Jamie Lee Curtis addresses a meme that mocks the way she promotes the Halloween films by focusing on pain.
Concerned, Laurie Strode
Jamie Lee Curtis, who stars in the new Halloween film, addresses the internet meme that supercuts her promotional interviews in which she discusses the traumatic events that inspired the film's relaunch of the Halloween franchise.
With Halloween Ends, Curtis will officially retire from her legendary role as Laurie Strode, completing the newest trilogy of Halloween films that began in 2018.
The film will debut in theaters on October 14 and can be viewed for 60 days on Peacock's premium tiers afterward.
After Michael Myers vanished after his final rampage in Halloween Kills, Laurie finally confronts him four years later in Halloween Ends.
The trilogy follows on from the 1978 original and explores Laurie's post-traumatic growth in the wake of Myers' first murdering spree.
The 2018 Halloween's thematic heft gave it depth beyond that of your standard slasher flick.
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Pop Crave tweets a video of Curtis at New York Comic Con, where she addresses the online meme depicting her promoting the film.
The meme in question is a compilation of her various uses of the term "terror" to describe aspects of Halloween; the word's unusual pronunciation contributes to the hilarity.
She then repeats that she has seen the meme, deems it "funny," and uses some colorful language to describe the individual who created it, prompting raucous laughing from the crowd.
Here is what she had to say about that:
I'm thinking of Laurie and her traumatic experience.
And, yes, I've seen that f***ing meme.
It was amusing.
The film, however, made a ton of money, so screw you.
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In the Halloween Ends poster, Laurie and Michael are seen embracing.
Due to the film's high profile, Curtis has been doing the press circuit as the franchise's face, and the meme comments on the repetition that can occur when interviewing stars.
It's evident that Curtis is unbothered by the meme because her reaction to it is one of dry enjoyment and because Halloween made over $250 million at the box office.
It would definitely take more to surprise the seasoned performer after such a remarkable career.
The film's treatment of trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a product of its time; such issues wouldn't have been addressed before 1978.
Art is one of the best methods to transmit ideas and deeper meanings, so don't discount the concepts just because the meme is hilarious.
With any luck, Halloween Ends will avoid Halloween Kills' pitfalls while still carrying the same conceptual weight as the original film and giving Laurie's tragedy a fitting denouement.
