Multiverse: The Bizarro World

Jim Holt's article about the idea of parallel universes (an article we starting to try to summarize but got very confused...read it for yourself) struck a chord in Gothamist because we constantly wonder "What if" and "There's got to be another version of us out there doing worse." While an early instance of wondering about another life one could live is A Christmas Carol, it's also very Choose Your Own Adventure. That's probably why we like the Bizarro Jerry episode of Seinfeld. Or any number of films that offer other possibilities: Sliding Doors, The Double Life of Veronique, and one of Gothamist's favorites, Groundhog Day.

We imagine in the Bizarro Gothamist World, we're writing about L.A.

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By Jen Chung in News on August 22, 2003 9:12 AM

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kowgurl

in bizarro world, pat freestone is gothamist:

www.lostandfrowned.com/patfree...

Anonymous

Bizarro Gothamist likes ratdogs.

Amy

Here's another "what if" movie to check out with Audrey Tatou before she made it big as Amelie: "Happenstance" or in French, "Le battement d'ailes du papillon."

Veronique

The Republican party is actively applying this multiverse theory to our national and state elections.

Both George Bush and Ahnuld crawled in through wormholes; they just don't yet realize that their corporate universe is not life-fostering.

eli

Yeah but you're best friends with them and waiting patiently by their bedside...

Dietsch

I like to imagine that every person I hate has a different horrible ailment or downfall on each parallel earth.

eli

In Bizzaro world, you're writing about Topeka, Kansas.

Jen

I would imagine Lauren Weisberger is Gothamist's best friend, Blair Hornstine our little sister, and Jayson Blair is a Pulitzer winner. That's the scary parallel universe. Also there, we love CSI (I just can't get into it).