Nostalgia is a bit of a mixed bag. On the one hand it brings back memories, reminds us of our childhood hopes, and serves as an easy way to connect with others. But on the other it can blind us to the problems of the past, trap us in ruts that ultimately disappoint, or stifle movement forward while we endeavor to capture that past. Right now it feels like Millennials are currently going through a collective phase of nostalgia. I'm not sure who thought that we needed to try and capture our childhoods, but it's certainly happening in spades this year. There was the Beauty and the Beast remake this month (which honestly defined my childhood and was therefore a must watch). A Power Rangers movie as well for those who were more Saturday Morning cartoon inclined. They're redoing Duck Tales on Disney XD this year, which certainly caused an uproar of general excitement when that was announced. Netflix also did brief stints of Full House and Gilmore Girls this past year with mixed results. Obviously this tactic works to a degree, we've been living in an age of remakes and reboots for a while now. I just have to wonder for how long they think they can keep it up. I mean you can only pull on our collective nostalgic heartstrings for so long before they snap, right? I know that there are a couple of stickers on the sign tonight, but there's one that completely captured my attention. Maybe it was just the nostalgic aspect of the sticker's look or simply that it appeals to my slightly warped taste, I just love that skeleton with guts. I wish I could say that I found a really interesting story behind it, it's just rather hard to find a keyword that would bring this up. I mainly got images from the animated movie Inside Out or regular cartoon skeletons during my attempt to find something. But despite the fact that I really didn't find anything on it, I still appreciate the memory it's brought up. I don't know if it was the artist's intent but every time I see this sticker, I am reminded of that short little cartoon Inside Out Boy that would pop up on Nickelodeon between shows. Granted I didn't recall much about the cartoon other than the look of it, although after watching the collection of all of them I can't say that's terribly surprising. If you don't remember it, it was claymation short of a boy that managed to turn himself inside out by going over the top of the swing set. There really isn't much to it after that, he supposedly scares adults since he's not normal and really loves the phrase "I've got guts." Just one of those weird things that kind of explains my generation in the end.
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Maggie Ondrey
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