Dead Like Me was a (HomeBox)HBO Television Series that also became a movie. The Show deals with Death and Dying by looking at this topic with creative perceptions and dark comedy. It engages viewers with subfields of Death and Dying known as Loss, Grief, Mourning, and Life after death. The HBO award winning show revolves around a small group of individuals that have all died and entered the Afterlife as Grim Reapers.
Dead Like Me was narrated by Ellen Muth, who, was also the main character of the show. Muth portrayed an 18 year old named Georgia Lass, who went to college for one semester and dropped out due to having no interest or direction in her life. Her parents decided that since Georgia dropped out of college she must obtain a job and find direction in her life. Unfortunately, while Georgia is on her way to a job interview she is suddenly killed in a hilarious manner and enters the afterlife as a new Grim Reaper that becomes a part of a small team of Grim Reapers.
The series observes the Lass Family struggling with loss, grief, and mourning over their deceased loved one while also exploring the afterlife with Georgia the newly made Grim Reaper and her team. The team of Grim Reapers looks at the meaning of life and who they are in their present afterlives and past lives while each one takes the souls of individuals they are assigned to take at precise times on a daily basis.
I absolutely loved this show, because it was extremely funny to me and interested me in the whole idea of an Afterlife. Also, Dead Like Me looked at the role of a Grim Reaper based on old ideas mixed with new ideas regarding this iconic figure. Below are two links one connecting to episodes from the show and the other to the movie based on the series.
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The Movie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5c3rsIsOJs
The HBO Series
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwcVyeuZXEw&playnext=1&list=PL11D9923B89A2C2C2
I actually just recently watched the first episode of this show and it was pretty good. More and more shows recently have dealt with the concept of death (Six Feet Under, Pushing daisies,...) and i enjoy it. It's only when we face something that makes us afraid that we can take the fear out of it
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