Santa
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pioneergrrrl — 9 years ago(December 26, 2016 09:49 AM)
The show is a fable to explain why segregation is bad. It looks gloomy and nasty to us because our world and cultural expectations of what is appropriate conduct HAVE altered so drastically since the 1960's.
The misfit toys and Rudolph are children with disabilities. Rudolph is sent home from Reindeer school after his disability is discovered. He cannot participate anymore even though he had the best take off.
When they are on the island of misfit toys, it is bleaklike an institution. King moonracer says he brings the toys to the island. He does not say how the toys get off once they are brought. The toys tone of voice in their song make it clear that they actually do not want to be there. They are unhappy and desperately want to leave.
They also have disabilities (elephant with spots, train with square wheels, water pistol shooting jelly, bird which cannot fly, dolly which is not happy).
It looks odd to us in an era when we have Special Education in the local neighborhood school, we are not taken away from our families just because we have disabilities, we can attend college.etc -
stevenackerman69 — 9 years ago(December 02, 2016 05:45 PM)
The idea was that they didn't accept the misfits at first, but after hearing their story when they returned, they realized they had been wrong. As for King Moonracer, he was being honest about why they couldn't stay on the Island.
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rosemei — 9 years ago(December 04, 2016 09:25 AM)
He said that a misfit living being can't hide himself away from the world the way a misfit toy did.
Although I wonder why he didn't try to contact Santa sooner about finding homes for the toys. It seems some of them had been there for years. -
muchmeow — 9 years ago(December 22, 2016 07:51 AM)
That was my point. King Moonracer had no way to contact Santa about finding homes for the toys. Although he flew around the world everyday looking for misfit toys. He could have stopped by the north pole every now and then.
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sailorspysedna — 9 years ago(December 04, 2016 06:17 PM)
You missed the point of the special. If you hate it, then here's a thing: why did you watch it? Why listen to a song you hate?
Plus King Moonracer, (the Lion King) wasn't nasty, he was actually a pretty good character. -
pioneergrrrl — 9 years ago(December 26, 2016 05:03 PM)
King Moonracer isn't 'evil' but the Toys brought to the island actually belong with boys and girlslike all other toys (inclusion).;
the toys believe that they would feel better with a little kid. They feel bad because of the "isolation imposed from their difference" rather than the general difference itself.
Their society did not consider that there was a child who would want a pistol shooting jelly, a spotted elephantetc