TMC
12-15-2017, 12:15 AM
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2017/12/14/_rudolph_the_red_nosed_reindeer_is_your_latest_problematic_fave.html
Christina Cauterucci thins so: “When I re-watched the Rankin/Bass production this year, I was alarmed by the cold-heartedness of one of Rudolph’s persecutors in particular: Santa, who I’d always remembered as a sort of silent, complicit bystander to Rudolph’s abuse, not the ringleader he’s made out to be in the TV special. Santa visits Rudolph’s family cave soon after his birth; his main reaction to the newborn son of Donner, one of his most trusted reindeer, is ‘I hope that (red nose) goes away.’”
Christina Cauterucci thins so: “When I re-watched the Rankin/Bass production this year, I was alarmed by the cold-heartedness of one of Rudolph’s persecutors in particular: Santa, who I’d always remembered as a sort of silent, complicit bystander to Rudolph’s abuse, not the ringleader he’s made out to be in the TV special. Santa visits Rudolph’s family cave soon after his birth; his main reaction to the newborn son of Donner, one of his most trusted reindeer, is ‘I hope that (red nose) goes away.’”