Religion in the Cinema: Horton Hears a Who.

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Re: Religion in the Cinema: Horton Hears a Who.

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Jersey Girl wrote:From the perspective of one who teaches the audience that Seuss appeals to, I'd have to say that the phrase "a person is a person no matter how small" can also be taken as a child empowerment statement with which I agree.

That actually makes sense especially in the context of how the speck was making it so children wouldn't respect rules. I remember as a child hating many of the rules I had to obey. I often felt like adults were usurping power over me. The movie did have that feel of child empowerment, especially when one considers imagination. Children are empowered by being allowed to use their imaginations as they please which may have been the real intent of what I interpreted as faith. Perhaps it is actually meant to be imagination.
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Post by _Gazelam »

Asbestosman,

Another was that of believing in things you haven't experienced yourself (the Mayor of Whoville's wife).


What kind of movie is this anyway? How many in the film "experience" the Mayors wife ?
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Post by _Scottie »

Yeah, and the Kangaroo kept saying "If you can't hear it, see it or touch it, it doesn't exist!"

That seems to be inferring God. We can't see, hear or touch God either, but, just like the Who's, He exists all the same.
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Gazelam wrote:Asbestosman,

Another was that of believing in things you haven't experienced yourself (the Mayor of Whoville's wife).


What kind of movie is this anyway? How many in the film "experience" the Mayors wife ?


Well, she DID have 96 daughters and 1 son...
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