Laughter is a medicine

Rating: 7/10 (23 January 2013)

That moment when you're watching a movie and you laugh out loud because the penny drops: the actor is exactly capturing someone you know/knew/lived with/worked with/all of the above.
Watching Cameron Diaz's inspired depiction of a shallow, ethically vacuous, back-stabbing narcissist in Bad Teacher was that moment for me last night. And those were her good points! Inevitably, her character transforms, although - thankfully - she never loses her sass, her love of life, nor - it must be said - her love of wanton sex. In short, she keeps the pumps and gains a soul.
In the interim, her unique depiction of the classic "the-way-to-the-top-is-to-sabotage-my-competition" mindset that has so many well-groomed adherents in western middle management culture, struck a few chords, and I must say, healed some wounds. Who knew a bong-smoking, foul-mouthed, money-grabbing tart could bring healing to my soul?
For healing it is. And I thank God for it.