1.0Humane Hollywoodhttps://humanehollywood.orgHumane Hollywoodhttps://humanehollywood.orgrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="UhKOUG9FMM"><a href="https://humanehollywood.org/production/leaving-normal/">Leaving Normal</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://humanehollywood.org/production/leaving-normal/embed/#?secret=UhKOUG9FMM" width="600" height="338" title="“Leaving Normal” — Humane Hollywood" data-secret="UhKOUG9FMM" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://humanehollywood.org/app/uploads/2020/02/zZWTFb1eT9CL8GePAilkRyB8Zut.jpg10001500Leaving Normal is a heartwarming story of how one young woman finally finds her place in life and helps others to do the same. After experiencing one failure after another in everything she tries Maryanne, a rather quiet, unusual girl in her twenties, makes yet another wrong decision and marries Karl Johnson, who lives in the City of Normal. Once she arrives in Normal, she realizes that Karl is a very cruel, woman beater. She runs away from him and finds herself sitting on a bench in downtown Normal, not knowing what to do next. Darlene, a 38-year-old cocktail waitress in the local tavern, has just finished her shift. This will be her last night, as her ex-husband died and she is leaving Normal to live in the home that he had in Alaska. As she exits the bar she sees Maryanne sitting on the bus bench. Darlene, called Darlie for short, befriends Maryanne and offers her a ride to her sister Emily's home. Once they arrive at Emily's, Maryanne convinces Darlie to take her along to Alaska. The two skip out in the middle of the night and set out on their journey. We follow them through their hilarious escapades as they each try to find their own little niche in life.