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angrychair

(10,352 posts) Sun Nov 29, 2020, 03:05 PM Nov 2020

Rudolph Was Not A Happy Tale [View all]

Its a great take on a Christmas classic that has always rubbed me the wrong way, even as a kid. Little king but a very good read.

Apparently what we wanted next was 55 minutes of Christmas-crushing despair: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. For more than half a century, generations of children have taken the show, which debuted in 1964, into their hearts, and for just about as long, I’ve been trying to avoid it.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/12/rankin-bass-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer/616932/

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Rudolph Was Not A Happy Tale [View all] angrychair Nov 2020 OP

Wait, Rudolf was a little king? Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2020 #1

Meh.. I just watched for Burl Ive's snowman... hlthe2b Nov 2020 #2

What reindeer poop. n/t zackymilly Nov 2020 #3

What kind of over- privileged childhood Drahthaardogs Nov 2020 #4

Rankin Bass's Rudolf is full of hope and redemption andym Nov 2020 #5

+100. When you look different, are asked ChazII Nov 2020 #11

This is so correct. BlueSpot Nov 2020 #14

I Loved and Love RobinA Nov 2020 #17

Lol. Is nothing just a show? Is everything a negative in today's world? jimfields33 Nov 2020 #6

No joke. It's the "other sider-ism" of a children's story ad-promo. Burl Ives is the whole Hestia Nov 2020 #8

Wasn't it a Montgomery Wards advertising thingy? soothsayer Nov 2020 #7

Yes. Robert L May, a copy writer for Wards, was assigned rsdsharp Nov 2020 #27

Thank you soothsayer Nov 2020 #28

Fairy tales were originally much gorier and scarier. The theory is that they allowed Squinch Nov 2020 #9

Yes, I Was A Grimm's Fan RobinA Nov 2020 #18

Krampus! Man, that'll keep you off the "Naughty" list!!! Squinch Nov 2020 #19

You are so right about the fairy tales. I recently chucked out a very... 3catwoman3 Nov 2020 #31

Oh, man. But it is really fascinating that all those Grimm tales were told and retold for Squinch Nov 2020 #32

Grimm Fan Here RobinA Nov 2020 #34

Lame. Some people. nt miyazaki Nov 2020 #10

Yes, Rudolph ellie Nov 2020 #12

Hermie! Hermie, not Herbie, was the elf who wanted to be a dentist. rsdsharp Nov 2020 #24

Thank you! ellie Nov 2020 #29

You're welcome. rsdsharp Nov 2020 #30

What bullshit! Blue_true Nov 2020 #13

It's Also About... ProfessorGAC Nov 2020 #21

Good point on the two qualities that I missed. The movie had plenty of instances of Blue_true Nov 2020 #22

Glad you are handling this so I don't have to. Sneederbunk Nov 2020 #15

Ammo for the war on Xmas BS JDC Nov 2020 #16

I have always loved Rudoph Proud Liberal Dem Nov 2020 #20

Some people just have to try and suck the joy out of everything! 👎 nt Raine Nov 2020 #23

I don't care. I love Rudolph and always will StarfishSaver Nov 2020 #25

Someone watched Rudolph on a bad acid trip. MyNameGoesHere Nov 2020 #26

this is absurd........ Takket Nov 2020 #33