Signs<\/em> all grown up) is Wichita\u2019s little sister, Little Rock.<\/p>\nLESSON: Use your natural skills to cope with any crisis, and while you\u2019re at it – be enthusiastic and try to enjoy yourself.<\/p>\n
SHAUN OF THE DEAD<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
One of the first of its kind, this gem is a parody of zombie movies as only the British can do it – with style and a dark humor pragmatism. SPOILER: For example, in order for Shaun\u2019s group to pass safely through a mass of zombies one of the troupe teaches the rest how to imitate a zombie, by following the movements of a skewered\/trapped zombie as though it were a Jazzercise class in a Richard Simmons video.<\/p>\n
This clever cult film stars Simon Pegg as the titular schlub Shaun, the world’s most unlikely hero. Pegg\u2019s best bud, Nick Frost, portrays Shaun\u2019s best bud, Ed. Kate Ashfield is Shaun\u2019s ex-girlfriend, who Shaun is desperate to save. Bill Nighy (About Time<\/em> and Dr. Who<\/em> alum from one of my favorites “Vincent and the Doctor”) is Philip, Shaun\u2019s stepfather with whom Shaun is estranged. Penelope Wilton plays Shaun\u2019s Mom. (Wilton is another Dr. Who<\/em> alum, portraying Harriet Jones in a number of Dr. Who<\/em> episodes. Harriet is a recurring character in Dr. Who,<\/em> whose appearance is, at some point, reliably accompanied by a running gag – Harriet always introduces herself by presenting identification and declaring: “I\u2019m Harriet Jones,” to which everyone else in the show, from Dr. Who himself to Daleks, replies: “Yes, we know who you are”). Jessica Hynes aka Stevenson (yet ANOTHER Dr. Who<\/em> alum from”Human Nature”) is Yvonne, the leader of a group which Shaun\u2019s group briefly encounters, and which bears an uncanny resemblance to Shaun\u2019s ensemble group. Watch for Martin Freeman (our favorite Bilbo\/Dr. Watson) in a cameo\u00a0 as a member of the doppleganger group! (Note that\u00a0Zombieland: Double Tap<\/em> does a homage to the group meets echo group scene in Shaun<\/em> when Tallahasse and Columbus meet THEIR dopplegangers.)<\/p>\nLESSON: Sometimes the best coping method is humor.<\/p>\n
So – off you go. Immerse yourself in a binge of these Zombie movies. Then: continue doing the things you LOVE, THINK before you respond, find a way to enjoy what you have to do with ENTHUSIASM, and LAUGH!!!<\/p>\n
And remember …… even though we still can\u2019t buy toilet paper, at least IT\u2019S NOT THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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