Messages in Cat In The Hat that people fail to notice.


As i considered writing this i realised that this blog is a musical blog, and that this may not be 100% relevant to what i was asked to write about but cat in the hat is technically a musical, so there you have it, it counts.


Message 1
Everyone drives the same car, same house, no poverty, sound familiar? The cat in the hat society is obviously an idealist communist society. I'll expand, in the first scene in the movie we see a rough plan of the town, Anvill, and in this scene we see between 7-15 cars, all the same. Green and Yellow ford focuses. And then we notice everyone in the street, all dressed for work, all dressed well, this implies that Anvill is indeed a communist society, which if we're assuming the film is based in America, would mean that every single person in the town would be considered an outcast, as communists are dismissed by people in America due to the capitalist views of the government. Now you may not think that is a big deal, which leads me to my next point.....


Message 2
If you look closely throughout the film, most notably at the extras you may find something disturbing. There's no black or Asian people, with the exception of the lazy babysitter Mrs Kwann, which gives Taiwanese babysitters a bad name. You might put this down to a bad casting team, but if your going to take my last point seriously, you may think that the Anvill society is battling for a perfect society, which means no people who would regularly be considered a minority in western society.


Message 3
Ever considered the Cat may be homosexual? Hear me out, the first time we see the cat he is hiding in the closet, and then jumps out. I may be looking into things too much but after this we see that he has two "things" that live in a box that he hides in his hat and the two things both do whatever he wants them to. In no way do i think that this is a bad thing as i am very supportive of homosexuals having the same marriage rights as everyone else, but it was something to be considered.


Message 4
It's okay to put innuendos in a film, just as long as the person justifies it. The cat in the hat is a very childish film but is it really necessary for the script writers to put so many sexual jokes in it? The most noticeable is when the cat and the two main characters are in a garden and the cat stands on a garden ho, he then calls it a dirty hoe and then throws it away, but then apologises and goes forward as to kiss it. In the first verse of The Cat's first song, he sings about a cat who never listened to his mother and was finally taken to a vet and neutered. He sings the line as "...and they cut off all his ba... ba... ba..." and cuts off by saying "Boy!".


I got the inspiration to write this as I was watching The Cat In The Hat with my two dogs and basically shouted eureka and scared the life out of both of them. I just want to point out that despite bad reviews, the Cat In The Hat is absolutely delightful and I encourage you to watch it. Oh plus please please please give me feedback, would be appreciated, on Facebook or Twitter.


Thanks for listening
Dan :)