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  🌪 The Spiritual Joy of Bad Disaster Movies You’d think disaster movies would be the last thing anyone would call “self-care.” Catastrophic storms, earthquakes splitting the earth, sharks in tornadoes (yes, Sharknado—we see you). And yet, in our house, a new B-rated disaster film is cause for giddy celebration. ⚠️ Note: Real-life disasters are heartbreaking and nothing about them is funny. What I’m sharing here is about the movies —the so-bad-they’re-fun kind, full of cheesy CGI, predictable plots, and over-the-top drama. It’s their very unreality that makes them safe and silly enough to enjoy. Why? Because the worse the special effects, acting, and script…the better the experience. 🎭 Bad Art, Big Fun We know we’re “supposed” to spurn bad art. But there’s something liberating about embracing it instead. In these films, the flaws are the fun: The hero who outruns lava in sneakers. The couple that kisses while the city crumbles. The CGI that look...