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A book has come out in which the author asserts the Smurfs are “the embodiment of a totalitarian utopia, steeped in Stalinism and Nazism”. See video.[html][/html]
A book has come out in which the author asserts the Smurfs are "the embodiment of a totalitarian utopia, steeped in Stalinism and Nazism". See video.
Whatever ...
Oh yeah you know how I'm a regular Huff'po reader! ;D Actually you just know that at this very moment somewhere across America, some school board member is reading that article and thinking of ways to ban the Smurfs from the classroom.
Another politically correct zealot … This reminds me of another famous belgian cartoon hero, Tintin (by Herg?), especially about his cartoon series: Tintin in the Congo (1930-31, colour edition in 1946) that came under criticism for its racist attitude. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/18/arts/18arts-ATINTINCONTR_BRF.html In August 2007 a complaint was even filed in Belgium by a Congolese student named Bienvenu Mbutu Mondondo, who was studying political science and claimed that the book was an insult to the Congolese people.The Ministry of Truth in action(it has also been criticised for its treatment of Congolese wildlife, with Tintin taking part in "the wholesale and gratuitous slaughter" of animals by shooting several antelope, killing an ape to wear its skin, injuring an elephant, stoning a buffalo, and (in earlier editions) exploding a rhinoceros from within using dynamite... ;D )
Omer, did you grow up in Belgium watching the Smurfs on television as a child?
Didn't we all watch the Smurfs when we were kids, or am I the only one that will admit it? My favorite character was Azrael the cat, which was yours?This thread has made the first page of Google search for Smurfs.
My favorites were Papa and Grouchy. Don't ask me why but they were so differentOtherwise I'm so old that there was no smurf on TV when I was a kid: just cartoons (and later figurines in Kellog's boxes) ;D
Well perhaps this is proof that reading too much into children's stories can lead to polar opposites. If Smurfs are not Nazis, are they Communists?Sure, they look blue, but are the Smurfs closet Reds?The article is actually kind of interesting for the facts it raises. Then again, I suppose all conspiracy theories have to be interesting to gain a following.
