Like any good toy dork, I was keenly aware of The Nightmare Before Christmas
months before anyone saw it thanks to Tomart's Action Figure Digest -
arguably the best thing you could read in the pre-internet world, just
because of how much information it threw at you that you didn't realize
you needed to know yet. The movie itself was a wonder, a mix of
old-school holiday TV specials for kids with something that is largely
hard to find elsewhere, notably that it's thematically older-skewing as
it explores themes of failure and one of the worst things that happen to
us as we grow up: being forced to examine and acknowledge our
limitations. Sally was one of the film's leads, and unlike the
film's hero she actually does get to grow more as a person and exceed
her creator's intent by going from a sort of a ragdoll/Frankenstein's
monster hybrid.[ READ THE FULL REVIEW ]
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