Okay, so it may not be a daily thing here, but nevermind …

Cheers to The Telegram up in cool and beautiful St. John’s, Canada, for some well-deserved Jeers to Fran Eaton and the Illinois Review …

Jeers: to monsters under the bed. Or in the bed. Or somewhere in the same house. The Illinois Review (Crossroads of the Conservative Community) is warning parents that there may be a hidden agenda in the new movie “Shrek the Third.” “Shrek’s not the problem,” the review says. “It’s the awkward inclusion of a transvestite and the uselessness of the character himself (herself?) in the story that is troubling. Right in the midst of a warm ‘traditional family’ setting, the film writers place a man dressed as a woman in with Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Snow White (the good gals). The crossdressing character simply doesn’t make sense, except as a ploy to desensitize children and parents to transgenders. … It’s the subtlety of the movie makers’ agenda to desensitize that could be more harmful to your children than encouraging them to eat sugary cereals in the morning.” The character, Doris the Ugly Stepsister, is voiced by Larry King, a host on rightwing TV station CNN. Oh, the irony.

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Tip of the bonnet to Autumn