So glad you responded to this in pretty much the same way I did.

It was a wonderful thing to watch at the end of a hard day. It made my mother cry, too. Did you ever write about it?

We showed it to Cal again recently; he kept quoting Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video, which I think is his way of signalling that something is getting too scary for him, but he stayed the course otherwise and definitely enjoyed "Shiny" more than he seemed like he did the first time 'round.

"Shiny" is the kind of villain song that would have seriously distressed me as a child. Fortunately, as an adult, I think it's amazing.