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Notsobusy
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Fri, Aug 15 2014, 6:01 pm
I usually check out movies on Common Sense Media before letting my kids watch them. I'm getting mixed feelings about The Cat in the Hat. People are writing that there is a lot of s*xual innuendo. If my kids are fairly sheltered will it all just go over their head? One example it says is that the cat says "dirty hoe" when talking about a garden hose. My kids definitely won't get that one.
Also, it says there is a romance between the mother and a neighbor, is that really stressed or just hinted at?
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debsey
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Fri, Aug 15 2014, 6:18 pm
I think it is overly sexualized with a lot of images that your kids will get (like Paris Hilton dancing very suggestively and the cat has a noticeable reaction - maybe they won't get the "reaction" part, but they'll see the suggestive dancing) and it's just kind of gratuitously gross and unnecessary. Totally kills the book.
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Notsobusy
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Fri, Aug 15 2014, 6:31 pm
Thank you. I thought it would be a fun movie for them to watch, but I guess not.
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flowerpower
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Fri, Aug 15 2014, 6:58 pm
The newest one that came out a few years ago is very dirty- I wouldn't let my kids watch it.
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causemommysaid
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Fri, Aug 15 2014, 7:22 pm
yikes. I just watched the trailer.
It looks like the freakiest movie ever.
I wouldn't let my kids watch it because of that. (dirty or not)
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Frumdoc
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Sat, Aug 16 2014, 8:20 pm
Oy vey, have Hollywood (or the equivalent) ruined the cat in the hat by zexing it up?
Dr Seuss is seriously one of my favorite writers, when I'm feeling down I get one of his books out and read it aloud just to hear all the funny sounds and rhythms and rhymes, it just hits a happy place in my head.
Eeugh, Paris Hilton in Dr Seuss, too horrendous for words
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ima_dina084
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Sat, Aug 16 2014, 9:12 pm
I even stopped letting my kids read the cat in the hat books ! I noticed they were acting out the cats behavior ... Not my ideal role model, that cat.
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debsey
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Sat, Aug 16 2014, 10:18 pm
glutenless wrote: | Thank you. I thought it would be a fun movie for them to watch, but I guess not. |
It totally kills the book, IMHO. I dk what the point of killing it was. Totally not faithful to the spirit of Dr. Seuss......
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KeepCalm
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Sun, Aug 17 2014, 2:06 am
http://www.kids-in-mind.com is a website that gives there own rating for s-x, violence and language. They also describe in detail the scenes so that you can decide whether or not it is okay for your kids to watch.
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