Anxious in Authority: Why the Mayor is the Most Relatable Character in The Nightmare Before Christmas
Introduction The air crackles with ghoulish glee, jack-o’-lanterns grin with mischievous intent, and every creature of the night prepares for a celebration of all things spooky. This, of course, is Halloween Town, the vibrant, slightly unhinged setting of Tim Burton’s stop-motion masterpiece, *The Nightmare Before Christmas*. Amidst the skeletal reindeer and boogie-woogie bugs, a figure…