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flowersforvases26 t1_j9c4v8g wrote

Reply to comment by theAmericanStranger in The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse is a terrible Oscar candidate (rant) by theAmericanStranger

I loved it. I’m also biased cause it’s one of my favorite books. The whole book is full of platitudes. That’s the point. It’s meant to be a simple, easy read for anyone…about kindness, love and friendship. The short film reflects the message as well as the artistry of the book. I’m sorry you didn’t like it.

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theAmericanStranger OP t1_j9c67an wrote

Full, of platitudes, or nothing but platitudes? Some of the best children books are of course choke full of positive messages, platitudes if you will, but there is SOME dialog, SOME action that paves the way for the message. However, this short had NOTHING but a message which was hammered again and again ad nauseam. Maybe you have a personal history with the story, fine, I'm stating my opinion and as you can see I'm not the only one. And I had a full lifetime of reading stories to my kids and now to my grandchild

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