Arghhhh...

Anyone else really sick of having Hollywood push their own ideals down our throat? This latest bit just makes me sick and I'm so glad that I never intended to take may kids to witness this.

Just thought you'd like to know about this...This review is Mary Drake, wife
>of Catholic writer Tim Drake who
>writes for many solid Catholic newspapers, such as the Catholic Register.
>Tim and Mary have 8 children and
>homeschool. This email was sent to all the Catholic homeschoolers in the St.
>Cloud, MN area:
>
>Event Date: 3/17/08
>
>Hi everyone, I just wanted to send a quick email about the new kid's
>movie "Horton Hears a Who". We got a free pass to it and brought our
>kids to it Friday night and were disappointed with it's portrayal of
>homeschooling. (They added a lot that wasn't in the book) I just
>thought we'd let you know what's in it so you can make an informed
>decision before seeing it.
>
>The main "evil" character is the kangaroo
>- a narrow-minded, controlling homeschooling mom who wants to destroy
>Horton and his new found friends because of it's threat to the way
>things are in their jungle society. Horton is a teacher of jungle
>kids - fun and silly. Her son asks sadly from her pouch "Mom, why
>can't I play with the other kids?" and she explains to the other moms
>that she "Pouch-schools" and is portrayed as a narrow-minded, cold,
>controlling fanatic who is constantly telling her son to "go to his
>room" as she shoves his head down into her pouch and tells him
>continually that whatever is happening doesn't concern him. She goes
>to a vulture to have Horton and his little world of friends destroyed
>- when discussing what to do for payment, the vulture wants her son
>in exchange for doing what she asks. Her son is frightened and looks
>to her for protection - she shuts him up and tells him "I'm thinking
>about it..." It is very clear that her motives throughout the film
>were not done out of love for her child, but out of a desperate need
>to control ideas and keep the authority/tradition of her world from
>being threatened.
>
>My husband and I both felt that it was far from
>subtle against homeschooling - the negative stereotypes of
>homeschoolers were sprinkled throughout. I don't know what's better -
>to boycott it or see it and write a letter to the movie producers. I
>wanted to write this because I would have liked to have known what
>was in it before seeing it. Sorry this isn't as "quick" as I planned
>- just thought I'd give some examples.
>
>God bless you all in your last
>few months of the school year. Mary Drake


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>This is horrid! My sons have already seen it with my best friend, also a homeschooling mom, and her 5 year old homeschooled son. They tell me that the evil kangaroo eventually sees the evils of her homeschooling ways and ends up sending her child to school. They said the whole movie is anti-homeschooling.
>
>They were very angry that they wasted their babysitting money on the movie. They said they felt as if they'd been spending a couple of hours and all their babysitting money just to have their mother bashed the whole time. They felt robbed and attacked.