A recent addition to YouTube has really caught my eye as something you should definitely check out. If you’re a reader who doesn’t know me, one of the things to know is that I really love Star Wars. As a theatre person, I am also a huge fan of improvisation. There is a group out there that I love watching called Improv Everywhere. You’ve probably heard of them; they’re the ones who got 200 volunteers to freeze for five minutes in Grand Central Station, and sang an impromptu song about produce in the middle of a crowded grocery store. Well, their latest stunt has been one of my favorites. Go ahead and watch it.

Yeah. Star Wars on a city subway. Awesome.

I’m hoping the next time they reference Star Wars they recreate the Death Star trench run in the aisle of a Walmart by crashing their carts together and spiking a child in the head with a Nerf ball.

Catch you later.

I recently saw Illumination Entertainment‘s Despicable Me. It. Was. Delightful. I really loved it. I was very impressed with the quality of product that this fledgling film production company mustered up. I mean, sure, it was started by the former president of 20th Century Fox Animation Chris Meledandri, and it’s a subsidiary of Universal Studios, so I’m sure they had plenty of resources to pump out a good product, but it was still an amazing jump out of the gates. What really surprised me was the depth of emotion the movie explores. I went in expecting a funny movie, and I left with not only that, but a touching story as well.

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