Fox Business Criticizes Studio Ghibli's Latest
In a segment on Monday's episode of Lou Dobbs Tonight, puffy-faced, human-combover Lou Dobbs argued that both Studio Ghibli's adaptation of The Borrowers and the upcoming adaptation of Dr. Seuss' The Lorax are "demonizing the so-called 1% and espousing green policies, come what may."
"[This is] a story you won't hear anywhere in the national liberal media" he says, before accusing both films of pushing "Hollywood's liberal agenda."
Impressive, given that Arrietty is a Japanese film. Dobbs then shows us a short montage of President Obama saying the word "fair" over and over again like he's in some kind of bizzarre presidential remix, before introducing a trio of right-leaning pundits, one of which suggest parents protest the film by littering in theatres.
Last month, Fox made similar claims about The Muppets film, only to suffer a stinging verbal beat down at the hands of Miss Piggy [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/115570-Watch-The-Muppets-Skewer-Fox-News].
Despite the histrionics, Fox may have a point: The Lorax definitely does feature an environmentalist agenda, though I'd argue it's one made obvious by the films marketing. The book was accused of vilifying the logging industry [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,958654,00.html?iid=chix-sphere] back in 1988.
Fox, if you're looking for another well-loved, whimsical show that brightened the lives of thousands of children to rail against, might I suggest Bagpuss? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga23iSxyXO4] I've heard he's pretty keen on recycling, liberal shill that he is.
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According to Fox Business, The Secret World of Arrietty and The Lorax are turning children into "occu-toddlers."In a segment on Monday's episode of Lou Dobbs Tonight, puffy-faced, human-combover Lou Dobbs argued that both Studio Ghibli's adaptation of The Borrowers and the upcoming adaptation of Dr. Seuss' The Lorax are "demonizing the so-called 1% and espousing green policies, come what may."
"[This is] a story you won't hear anywhere in the national liberal media" he says, before accusing both films of pushing "Hollywood's liberal agenda."
Impressive, given that Arrietty is a Japanese film. Dobbs then shows us a short montage of President Obama saying the word "fair" over and over again like he's in some kind of bizzarre presidential remix, before introducing a trio of right-leaning pundits, one of which suggest parents protest the film by littering in theatres.
Last month, Fox made similar claims about The Muppets film, only to suffer a stinging verbal beat down at the hands of Miss Piggy [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/115570-Watch-The-Muppets-Skewer-Fox-News].
Despite the histrionics, Fox may have a point: The Lorax definitely does feature an environmentalist agenda, though I'd argue it's one made obvious by the films marketing. The book was accused of vilifying the logging industry [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,958654,00.html?iid=chix-sphere] back in 1988.
Fox, if you're looking for another well-loved, whimsical show that brightened the lives of thousands of children to rail against, might I suggest Bagpuss? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga23iSxyXO4] I've heard he's pretty keen on recycling, liberal shill that he is.
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