Mary Owen, the daughter of Hollywood star Donna Reed, reflects on the legacy of the iconic holiday classic film and how the actress stayed connected to our American troops during WWII.
Those who remember the past are condemned to remake it in some silly, woke fashion. No, that’s not the original George Santayana quote. It’s the Hollywood update as directors embrace the great wokening by redoing three movie classics and deliberately making them worse.
"Blackish" creator Kenya Barris is planning on redoing "The Wizard of Oz" and "It’s a Wonderful Life." Not to be outdone, "Bend It Like Beckham" director Gurinder Chadha is doing the same to the Charles Dickens great "A Christmas Carol."
Chadha told the British Parliament that she is spinning the story so she can push her political agenda. "My Scrooge is an Indian Tory who hates refugees," she said. One assumes the reformed Scrooge will support open borders. He might as well get a job in the Biden administration.
The Tin Man (Jack Haley), Dorothy (Judy Garland) and the Scarecrow (Ray Bolger) set off on their quest for fulfillment in the children's classic "The Wizard of Oz," directed by Victor Fleming for MGM, 1939. (FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
And Barris has already re-raced "Cheaper by the Dozen." So, his schtick is simply to take classic movies done by more-talented creators and redo them. He’ll probably redo "The Sound of Music" at some point. (I shouldn’t give him any ideas.)
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Remaking classic characters either by race or gender or sometimes both has become so common in Tinsel Town that it’s almost a cliche. "South Park" made great sport of the concept when it race and........