Impulse

It’s always enter­tain­ing to watch as an adult car­toons that I’d seen as a kid.  It can be very dis­ap­point­ing (which is why I’ll never re-watch the clas­sic Speed Racer car­toons).  Sometimes, though, it’s fas­ci­nat­ing: see­ing all the lit­tle jokes and sub­text that no child can deci­pher.  Chicken Little just blew me away.  Sure, it’s the story of Chicken Little, but the polit­i­cal over­tones are huge.  Watch it and think about pol­i­tics over the last 10 years, or the recent eco­nomic cri­sis (or any recent cri­sis).  It’s a good exam­ple of how we retell sto­ries to teach our­selves, and how to make a clear polit­i­cal point using cre­ative media.  (Thanks to 4HWW for remind­ing me of the cartoon).

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