I remember in the second grade I had this awesome blonde
teacher named Miss Flynn. Miss Flynn asked us to write a paragraph about our
favorite fictional character.
I hadn’t stumbled upon The
Hobbit yet and I wasn’t crazy about any Disney stuff (except for the little
seahorses in The Little Mermaid.)
But I do remember choosing to write about Gizmo from my
favorite Christmas flick, Gremlins, at
the time (pre-Nightmare Before Christmas).
Today, Gizmo remains my favorite hero of all time. In second
grade I chalked it up to him being fluffy and cute and pretty much perfect
(well, aside from that whole producing nasty gremlins when fed after midnight
and soaked with water bit.)
But sometime last year, my BFF made it perfectly clear to me
why Gizzy was my hero –
Because Gizmo is loyal but also lethal. (Remember his Rambo scene?)
Because Gizmo is adorable beyond any explanation.
Because if Gizmo were a government official, he’d probably
have the Israeli-Palestinian conflict resolved by now.
Because in a world of slimy, nasty, evil gremlins, Gizmo
remains cuddly and kind.
The last part is the main thing that does it for me –
because even though Gizmo is surrounded by monsters, his genuine good nature
remains in tact.
J’adore Gizmo…
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