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5 ways ‘Toy Story’ is not like Obama admin « Bad to the Bohn — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 18:21:44 +0000

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By: Margaret Evans

Margaret Evans — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:37:11 +0000

Try this theory. The daycare center is a collective society that at first seems like utopia. All fun, all day long. Everybody gets played with every day, nobody grows old and useless, nobody has to mourn or say goodbye because there’s always a new shipment of kids… and everyone is taken care of. But as it turns out, the “benevolent leader” is actually a power-crazed despot and the “utopia” is a spirit-killing prison. REAL freedom, real humanity (yes, these toys are “human”) is discovered only through family life (represented by Andy’s home… and later, Bonnie’s.) Here things aren’t perfect. Children grow older. Toys are put away. (To every thing, there is a season.) Most of all, people (and toys) form deep, lasting attachments. They risk loving… which, inevitably, means they will suffer loss. But without love – and loss – there can be no real joy. Love, joy, and real human thriving find their locus in family life, not the collective society. (I think it’s clever, too, that the “nanny state” is represented by a daycare center!)

By: Margaret Evans

Margaret Evans — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:36:07 +0000

Okay, bear with me as I over-analyze. The daycare center is a collective society that at first seems like utopia. All fun, all day long. Everybody gets played with every day, nobody grows old and useless, nobody has to mourn or say goodbye because there’s always a new shipment of kids… and everyone is taken care of. But as it turns out, the “benevolent leader” is actually a power-crazed despot and the “utopia” is a spirit-killing prison. REAL freedom, real humanity (yes, these toys are “human”) is discovered only through family life (represented by Andy’s home… and later, Bonnie’s.) Here things aren’t perfect. Children grow older. Toys are put away. (To every thing, there is a season.) Most of all, people (and toys) form deep, lasting attachments. They risk loving… which, inevitably, means they will suffer loss. But without love – and loss – there can be no real joy. Love, joy, and real human thriving find their locus in family life, not the collective society. (I think it’s clever, too, that the “nanny state” is represented by a daycare center!)

And don’t even get me STARTED on the Christian themes in TS3!

By: Margaret Evans

Margaret Evans — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:35:16 +0000

LOL. Just seeing this! Wish I’d seen it the other day, when we were discussing TS3 on my Facebook page. Here’s a comment I made to support my claim that TS3 has “political implications.” (My friends had scoffed at the idea!)

“Okay, bear with me as I over-analyze. The daycare center is a collective society that at first seems like utopia. All fun, all day long. Everybody gets played with every day, nobody grows old and useless, nobody has to mourn or say goodbye because there’s always a new shipment of kids… and everyone is taken care of. But as it turns out, the “benevolent leader” is actually a power-crazed despot and the “utopia” is a spirit-killing prison. REAL freedom, real humanity (yes, these toys are “human”) is discovered only through family life (represented by Andy’s home… and later, Bonnie’s.) Here things aren’t perfect. Children grow older. Toys are put away. (To every thing, there is a season.) Most of all, people (and toys) form deep, lasting attachments. They risk loving… which, inevitably, means they will suffer loss. But without love – and loss – there can be no real joy. Love, joy, and real human thriving find their locus in family life, not the collective society. (I think it’s clever, too, that the “nanny state” is represented by a daycare center!)”

And don’t even get me STARTED on the Christian themes in TS3!

By: Jordan

Jordan — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 07:48:26 +0000

Hey Andrew,

I really love your blog!

Do you know if there’s an Australian equivalent of you? (I’m in Sydney.)
I think because the industry is much (MUCH!) smaller, there’s less space for non-hard-lefties.

By: Cranky 1

Cranky 1 — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:48:16 +0000

Technically, it was Barbie that paraphrased Thomas Jefferson… could she at least be VP?

By: ElAnne in PA

ElAnne in PA — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:44:20 +0000

Now there’s a presidential ticket I could get behind!

By: David

David — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:36:51 +0000

FABULOUS Review/Comparison!

I will be Woody’s local grassroots campaign staffer in my neighborhood. But only if the thoughts/words/deeds from Woody come from the writers, and not Tom Hanks…