Review of The Calico Dragon

. . . enjoying what appear to be her harmless stuffed pets in the safety of her own bed. Since the contemporary audience for this animated short croaked long ago, their expectations for and reactions to THE CALICO DRAGON are now just so much Dust in the Wind. But what are We--Today's viewers--put in mind of by a fierce three-headed dragon arising from the bedspread folds covering this slumbering lassie's defenseless form? When WE were her age, was Our American President bragging that he could grab the genitalia of ANY female within his reach simply because this was every Billionaire's Birthright? Did WE have to worry when OUR sisters, daughters, classmates, and cousins approached Puberty that they would have NO access to Planned Parenthood's smorgasbord of services, and instead be subjected to Forced Birthing as a result of Rape and Incest, no matter how young they were? As Our Youthful Selves snuggled in our childhood beds, did frets over rampant fracking earthquakes, imminent extinctions for America's favorite animals due to Endangered Species Law Violations, the sell-off of all public lands to Big Polluters, accompanied by the elimination of all laws providing clean air and water trouble our sleep? Most kids--then and now--would vote to go to bed under the watch of a Three-Headed Dragon rather then trying to nod off in Today's Kingdom of Deplorable Rumps.