The Coreys Recycled

For this next post I will define meme as,

a parasitic code capable of being culturally propagated often referred to as a virus of the mind especially contagious to children and the impressionable.

Why set it up? Because the Coreys of yesteryear, the heartthrobs of my childhood, are back in a new series -The Two Coreys (preview here). Corey Haim and Corey Feldman, the coifed leading men of the Lost Boys are back after 20 years...and it appears to be an absolute train wreck.

Oh brother. If you missed the eighties because you are too young, foreign, or you could only watchThe Beachcombers and CBC North, you probably don't remember the two Coreys fondly. They are before the internet. If you are from the nineties, the chances are that you only know the Coreys from their lackluster music careers, forgettable television dramas and Feldman's recent appearance on the Surreal Life.

MEMORY MONTAGE
Long ago, the Coreys were adorable. My best friend and I had crushes on them, particularly in License to Drive - a movie where Haim woos a young Heather Graham. (Pretty smooth for a kid from Toronto.) Anyways, I was sure my best friend and I were going to marry the Coreys and live next door to each other. Every night I would stare up at Corey Haim's starry double-page Teen Beat spread and blow him a kiss.

Nevertheless, while I've since managed to find a new and improved Corey-ish fellow as my leading man (one with even bigger hair), I can't help but feel sad for Corey Haim. As with all memes, the Coreys have evolved; however, where Haim was once the cool one, it appears he has taken the new role as bloated deadbeat Corey. Meanwhile Feldman, as ageless as the sea, is as upbeat and youthful as ever.

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Erin said:

Oh, the Coreys.

A friend and I once watched (and fell asleep during) a straight-to-video Corey Haim stinker he worked on - Fast Getaway II. There's a scene where Corey is making pancakes, and Jason had to stand on a ladder over his head and drop a pancake down into the frame. I have since adopted the phrase "dropped the pancake" as a substitute for "jumped the shark." As in, "that Corey Haim movie really dropped the pancake."

My friend is of course doing much better stuff now (see www.podoperabrooklyn.com). Sorry I can't say the same for Corey.

Posted at 02:56 PM, on July 27 2007

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