Most of his popular books got turn into a short in the 1960 to 1975 I think but then Hollywood came in to make them into a movie or Tv show and.they were movies alright. He created classic books like The Cat in The Hat,The Lorax,Go Dog Go,Green Eggs and Ham,Horton Hears A Who etc.

Joseph McCarthy.Hey everyone this is Frank and thank For reading this blog. “Horton” was published in 1954, and it’s not a stretch to view Seuss’ brand of social justice as a response to the oppression witnessed during World War II and/or the bullying of Sen. But Horton’s fellow jungle denizens think he’s touched in the head and, led by a busybody kangaroo (Carol Burnett), they seek to snatch the speck and boil it in a “hot steaming kettle of Bezzle-Nut oil” that is, undoubtedly, very high in saturated fat. The Whos have no idea their world is in danger.

He wouldn’t badger the Whos for another three years.) The repeated moral of “Horton” is simple: “A person’s a person no matter how small.” It’s one that Horton the elephant (voiced in the film by Jim Carrey) repeats as he protects the inhabitants of a small speck, which is actually a tiny planet housing a small city called Who-ville. Geisel’s promise was also hollow because, as we see in “Horton,” animated movies can muck up Seuss just as badly as live-action films, padding a perfectly good story with needless subplots, added morals and character changes that would have made the good Doctor screech like a Sneetch.

That proclamation was probably the closest thing Geisel was going to get to offering an apology for the twin travesties of “Cat in the Hat” and Ron Howard’s “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” (Thanks, Brian Grazer.) Then there’s the rest of the movie.įive years ago, after moviegoers suffered through Mike Myers’ godawful potty-mouthed “Cat in the Hat,” Audrey Geisel promised there would be no more live-action movies based on her late husband’s books. (You might want to strike the exclamation mark in the title.) As long as it sticks to Seuss - which, given the brevity of the book, amounts to about a third of the 88-minute running time - “Horton” makes for charming, kid-friendly entertainment. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!” is OK, but certainly nothing to shout about.

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