Originally posted on Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 1:09pm ·
Euphemisms are strange things. And
when kids say them they're especially funny. But that actually only has a minor
connection to this note.
About a week ago I took both of my itsy bitsy sisters to see "Up" at the local movie theater. The seven-year-old is at this stage where she reads any words that come across her vision and so as we drove up to the theater she was reading the titles on the marquis. I wasn't paying attention until she stopped and said, "What is that one about?" "Hm? Which one?" She looked back up at the marquis, "Drag me to H-E-L-L. That's a bad word you know." "Oh, that's a very scary movie, Serena."
So today Serena randomly came up to me and insisted that I tell my mom about the bad movie that was at the movie theater. After I did, Serena re-entered the living room and said with a matter-of-fact/ know-it-all tone, "Drag Me to Hell is the worst movie ever." With the inflection of her voice I laughed as I imagined this innocent seven-year-old continuing on to say, "it wasn't even an attempt at good cinema and Carol Smith, oh, bane of her career. She wasn't even convincing. It had the cinematography of a cheap soap opera- and that's putting it mildly.-" : ) Oh dear.
About a week ago I took both of my itsy bitsy sisters to see "Up" at the local movie theater. The seven-year-old is at this stage where she reads any words that come across her vision and so as we drove up to the theater she was reading the titles on the marquis. I wasn't paying attention until she stopped and said, "What is that one about?" "Hm? Which one?" She looked back up at the marquis, "Drag me to H-E-L-L. That's a bad word you know." "Oh, that's a very scary movie, Serena."
So today Serena randomly came up to me and insisted that I tell my mom about the bad movie that was at the movie theater. After I did, Serena re-entered the living room and said with a matter-of-fact/ know-it-all tone, "Drag Me to Hell is the worst movie ever." With the inflection of her voice I laughed as I imagined this innocent seven-year-old continuing on to say, "it wasn't even an attempt at good cinema and Carol Smith, oh, bane of her career. She wasn't even convincing. It had the cinematography of a cheap soap opera- and that's putting it mildly.-" : ) Oh dear.
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