GRIZZLY PEAR

written snapshots

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Joe Johnston, 1989

Practical effects!
A nostalgic reminder of life before CGI.
Movie magic still dazzles the kids.
I wanna sleep inside a blue Lego brick!

A slim, tight story.
(I’ve lost patience for protracted narratives.)
One denouement is enough.

A fun show with one blemish.

It’s a uniformly white world.
Growing up, my non-existence was status quo.
A perpetual bystander to a world of beautiful alabaster teens.

The sting lingers.
But I hope it’s not as pointed for them.
Today’s media is more diverse.
One homogenous film doesn’t feel like erasure —
Just a tart anachronism in today’s sea of color.

~

I used this trailer to convince the girl to cancel Netflix for Disney+.
We got sidetracked by everything else for a few months.
Happy we finally watched the movie.