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"The life-plus-seventy-years sentence imposed on Winnie the Pooh by Cher’s
ex-husband is finally over. Petitions for an early release went unheeded,
forcing the butt naked childhood icon to perform tricks for the heirs of its
creator’s estate until it was finally allowed to roam free — nearly 40 years
after the bear’s sentence should have been commuted.
Pooh’s freedom prompted questions about what he might do following his release,
the best of which was posed by comic artist Luke McGarry. McGarry suggested the
future would bring us a far less innocuous Pooh Bear in this extremely
prescient tweet:
https://twitter.com/lukeymcgarry/status/1478448236922748930
Less than a year later, the question posed by Christopher Robin had been
answered in the affirmative. A horror film utilizing characters from A.A.
Milne’s creations debuted. Entitled “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey,” the
horror film turns Pooh and Piglet into partners in slashy crime, presumably
much to the chagrin of the former rights holders. And definitely to the chagrin
of critics and audiences alike, who possibly wouldn’t have minded a more
transgressive Pooh Bear, but desired something far more clever and watchable
than this hustled-into-existence transformative work.
While we await the inevitable horror variation of Disney’s prime mover sometime
in the next couple of years, we’ll have to make do with Winnie-the-Murderer.
Well, some of us will. The film has been booted out of Hong Kong, but not
necessarily because it turns a comforting childhood icon into a kill-crazy
murderer."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
