http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/21/DR.-SEUSS-HOW-THE-GRINCH-STOLE-CHRISTMAS.aspx “You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch!” No matter how many times I hear that song, I will never tire of it. When that jazzy melody kicks up, and the insults start flying, I can’t help but my own ongoing plots to steal Christmas, thereby succeeding where the Grinch failed. To me, Dr. Seuss’ classic holiday yarn HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! is to be taken as a cautionary tale: there are many people out there who talk the talk, but when it comes to the showdown, rarely do they walk the walk. Every time I watch that opening sequence with the syrupy songs the jolly Whos of Whoville sing as they decorate for Christmas, I totally get why the Grinch wants to stick it to them. 24/7 happy people annoy the crap out of me too. It’s for this reason that I am perpetually disappointed when the Grinch, having robbed every house in Whoville, suddenly goes big in the heart and blue in the eye (he starts out with red eyes,) just from hearing the Whos sing the same songs which set him off in the first place! Yeah, yeah I get it: Christmas is about more than materialism. But then, if presents and decorations truly don’t matter, the Grinch should’ve been able to dump his sled of stolen goods off a cliff. Lets see the Whos sing their way through that! en-US Critics Rant info@criticsrant.com Subtext Version 1.9.4.0 http://www.criticsrant.com/images/default_gravatar_bullhorn.png http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/21/DR.-SEUSS-HOW-THE-GRINCH-STOLE-CHRISTMAS.aspx 77 60 http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/21/DR.-SEUSS-HOW-THE-GRINCH-STOLE-CHRISTMAS.aspx#2277 WHAT A CLASSIC brokun1 http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/21/DR.-SEUSS-HOW-THE-GRINCH-STOLE-CHRISTMAS.aspx#2277 Thu, 22 Nov 2007 08:55:21 GMT http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/21/DR.-SEUSS-HOW-THE-GRINCH-STOLE-CHRISTMAS.aspx#2322 i enjoyed this really every year it's not christmas without watching the grinch that stole christmas we never miss it dorothy fugate http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/21/DR.-SEUSS-HOW-THE-GRINCH-STOLE-CHRISTMAS.aspx#2322 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 01:18:21 GMT http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/21/DR.-SEUSS-HOW-THE-GRINCH-STOLE-CHRISTMAS.aspx#2375 love it tinkluvspan http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/21/DR.-SEUSS-HOW-THE-GRINCH-STOLE-CHRISTMAS.aspx#2375 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:05:18 GMT