tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post6455060019493659705..comments2024-03-07T17:13:54.927-05:00Comments on A Fuse #8 Production: Podcast Edition: Ooo, Goody! Sadism of the Poetic Variety!fusenumber8http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-72957402608161836542007-01-13T21:30:00.000-05:002007-01-13T21:30:00.000-05:00Since I'm married to a Communist, I don't see Rain...Since I'm married to a Communist, I don't see Rainbow Fish in that light exactly. It's more insidious than that. Or maybe it's something simpler. After all, what we're talking about is a story wherein the protagonist bodily rips off portions of his anatomy to fit in better. A scholar could go any and all directions with that one.fusenumber8https://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-48343627337376191572007-01-08T19:26:00.000-05:002007-01-08T19:26:00.000-05:00Yikes, so we should put the weight of the eroding ...Yikes, so we should put the weight of the eroding environment on little bitty shoulders? I concur with the witty Mr. G. Add to that, I have always loated The Giving Tree almost as much as I loathe Freddie the Leaf being given to anyone grieving or The Rainbow Fish which I like to refer to as The Rainbow Fish aka Communist Manifesto.<br />-SuzeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-77226282187917420792007-01-07T18:42:00.000-05:002007-01-07T18:42:00.000-05:00Anonymous, I could kiss you right on the lips. Yo...Anonymous, I could kiss you right on the lips. You are so right! G's response to the Lorax is simply irresponsible; he can't just make up a pretend world for his daughter to live in. Or he could, but if he wants to do that, he would be better off with a pretend daughter, because a real one can't help but encounter the difficult aspects of our world and she deserves help in making sense of them. So, Fuse, I love that the book still affects you, but I don't think this man should be "give(n)..points for taking down The Lorax".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-29313705871656852522007-01-07T14:11:00.000-05:002007-01-07T14:11:00.000-05:00Oh, I'm not saying The Lorax is bad. Just that it...Oh, I'm not saying The Lorax is bad. Just that it still kills me. You're right about the weather. I was walking out in 70 degree weather yesterday, and none of the New Yorkers I passed were looking pleased. Everyone has a look on their face like they're about to get shot. We know that this is wrong, so the pleasant weather is just making us jumpy.fusenumber8https://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-36519574032183769342007-01-07T12:56:00.000-05:002007-01-07T12:56:00.000-05:00Chiming in a bit late here. But what's worse: The ...Chiming in a bit late here. But what's worse: The Lorax or this year's complete absence of winter? 35 years later, Seuss' predictions of doom seem, if anything, understated. And we certainly can't protect kids any more. The papers are full of polar bears searching for food, ice masses breaking off, habitats disappearing faster than we can say "poof." It may be traumatizing, but the world we live in, destroyed by greed, is far worse, and kids need to know about it.<br />As for The Giving Tree, I despise it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com