Agressively Stupid Question of the Week
Mark Feeney, in today's Boston Globe writes the following aside in his article about children's cinema:
(How much does the existence of Eddie Murphy's Donkey character in the series owe to the title quadruped in "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble"?)
Let's see. Donkey, in the Shrek movies, is a glib, annoying, wise-ass whose original owner tries to sell him for a few coins, and whose natural family is entirely absent. Sylvester, in Steig's book, is a kind and introverted fellow whose family clearly loves him and who spends most of the book as a rock.
I believe that the answer to Feeney's question is none at all, besides the idea that they both are donkeys.
I thought this is why newspapers had editors. But apparently the bar for acceptable editing is pretty damned low nowadays.
Labels: Shrek movies, Stupid reporting tricks, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
