Meet Mac and Friends
Mac, Cat, Jewels and Paul are some of the characters you’ll meet in Mac Slater 1: The Rules of Cool. Check out what they have to say when they’re interviewed.
Mac Slater interviewed by Coolhunters founders, Speed and Tony
Speed: Now ... I’m going to ask you some questions. Just answer as honestly as you can. How often do you go out?
Mac: Out? Like, out of the house?
[Cat DeVrees, watching the interview, laughs.]
Speed: No, like to parties or on dates with girls.
Mac: Well, I dunno, kind of never, I s’pose.
Speed: OK. How do you find out about the latest trends?
Mac: How do you mean?
Speed: Well, do you read mags, surf the web, talk to friends? How do you find out what’s cool?
Mac: I don’t know.
Speed: Right.
[Cat puts down her magazine so she can watch the carnage.]
Speed: Well, tell me about this school uniform on the weekend thing.
[Mac looks down at his uniform. Cat’s face spreads into a smile.]
Speed: That’s totally cool.
[Mac looks up. Cat’s smile drops.]
Speed: Where’d you get that from? That’s total anarchy, man. It’s, like, the reverse of refusing to wear your uniform to school. Parents and teachers would hate you wearing uniform on the weekend, yeah? And you’re doin’ it.
Mac: I just don’t have that many clothes.
[Tony laughs. Speed shakes hands with Mac.]
Tony: This guy is an Innovator
Speed: And like the best, he doesn’t even know it!
Cat DeVrees interviewed by her best friend, Kara
Kara’s voice off-screen: Cat DeVrees, describe your personal style.
Cat: Right now I’d say it’s, like, lollipop princess. Other times it’s been, like a hot rodeo-trailer trash thing. And then I’ve been through the whole punk look but I gave my punk a kind of Paris cafe twist, y’know, rather than a skanky seventies feel.
Kara: How many pairs of shoes do you have?
Cat: Do I have to be honest? Well, if I do, I would have to say about two, no, maybe three hundred. It’s kind of embarrassing but I just never know what to wear. Shoes and bags are my life. I would be dead without shoes.
Kara: What perfume do you use?
Cat: I’m totally D & G right now.
Kara: What hair do you want that you can't have?
Cat: Um. Red. Like, carroty orange. Redheads are so cool. And freckles and glasses, too. God, freckles are divine. I’m so jealous of red hair and freckles. I mean, not if you were born with them. But for a party or something. I would totally love that.
Kara: Who would you dress like if you could dress like anyone?
Cat: Anyone? I would say like Cat DeVrees. Because I’ve got a hot look and I’m very photogenic.
Kara: Who would you like to spend a week on a desert island with?
Cat: Again, I would say Cat DeVrees. You have no idea how funny I can be when I want to be.
Kara: Yeah, but who would you tell the jokes to?
Cat: Oh, yeah. Well, I don’t know, I guess I’d have to ask someone else along. But I’d prefer it was just me.
Kara: What’s your fave style site right now?
Cat: TheSartorialist.com and video.style.com.
Kara: How are you dressing for the party of the year, Friday night?
Cat: Zen. With a rock edge.
Jewels was asked to make a list of stuff she loves. Here it is:
Pulling faces.
Old motel signs.
Egyptian things.
Sitting on the bottom of the pool.
The name ‘Alaska’.
Old, heavy black telephones.
Madonna in the ’80s.
Jumping castles.
Not eating animals.
Tunnels and secret passages.
Pigs and their snouts. And mud.
Dad’s Stevie Wonder records.
Gherkins.
Socks with individual toes like gloves.
Chagall, the artist.
Mangos.
The author interviewed Mac’s best friend and inventing partner, Paul Porter.
Tristan Bancks: What do you believe in?
Paul Porter: Technology will save us.
TB: Any fears?
PP: Old people, flying, small spaces, sloppy food, talking to people I don’t know. Other things, too.
TB: If you don’t like flying, why are you building a flying machine?
PP: I like the idea of other people flying. It looks fun. But I never want to do it.
TB: Who are your heroes?
PP: The Google guys. They’re a couple of freaks with big ideas, like me and Mac. They give their workers free lunch, let ’em ride round the Googleplex on scooters and they use solar. I want to work there. Now.
TB: Who don’t you like?
PP: People who try to make out like everything’s OK. Everything’s not OK.
TB: What else don’t you like?
PP: Taking risks.
TB: Why not?
PP: [Shrugs.] ’Cos Mac’s always dragging me into stuff. And we always screw up.
TB: Thanks for your time.
PP: Sure.