The Electronic Adventures of the Chestnut Man
On Sunday May 28 2000, BD Wong became the father of twins.
The two boys were Boaz Dov Wong and Jackson Foo Wong. The twins were born prematurely, weighing just two pounds and five ounces and two pounds and thirteen ounces. Only one of the twins would survive.
BD Wong would write about these days in his book, Following Foo: the Electronic Adventures of the Chestnut Man. Based on the exchange of e-mails between Wong, his friends and supporters, Following Foo is an amazing diary of thoughts, musings, worries, soliloquies, rants and observations, a stream of consciousness that the author poured out through the medium of e-mail, then gathered together here in this volume.
The book draws the reader in with little asides about what BD Wong feels about his career, witness his strong love and appreciation for his family and friends, and offers glimpses of Wong's private life. Wong behind the camera is completely unlike any of his screen or stage roles, is by turns manically obsessive or laid back and completely affable.
There were three post scripts of sorts: the first, a telling poem written for the Coming Out book When I Knew, the second, an anecdote written for Al Roker's Big Shoes: In Celebration of Dads and Fatherhood, and thirdly, the sad news that BD Wong and Richie Jackson separated soon after the publication of Following Foo.