I’m taking a break from recruiting for the Systems & Power Leadership Community and going to share a reflection from my viewing of the new Smurfs movie and give a quick review. It’s a good change of pace.
First, I rather enjoyed the movie as I took my 3 1/2 and 6 1/2 year old kids to go see it. They both LOVED it.
But there was unexpected scene which made the movie completely worth it to me. There’s a scene where 6 of the Smurfs are stranded in New York away from home. They start feeling homesick and reminisce about Smurfs they miss that are back at home in their village. They go around from one commonly known smurf to another – like jokey smurf, hefty smurf…
But then one of the Smurfs, I think Smurfette, says,
“But I don’t really miss Passive Aggressive Smurf. He’s always really nice when I’m with him, but when he leaves I always feel really bad.”
That’s a close paraphrase anyway. I was caught of guard and thought that was so funny.
Here’s my takeaway: passive aggressive behavior sucks both in Smurf relationships and for human ones. Nobody likes constantly being subjected to people who can’t be honest to your face, but find lots of indirect ways to try to make you feel responsible for their happiness.
So beware Passive Aggressive Smurf – chances are there’s one in your community….or closer 🙂 If you find yourself to be Passive Aggressive Smurf, then you need to grab Vanity Smurf’s mirror and look at yourself.
But the movie was great. It exceeded my expectations as an 80’s child and my kids totally loved it. Sure there was a Scottish Smurf, but I was cool with that.
I also got quite a bit enjoyment from seeing that Paul Reubens, a.k.a. Pee Wee Herman, was the voice for Jokey Smurf. Seemed appropriate 🙂
If you’ve seen it let me know what you thought!
