Here we go again, folks. I should state for the record that yes, I know it’s not out yet. Yes, the quality might be good. No, I haven’t seen other adaptations Netflix made for their Netflix Jr line, but given recent controversies their history still precedes them. However, trailers are supposed to get you excited for a new production, even if only to show it to your kids. I’m judging the promotion and what’s already out there about what is coming in November. That’s what a trailer does.
The trailer in question is Dr. Seuss’s The Sneetches, an adaptation of one of the books from the 1961 children’s book The Sneetches And Other Stories. The book includes another story about a creature called The Zax, unrelated to the first story, but is still the length of a regular Dr. Seuss book together. We don’t know as of this writing if this special will be 30 minutes or a full-length story, but already there’s a padding issue. Then you watch the trailer and you find some adaptation errors, which could lead to worries that Netflix will treat it like so many other cartoon and anime adaptations in recent years. I wouldn’t put it past them.
I don’t have the information to say it’s “woke” or whatever. This isn’t some rage fest. It’s more that I have questions about unnecessary decisions already clearly made and concerns about what’s to come. Let’s see the trailer first.
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