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Seated behind me at a critics' screening of Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! were a well-known movie reviewer and her date, a young child. At the end the child, audibly in rapture, asked, "Did you love the movie?" "I love that you loved it," was the nicely evasive reply. But the child was persistent. "Will you give it a rave? Will you give it four stars...
...Geisel has more than a few messages, all of which resound 54 years later. The book is about belief in what you can't see, fidelity to a cause that others think is ridiculous, and community service to reach an improbable goal. We're all in this together, Seuss says; everyone's important. Or, as Horton puts it: "A person's a person, no matter how small...
...Horton is a naturally generous soul; in an earlier Seuss story, Horton Hatches the Egg, he had stolidly perched on an irresponsible bird's egg, and stayed at the job for nearly a year, because he had promised he would. "I meant what I said and I said what I meant: An elephant's faithful one hundred percent." This time, his mission is even more perilous. He must fend off the agnostic scorn of prime jungle bureaucrat Jane Kangaroo and her simian minions the Wickersham brothers. Kangaroo charges a "black-bottomed eagle" to fly the speck to a remote spot...
...magical world, and cross-dressing undergrads. The Roving Reporter put on his best skirt and went to go find out more.David J. Andersson ’09RR: Who do you play in “Fable Attraction”?DA: I play the sexy unicorn. Her name is Peggy Seuss, but she’s not a Pegasus. She makes that very clear. She has been described as all glitter and tits.RR: Alright, so complete this sentence: David Andersson is all blank and blank.DA: In relation to what?RR: Anything.DA: I mean you could...
...read him in a book; he’s in a show now, have a look. It’s the celebration of his fiftieth year—join the cat in the hat in all his cheer! With Sam-I-Am on the loose, Beantown has captured Dr. Seuss...