Melinda and Melinda... and Me?

It's an interesting movie, the duality of a character named Melinda, who disappeared for an undisclosed period of time, and two playwrites debate as to whether or not her life-story is a comedy or tragedy. In both cases, Melinda stumbles into an old friend's dinner party, comedic Mel doped up on 28 sleeping pills, tragic Mel asking for a scotch. Comedic Melinda falls for Will Ferrell who's married to Amanda Pete, who cheats on him. Tragic Melinda falls for a black opera composer who moonlights as a jazz musician and falls for her married friend.

In both cases, Melinda brings a sense of excitement into these people's lives, brings a touch of flair, and helps other people get her lives back on track. Her friends try to hook her up with all sorts of men, none of them pan out...

Oh, how this story sounds vaguely familiar! Only I didn't cheat on my husband, kill my lover in cold blood and get off on a self-defense charge, lose my kids in a custody battle, and try to kill myself after getting out of prison. And I get hit on by a married man, play a random piano in the street and have a jazz pianist sweep me off my feet.

Maybe the name of the movie could be Melinda and Melinda, and Me.

LOL- I'm going to finish watching the movie, because I don't remember how either one of the Melinda's stories end. And I need to put more wood on the fire- no punn intended!

(did I mention that the soundtrack ROCKS?!)