Good morning!

I’m currently trying not to think about how much food I ate on Sunday. I regret none of it, but one more serving of cheesy potatoes and you might not hear from me on Thursday.

As for our Out & About this week, we are highlighting Hunter Friesen’s glowing review of the new Super Mario Movie sequel. For events, there is a social hour tomorrow for those interested in learning more about Woodbury Days, as well as a couple of new support groups and the beginning of rummage sale season.

Enjoy the week ahead!

Editor: Theo Franz
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“Super Mario Galaxy Movie” soars to new worlds

By: Hunter Friesen

As much as I surprisingly enjoyed 2023’s “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” there was a feeling that it was the most corporatized version of itself. That’s not much of a surprise, as the corporate rights holder, Nintendo, is notorious for holding onto its intellectual property with an iron grip.

It’s a lesson they initially had to learn the hard way, with 1993’s live-action “Super Mario Bros.” being an unmitigated disaster, a disrespectful piece of adaptation equally hated by the creators and fans. In shame, the company halted any attempts for big-budget theatrical adaptations, finally opening the vault decades later with “Pokémon: Detective Pikachu” and “The Super Mario Bros. Movie.”

Bowling with the guard rails up isn’t sexy, but it got the job done to the tune of $1.3 billion in box office earnings for the return of Mario to the silver screen, this time in a more appropriate animated form.

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Fun Fact

Levi Woodbury, for whom our city is named, was an Associate Justice of the U.S Supreme Court from 1845 until his death in 1852. He was the first justice on the court to have attended law school.