a fine and dandy career, doing the work that she wanted to do, but the way she played the role of the girlfriend who knew so much about cars, it captured everyone’s heart for awhile. Then, when the “Wrestler” came out, she reminded everyone that she still had it, and never let it go, and never would.

People always scramble after a movie of hers is released, to find out exactly where in the city she was born and raised, and maybe even consider booking Brooklyn cheap hotels and think about star-gazing in the city. She’s from Midwood, and of course has come a long way since. But Brooklyn has also come a long way since she lived here. It’s been through a number of changes, and no one likes to hear the “gentrification” word around here, but there is some of that going on. As people start to get away from the other borough, looking for cheaper rents here, it became very obvious to a large number of people that Brooklyn really was as cool as everyone said it was.

Old neighborhoods, of the kind that made New York famous everywhere, were still intact, and there were areas where grandfather-looking men played chess and smoked cigars on the sidewalk, and any block could boast its own history of famous gangsters, dancers, and obviously, actresses. This is the kind of environment that Tomei grew up in, and it was one that sharpened her senses so that she could see the bigger picture in all things. It’s one of the things that makes her so stunningly compelling. She really doesn’t seem to care about the things most folks do, and likes the work because she likes the work. It’s an unusual thing for Hollywood, not so much for Brooklyn.

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