SHREK WEEK 2023: DAY 1
By Joseph Lavers
Good morning 🐣
If you were a fellow Cinescapee last summer, you’ll probably remember that time I mistook SHARK WEEK for SHREK WEEK. It was all a BIG misunderstanding, yet somehow I (we?) gained a moment of clarity, of complete and infinite zen. It gave us a chance to recontextualize that flatulent ogre and his noble steed: a tale of companionship, embracing one’s suppressed inner self, and irreverence to those in power. It was an opportunity to commune and to share in the sweet madness of life. To thumb our noses at the universe and cackle under the moonlight.
So Discovery Channel can keep their dead-eyed sharks. The only man-eating killing machine I need is gassy and green.
Oh, you thought last year’s SHREK WEEK was a onetime deal? Sweetie, we’re in this for life. Bound by blood.
A family member actually unsubscribed from my newsletter during last year’s event. If I don’t burn any bridges this year, then what are we even doing here?
So prepare yourselves, fellow Shrekkies, for another FIVE STRAIGHT DAYS of Shrek content. We’ll be diving into the nitty gritty of “Shrek 2,” munching on homemade gingerbread cookies, taking a field trip to Universal Studios, and much, much more! Be sure to check your email every day until Friday.
IT’S SHREK WEEK 2023, BABYYYY! LET’S GO!!
