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Dances with Teen Wolves Twenty-five years ago yesterday, the glorious film Teen Wolf was released.  Yes, twenty-five years ago.  So that whole Jacob vs. Edward hoopla was settled before they were even born (or un-born… I know vampires are eternal so not sure how the logistics of that work out).  I mean really, Dracula or a basketball-loving Michael J. Fox?  I’ll take Mike. High school can be pretty tough on it’s own, so imagine what it would be like if you suddenly morphed into a mythical creature.  It might seem cool to turn into a mermaid like Daryl Hannah in Splash, the centaur in The Chronicles of Narnia or a Leprechaun but honestly, unless you live in Cape Cod, Saratoga or Ireland then you would be totally out of luck.  Sadly there isn’t a place where teenage werewolves can feel at home, (unless there is a boarding school in Transylvania that includes electrolysis in the tuition that I’m not aware of), so I propose that we build a foundation dedicated just to these special teenagers.  Michael J. Fox can live there along with “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” and Eddie Murphy’s daughter in Imagine That.  What? A little girl who can predict the stock market with her blankie is a true mythical creature.  I’m currently collecting donations to build this institute, so feel free to go ahead and send a check to EPIX c/o L.T.  Pools filled with salt water for the mermaids and a barbershop to keep the werewolves looking sharp will be pricy but the money will be well worth it.  Not only is it a tax write-off, but I’ll also be sure to send you photographs of your own teenage mythical creature so you can watch from afar as they refine their unique talents and learn to control their raging desires to morph into their alter egos. Still wondering what’s up with my title?  I’m trying to get our Editors to make a mash-up with Teen Wolf and Dances with Wolves.  Hopefully if I keep shoving my witty title in their face they’ll make the segment just to shut me up.  Hey, no harm in being the squeaky wheel, right? L.T.

Dances with Teen Wolves

Twenty-five years ago yesterday, the glorious film Teen Wolf was released.  Yes, twenty-five years ago.  So that whole Jacob vs. Edward hoopla was settled before they were even born (or un-born… I know vampires are eternal so not sure how the logistics of that work out).  I mean really, Dracula or a basketball-loving Michael J. Fox?  I’ll take Mike.

High school can be pretty tough on it’s own, so imagine what it would be like if you suddenly morphed into a mythical creature.  It might seem cool to turn into a mermaid like Daryl Hannah in Splash, the centaur in The Chronicles of Narnia or a Leprechaun but honestly, unless you live in Cape Cod, Saratoga or Ireland then you would be totally out of luck. 

Sadly there isn’t a place where teenage werewolves can feel at home, (unless there is a boarding school in Transylvania that includes electrolysis in the tuition that I’m not aware of), so I propose that we build a foundation dedicated just to these special teenagers.  Michael J. Fox can live there along with “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” and Eddie Murphy’s daughter in Imagine That.  What? A little girl who can predict the stock market with her blankie is a true mythical creature.  I’m currently collecting donations to build this institute, so feel free to go ahead and send a check to EPIX c/o L.T.  Pools filled with salt water for the mermaids and a barbershop to keep the werewolves looking sharp will be pricy but the money will be well worth it.  Not only is it a tax write-off, but I’ll also be sure to send you photographs of your own teenage mythical creature so you can watch from afar as they refine their unique talents and learn to control their raging desires to morph into their alter egos.

Still wondering what’s up with my title?  I’m trying to get our Editors to make a mash-up with Teen Wolf and Dances with Wolves.  Hopefully if I keep shoving my witty title in their face they’ll make the segment just to shut me up.  Hey, no harm in being the squeaky wheel, right?

L.T.