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►Ok, this is not exactly on point, but…no wait a minute, yes it is. It's exactly on point because it addresses one of my pet peeves about modern literary contrivances aimed at kids. Pete Sagal was right on when he observed, after seeing Horton Hears a Who,
"In a new subplot added by the filmmakers, the mayor of Whoville has 96 daughters. He has one son. Guess who gets all his attention? Guess who saves the day? Go ahead, think about it, I'll wait."
Sagal has three daughters, and I have two sons, but this irks me as much as it does him. He goes on,
"And while we're at it, how come a girl doesn't get to blow up the Death Star! Or send ET home? Or defeat Captain Hook! Or Destroy the Ring of Power!"
And, I might add, how come every kid protagonist in modern films has at least one dead parent, usually the mother?
Read the full text of Sagal's NPR rant here.
Ok, I feel better now.
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