One week ago, Disney+ dropped the sequel to the 1993 fantasy, "Hocus Pocus", which starred Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, & Kathy Najimy. The film was a bomb at the box office, but became a cult classic after viewings on cable on Disney Channel & Freeform.
"Hocus Pocus 2", however, has come under fire from a conservative Texas parent, Jamie Gooch, who thinks that the plot of the two movies is actually something that happens in real life, in that witches, such as the trio of sisters in the movies, can actually drain the lifeforces of their youthful victims to regain their own youth.
Gooch, and others like her, are ignorant of the fact that this is a work of fiction, and, as such, nothing in the movie would actually happen in real life. This is no different than Tennessee pastor Greg Locke organizing a book burning of various fantasy literature, in particular JK Rowling's Harry Potter novels, because of the exact same misguided belief that the spells written by Rowling in her scripts are real.
This kind of pathetic protest is grist for the mill for conservative media, particularly Fox Shmooze garbage dispensers Tabloid Carlson, Dirty Watters, and Laura Inkblot. Get a clue. There are disclaimers in movies like "Hocus Pocus" that remind viewers that the films are works of fiction.
Unfortunately, the collective IQ of conservatives keeps going down instead of up, and this lame whining is an example of why.
Seriously, if you're going ban witches and wizards from your household, then superheroes, Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny would have to go to.
ReplyDeleteIt's a slow news day for conservative media, and they needed something to vent about. Idiots.
ReplyDeleteAll they're doing is giving Disney free publicity.