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Release Date: 20 November, 2001 Retail Price: $19.95 OUR Price: $14.99 You SAVE: $4.96! Cast: Complete Cast (12 total) |
Free to Be You and Me Reviews
vaudeville for committed liberals
I just watched this for the first time in 30+ years. I forgot how much squishy liberal dogma was in there, but the songs sure are catchy. Curiously, my kids weren't interested in it at all, but my wife and I wanted to watch.
P.S. Listen to Marlo Thomas with your eyes closed. Her singing is terrible!
Free to Be You and Me - As Long As You Are Like Me
I rented this on a whim and it brought back a lot of memories from my 1970s days in elementary school. This video made its rounds in the public schools. The songs are catchy and the film quality is good.
But make no mistake, this is propaganda aimed at children. I will not be showing it to my kids.
Despite the freewheeling title, the message is that girls will find happiness only if they mimic boys.
Case in point: Atalanta, a princess, finds happiness when she competes with men in a footrace and when she rejects marriage so she can travel the world (on her father's horse). She also designs and fabricates rocketships in her spare time.
Juxtapose that story with another cartoon where a femine girl in a pink dress and curls is devoured by tigers when she follows the custom of "ladies first." The tigers abide her request and throw her into a boiling cauldron. The narrator advises us that the boiling girl makes a very tasty meal.
Our "hosts", infant puppets voiced by Mel Brooks and Marlo Thomas, are revolting. There should be a law against using Mel Brooks' voice for a baby. Apparently, I repressed memories of these creatures, but seeing them again brought back the horror. Needless to say, I fast forwarded through the disturbing puppetry.
Overall, this DVD is fun for thirtysomethings but should be kept away from children.
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