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Running Up That Hit

Yorgo Lee
3 min readJun 16, 2022

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There’s a race on to be the next Kate Bush

R.E.M. Perhaps?

— At Netflix Headquarters:

“Yes Mr. Stipe. I’ve given the producers your information. I agree, Feeling Gravity’s Pull would be perfect for season two of Shadow and Bone. No, I’m not sure if they’ve taken Mr. Morrissey’s call. I understand…yes he’s become very distasteful. Have a good day.”

*Phone Rings*

“Hello? ah yes, Sinead O’connor? Put her through. Hello…ah…I see…The Witcher? I don’t know if they have an obvious spot for Nothing Compares to You…I am Stretched on Your Grave? Yes that could work. I’ll make a note of it.

— Meanwhile, At Disney:

“We need to get something in season two of Loki, a real surprise, soemthing no one’s looking for.”

“How’s this, he’s portaled, or some crap, back to 1987 and ends up managing a Kaybee Toys in Mall of America. But he’s still a target of forces trying to kill him so we get a tense section of him being hunted in an empty mall with flickering lights while I Think We’re Alone Now by Tiffany plays all echoey and spooky throughout the mall p.a.

Peak Mall Culture

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Yorgo Lee
Yorgo Lee

Written by Yorgo Lee

Amateur Everything: slow learner, low earner, long thinker, kind of addicted to going unnoticed.

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