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Kudos to Madeline Buchanan for taking a pro-active stance on the Pocahontas
movie.  We all know that our staying away from the movie will not keep
millions of parents from taking their kids to see it on a hot summer day.
 Unfortunately, I didn't think of doing what Madeline did!  Maybe on the net
we can come up with a revised version of her strategy to use come September.
 The insidious thing about the Disney movies is that the little kids believe
that the Disney version is the "right one."  If you don't believe me, try to
convince one of them that the Little Mermaid did NOT marry the handsome guy,
but rather became the foam on the sea.  The fact that HCA, the author, wrote
it that way has no impact at all on the little guys.  I even showed them the
original story and read them the end.  They were really annoyed with me! They
saw it in the movie and that's that!  In the Pocahontas situation, this is
truly disturbing and much more serious.
Claire Simpson
South Valley School K-4
Moorestown NJ
Clairesimp@aol.com


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