My Hinge profile mentions Shrek in three separate places: About Me, My Type, and Getting Personal. There's no descriptor or mention of a specific movie, just one simple word that is strong enough to elicit some kind of emotional reaction in a potential suitor: Shrek. So, while some of you may have rolled your eyes at the news about a potential fifth instalment in the beloved animated franchise and wondered, "who is this even for?", I'm here to tell you there is an audience for it. But it’s not just for tax-paying millennials like me who own the original film on VHS – it's for you, too.
Hear me out: it's a harsh world. Things are bleak. Every day we learn of some new unfathomable horror that is completely out of our control. What the world needs right now is a little absurdity, just enough to keep us off our phones and away from the constant overload of information – for say, 1 hour and 30 minutes? And what's more absurd than a PG movie about a farting ogre who makes sculptures from his own earwax?
