Well, it's the safety dance.

rust-safety-dance.rs

unsafe fn as_undead<'a, T>(t: &T) -> &'static T {
    // I say, we can dance, we can dance
    // Everybody look at your hands
    &*(t as *const T)
}

unsafe fn as_undead_mut<'a, T>(t: &'mut T) -> &'static mut T {
    // We can dance, we can dance
    // Everybody's taking the chance
    &mut *(t as *mut T)
}