Right-Wing Freak-Out: Children’s Movies Pushing Liberal Agenda

[one...two...tree 2,762]

On its surface, Happy Feet Two is a cutesy sequel about a young penguin who is reluctant to dance. But could there be a radical left-wing agenda lurking below the arctic ice?

Some conservatives think so, The Hollywood Reporter reports, suggesting that the movie’s politics might be a reason why the film has been off to a sluggish start at the box office.

The New York Post’s Kyle Smith called the movie, in a review, “Kiddie Karl Marx.” He writes:

“Happy Feet Two” has a broad, lefty political agenda. It briefly brings up global warming (though, tellingly, only for a minute—Hollywood’s interest in stoking global warming fears seems to have peaked, which is convenient because the public has, after some frightened moments, decisively rejected the alarmist viewpoint) in a scene in which polar bears are shown clinging to shrinking icebergs. It also makes the case, somewhat half-heartedly, for vegetarianism (the penguins see humans roasting chickens, and get spooked). This doesn’t go very far, though, because penguins aren’t vegetarians though I suppose they’re pescetarians. And I’m sure I won’t be the only viewer who thinks that two male krill in the movie (played by Brad Pitt and Matt Damon) have now joined Oscar and Felix and Bert and Ernie as pairs of unusually close confirmed bachelors.

That’s a lot of rhetoric for one movie. While not overtly political,a Christian Movie Review at Movieguide.com writes that the movie promotes “radical environmentalism,” “global warming hysteria” and pro-homosexual and pagan messages.

As the Reporter writes, Happy Feet Two isn’t the first children’s movie to allegedly insert leftist themes into its script. Newsbusters’ Iris Somberg writes that the new Muppets movie conveniently pits a villainous oil tycoon against the muppets.

TPM readers will remember when right-wing bloggers in January freaked out over Batman’s new “Muslim sidekick.” And conservatives last December called for a boycott of the Marvel comic-inspired movie Thor, because Idris Elba — who is excellent, by the way — was playing a norse god in the film. And bizarrely, the Discovery Channel recently passed on a BBC documentary episode focusing on climate change. The channel, which co-produced the series, cited scheduling complications.

Warner Brothers declined TPM’s request for comment.

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[Obama 2012 1,714]

the first one was left-wing propaganda... why wouldn't the second one be?

[one...two...tree 2,762]

the first one was left-wing propaganda... why wouldn't the second one be?

According to your logic, The Three Little Pigs was also propaganda, right? Could you provide a list of children's classics that don't qualify as propaganda to you?

[Danno 1,228]

Whats so cool about the Left using these flix is, kids buy these DVD's and watch them over and over and over again... no need to put but small blips of liberal ideology in there to have it's affect.

Steve can you name any kids flicks that are accused of promoting RW ideology?

[one...two...tree 2,762]

[james&olya 1,121]

The facts have a well-known liberal bias!!

[Danno 1,228]

The facts have a well-known liberal bias!!

What facts are you referring too?

[Pooky 3,792]

The facts have a well-known liberal bias!!

Only in the USA.

In the civilised world, the facts are distinctly non-partisan and need people to put a political spin to them

[james&olya 1,121]

What facts are you referring too?

There is a difference between opinion and fact, something that faux news doesn't seem to recognize. The former are like a$$holes, everybody has one. But there is only one set of facts, regardless of tea-party types attempting to substitute wishful thinking and outright fantasy for the truth. What facts do you guess I refer to?

[Danno 1,228]

There is a difference between opinion and fact, something that faux news doesn't seem to recognize. The former are like a$$holes, everybody has one. But there is only one set of facts, regardless of tea-party types attempting to substitute wishful thinking and outright fantasy for the truth. What facts do you guess I refer to?

Don't know, you spouted off about facts having a liberal bias...... I'll ask again, what facts are you referring to?

[james&olya 1,121]

Don't know, you spouted off about facts having a liberal bias...... I'll ask again, what facts are you referring to?

I know you aren't really that stupid but I will 'help' you out here. The subject and quoted articles discuss a supposed "radical left-wing agenda" and "broad, lefty political agenda". But it is fact that global warming exists. It is fact that arctic sea ice is shrinking. And it is a fact that humans roast chickens! It is apparently on the basis of showing this in the movie that the authors of the opinion pieces quoted have concluded this has a "lefty political agenda"!

[Danno 1,228]

I know you aren't really that stupid but I will 'help' you out here. The subject and quoted articles discuss a supposed "radical left-wing agenda" and "broad, lefty political agenda". But it is fact that global warming exists. It is fact that arctic sea ice is shrinking. And it is a fact that humans roast chickens! It is apparently on the basis of showing this in the movie that the authors of the opinion pieces quoted have concluded this has a "lefty political agenda"!

Come now, put the square peg in the round hole.

It's not about "facts" as you put it, it's about context. I could place random facts in any cartoon to guide 8 yr olds to conclude what I wanted

not by my facts but by placing "Only" the facts I choose to present on whatever topic.

On the side of humor, it says a lot that the last audience left willing to to drink this cool-aid is pre-teens.

[Dakine10 5,452]

Come now, put the square peg in the round hole.

It's not about "facts" as you put it, it's about context. I could place random facts in any cartoon to guide 8 yr olds to conclude what I wanted

not by my facts but by placing "Only" the facts I choose to present on whatever topic.

On the side of humor, it says a lot that the last audience left willing to to drink this cool-aid is pre-teens.

Have you actually watched either of the movies?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

I have a solution. They just need to make a flick where poor, inner-city Johnny gets to start cleaning the toilets in his school at age 9 and then moves on to become a successful businessman. The other character in the movie, his cousin Jane who refused to clean the school toilets, will have three kids before she's 18 - from three different guys, of course - and will overdose on meth by age 25. That would be a move the RWNs would drag their kids to time and again. It would be an instant classic.

[kytwell 179]

People complained that the Lion King was racist. The villain Scar had a black mane. The voices of the hyena's were all minority actors. It was pro segregation because it implied that the 2 couldn't coexist or the land would go to #######, etc, etc. Now here we are 17 years after its release in 1994 and there's no revival of the Klan in high schools. If your kid sees Happy Feet or Happy Feet 2 he or she will not turn into some Homosexual, vegetarian, climate change believing adult.