Talking with A. about the poor drowning polar bears, he pointed out that what's so distressing about that image in the movie is its suggestion of homelessness and abandonment. Which is of course what the sentimentality of the image taps into: one can project one's own feelings about that onto the cute cuddly animated bear. Poor bears. Poor us.
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
update on the bare bear
Talking with A. about the poor drowning polar bears, he pointed out that what's so distressing about that image in the movie is its suggestion of homelessness and abandonment. Which is of course what the sentimentality of the image taps into: one can project one's own feelings about that onto the cute cuddly animated bear. Poor bears. Poor us.
