Last month, Sable Adelaide began spreading the joy of Wedding Crashers by filling up “every Little Free Library I can with copies” of the film, waiting to be uncorked by Little Free patrons looking for a copy of Rich Dad, Poor Dad or The Bible. She documented her mission to remind unsuspecting community members of “mom, the meatloaf” on TikTok, where commenters reported it was sending local Facebook groups into a “frenzy.” Speaking with Minneapolis website Racket in late September, Adelaide explained why she has been stuffing Little Free Libraries with copies of the Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn comedy. Wow!
Adelaide had about 1,200 copies of the uncorked DVD, a collection she started after buying a box of Crasher discs for less than $7 as a goof. Like Everything Is Terrible, she leaned into it and began accepting donations, receiving as many as 40 to 70 copies at a time in her PO Box from a single Polish man. “I feel bad for whoever has that P.O. Box now,” she says. While many have described the effort as a prank, Adelaide views it as “100% a queer art installation.” Earlier this year, she held a screening of the film (her first time seeing it—”It actually isn’t that good”), which “was a big trans joy event, and a bunch of people came cross-dressed in different wedding gear.” But ultimately, it’s even simpler than that: “The community’s been through a lot here,” she says, “but it’s also a loving and caring community that really needs a good smile every once in a while. This was the perfect place to do it.”
Read the full interview at Racket.
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