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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsViewers Noticed Some Very Disturbing Details In 'Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer'
Sorry if this has already been posted. Some of the comments are pretty funny.
And what a moment it was.
Some people joked that they noticed a few things in the Christmas classic that they didnt always spot ― or simply ignored ― when they saw it years ago.
Here are some of those humorous observations:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer-disturbing-details_us_5bfe058fe4b0f43bf2661c7f
Here is one example from the article:
Link to tweet
BeyondGeography
(39,371 posts)When I was a kid Yukon and the Abominable Snowman were the only things I found interesting. Wrong. Its brilliant and will last forever.
htuttle
(23,738 posts)She was depressed.
Corinne Conley voices Dolly, a seemingly normal girl rag doll on the Island of Misfit Toys. Her misfit problem is never explained on the special; many decades later, on NPR's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me! news quiz show (broadcast December 8, 2007), Rudolph's producer, Arthur Rankin Jr., noted that Dolly's problem was psychological, caused by being abandoned by her owner (named as Sue in the special) and suffering depression from feeling uncared-for.
https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/94252/why-was-dolly-on-the-island-of-misfit-toys
HoosierDebbie
(291 posts)I think the doll is on the Island of Misfit Toys because she doesn't have a nose or fingers.
Bucky
(54,003 posts)because she did have an opinion and the patriarchy just couldn't handle it
Me.
(35,454 posts)icymist
(15,888 posts)Every year we watch that toy bird tell everyone that it can't fly and then, during the credits, that elf throws that bird out of the sleigh!
The moral of the story is that you will get bullied for being different until someone can exploit you for that difference.
Santa is a dick.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)I remember watching the movie every year till I was maybe 10, but I barely remember any of it.
Raine
(30,540 posts)he didn't have the confidence to do it or the hope that anyone would care for him. The elf didn't throw the bird, he offered him an umbrella to use like a parachute the same as the other toys got. The bird rejected it though and took fly because he knew he was going to be wanted now.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)Despite Rudolph's promise to King Moonracer, Santa never stopped by the island. The show just ended with Santa and the reindeer flying off into the night.
The producers were deluged with cards and letters from concerned children around the country wondering WTF they were thinking. So they shot NEW footage of the airlift for the next airing, and that's the version we've seen ever since.
Bucky
(54,003 posts)first it's Operation Paperclip, then they fake the moon landing, then they fake the rescue of the misfit toys.
ArnoldLayne
(2,067 posts)I watched it Tuesday night also with my 2 year old son. First time in over 45 years since I saw it last.
Brother Buzz
(36,423 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,930 posts)and anytime you hear Burl Ives mentioned anywhere else, you see this -
...although some politico in D.C. might mistake him for this guy -
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Well now I'm crushed! Crushed I tell ya!
BumRushDaShow
(128,930 posts)(don't tell anyone)
Dorian Gray
(13,493 posts)is a total dick in Rudolph.
Tanuki
(14,918 posts)demmiblue
(36,845 posts)A HERETIC I AM
(24,368 posts)"I am looking clueless and perplexed as if what I am seeing/hearing is anathema to good, decent folks everywhere, but in fact I am just a pompous know-it-all frat boy preppie dickhead who's only real qualifications are as a High School History Teacher that every single student in the district utterly despises."