BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//MFAH//MFAH 2.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6A708CBC663CE564FA71B956-6A708CBD663CE564FA71B957 DTSTART:20261018T000000Z DTEND:20261018T020000Z DTSTAMP:20261014T234946Z CREATED:20261014T234946Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261014T234946Z SUMMARY:The Thing X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Introduced by T. Sean Shannon , former comedy writer for "Saturday Night Live"
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A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shiftin g alien that assumes the appearance of its victims. A masterpiece of parano id sci-fi horror, The Thing’s cultural significance lies in pioneering, groundbreaking, grotesque practical effects, subverting the her oic tropes of its predecessors. The film succeeds as an allegory for profou nd existential distrust, body horror, McCarthyism, and invisible, infectiou s threats, while also tackling transformation, and identity. The cast inclu des Wilfred Brimley, T.K. Carter, Keith David, Donald Moffat, and Kurt Russ ell.
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T. Se an Shannon grew up near NASA and attended the University of Houston. During college, he performed stand-up at the Comedy Workshop, which launched his career from Houston to TV’s biggest shows. He has written for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, In Living Color, and Sa turday Night Live, for which he won an Emmy. He wrote and directed Harold (2008) starring Cuba Gooding Jr. and continues to do stand-up and work on his YouTube series Baseball Card Theater.
DESCRIPTION:Introduced by T. Sean Shannon, former comedy writer for "Saturd ay Night Live"   A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shiftin g alien that assumes the appearance of its victims. A masterpiece of parano id sci-fi horror, The Thing’s cultural significance lies in pioneering, gro undbreaking, grotesque practical effects, subverting the heroic tropes of i ts predecessors. The film succeeds as an allegory for profound existential distrust, body horror, McCarthyism, and invisible, infectious threats, whil e also tackling transformation, and identity. The cast includes Wilfred Bri mley, T.K. Carter, Keith David, Donald Moffat, and Kurt Russell. Tickets $9 general admission; $7 MFAH members, students with ID, seniors (65+) Pla n Your Visit This screening takes place in Brown Auditorium Theater in the Law Building. Parking Information | Museum Hours | MFAH Campus Map About the PresenterT. Sean Shannon grew up near NASA and attended the University of Houston. During college, he performed stand-up at the Comedy Workshop, w hich launched his career from Houston to TV’s biggest shows. He has written for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, In Living Color, and Saturday Night Li ve, for which he won an Emmy. He wrote and directed Harold (2008) starring Cuba Gooding Jr. and continues to do stand-up and work on his YouTube serie s Baseball Card Theater. LOCATION;VVENUE=5F4EB6583CA19A0001DE73FD:Caroline Wiess Law Building \n1001 Bissonnet Street \nHouston, TX 77005 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VVENUE UID:5F4EB6583CA19A0001DE73FD NAME:Caroline Wiess Law Building X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Law Building, named for MFAH patron Car oline Wiess Law, features galleries for changing exhibitions as well as for the Museum’s collections of Asian, African, Islamic, Native American , Pacific Islands and Australian, and Pre-Columbian art.

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