The Cake Eater Sister, Christi, sends this email along:
I have lately been bombarded with commercials advertising Curious George. I love George and so do the kids. It is done by Ron Howard, so you would think he is on the up and up...but, i have one huge gripe...on the commercial, there is an astounded "Man With the Yellow Hat" saying to George,"You followed me all the way from Africa?"Okay, okay, do we really need to coddle our youth of today that much? Really, now, we can't tell the little kids that the nice man with the yellow hat really captured George to bring him back to a zoo in the United States?
Here's the trailer which has the offensive, coddling, politcally correct line that Christi's talking about. Although, it looks like more than just a line, but rather an extensive change in plot. Replete with a boat named the "H.A. Rey."
Christi then requests that I should do some research about this and "blow Ron out of the water" but I don't really think that's necessary at all as she covers the bases quite nicely.
Feel free to add your angst to hers, my devoted Cake Eater readers. That's what the comments section is for.
Posted by Kathy at February 1, 2006 09:21 AM | TrackBackHave some pity on poor old Ron -- he's still in denial about Opey being Andy Taylor's love child.
Posted by: Bob at February 1, 2006 09:40 AM