Is "Astro Boy" Marxist?
That's what Jason Newman at Moviefone (of all places) sees in the upcoming film, an adaptation of the '60s anime series that was the first to be broadcast outside of Japan. A mere 57 years after "Astro Boy" first burst onto the world, a CGI version will hit theaters next Friday, aiming to entertain families while apparently, er, encouraging discourse of class structure. From Newman: While it's no secret that Hollywood films tend to skew left in general, 'Astro Boy' may be the first animated blockbuster to discuss, if not necessarily endorse, explicit Marxist ideologies (albeit in cute robot form, of course.) In the movie, the aforementioned outcasts, led by Robotsky, form the Robot Revolutionary Front, stenciling their logo on city walls and chanting "Viva La Robotolution" at anyone within earshot. He also cites the fact that the walls of robot central have posters of Lenin and Trotsky hanging: "On...
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