Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Comparing Ron Howards How the Grinch Stole Christmas to Dr. Seuss Gri

Comparing Ron Howards How the Grinch Stole Christmas to Dr. Seuss GrinchWhether or not you consider Ron Howards version of Dr Seusss classic How The Grinch Stole Christmas comical, yet disgraceful, theres no ignoring the little green monsters reign all over the box office. The movie, How the Grinch Stole Christmas have Jim Carrey, was released in November of cc0, reaching a gross high of over $200 million in the U.S alone (The Numbers). However, I feel that this version has over exaggerated the original story, and I will back this up by showing many examples of how Dr. Seusss classic turned into a marketing, privilege frenzy.Dr. Seusss original fable is a simple story told with a keen moral that criticizes the commercialization of Christmas. The original story features an Ebenezer Scrooge type wildcat that lives up the mountains outside Whoville. The Grinch indulges himself in the annual ritual of spoiling everyones festivities with a series of nasty pranks. This particular year however he plans to counteract the holiday season by dressing as Santa Claus, clim...

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