No Capes!!

Edna Mode is probably my favorite character in all the Pixar films. She is based on costume designer Edith Head, one of the more famous faces behind the camera in Hollywood. When Pixar made another great film The Incredibles they chose Edith as the perfect inspiration for Edna. Movie trivia is one of my favorite part of movies. I think it is a sign of a wonderful film when the trivia speaks to those "extras" that are added to the film for people like me. I am sure that part of Disney's and Pixar's marketing strategy to make viewers feel like their movies were made just for them. Their stories are easy to relate to and have a little something for everyone. 

I am suckered in every time. 

The Incredibles is a film about super heroes that have been forced to hide their super powers and now just live in the burbs like the rest of us. Mr. Incredible and Elastic Girl have three adorable children who are also pretty super. In stereotypical as-time-passes fashion, Mr. Incredible ages and feels as though he is in a rut in his life. He gains some mid life weight, does not feel fulfilled in his day job, and is lured back into the super life underground. When he takes a job that uses his super abilities he finds some new zest for his life. In all of the adventures there are of course a couple things that do not go according to plan and Elastic Girl, Mr. Incredible, Dash and Violet save the day. Even Jack Jack, the youngest member of the clan gets in on the "saving the world." 

I am also pleased to report that there are hidden gems about the importance of family and celebrating your individual strengths and how they can better the whole. Sort of like a team of RAs all come together to help a building of residents. During RA recruitment I am fond of reminding candidates and current RAs that we are not looking to hire a staff full of the same kind of person. While we assign specific residents to specific RAs on each floor- the team of RAs work in that whole building. Some residents will connect with their RA, some with the RA upstairs, and still others will connect better with the Hall Director than they do with any of the RAs! So it is important that there are multiple personalities represented in that building for our residents to meet.  Some RAs are really funny and outgoing like Dash, others are quiet but very approachable like Violet, others are flexible and drop everything for you like Elastic Girl and there are also those are brave and make you feel like you are in a safe space like Mr. Incredible. Those skills make for a great RA staff- maybe I should ask the RAs to watch the film as homework before we get cracking in August eh?