From a pure entertainment standpoint, it's been been kind of delightful to watch American "conservatives" turn into a caricature of themselves - i.e. going from "capital punishment is grim but necessary" to
applauding Texas' high execution-rate, and adjusting their environmental policy from the generally-reasonable opinion that nature/wildlife should not be placed above commerce/employment on the scale of importance to trying their darndest to become
"Captain Planet" villains re: global-warming denial, Hummer-worship, "Drill Baby Drill!" etc. Hell, if they weren't still potentially
electable Republicans would be a real riot.
In any case, below you'll find the poster for 2012's
"The Lorax," which - thanks to the above-described state of the union - will undoubtedly be one of the most needlessly "controversial" big movies to be released next year...
Film is, of course, an adaptation of the beloved children's book by Dr. Seuss in which a magical creature tries - unsuccessfully - to convince an industrialist that his factory is despoiling a wildnerness. Or, as you'll be hearing it described on Fox News: "Socialist Propaganda Brainwashing Your Children Into Environmentalism As A Scheme To Enable Communist Muslims To Take Yer Freedoms!!!"
I'm a little concerned about this one, myself - apparently they've added some additional characters, which feels a lot like a gateway to cheaping-out on the original downer ending. But even if it's not all that good, the "blowback" should be entertaining as hell.
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