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I believe this is why my grade 2 class in Montreal was shown this famous Quebec movie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dog_Who_Stopped_the_War https://en.wikip

by izend 3y ago

I believe this is why my grade 2 class in Montreal was shown this famous Quebec movie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dog_Who_Stopped_the_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dog_Who_Stopped_the_War where the movie ends with a child dying in the collapsed snow fort.

neilv 3y ago
US schoolchildren were shown Disney's film "Follow Me, Boys", which seems to be about a wholesome youth group, who build a dangerously unsound clubhouse... then arm themselves, to fight off government aggression. (This formative message could explain a lot. I prefer Quebec's snow safety message.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4dHmLu07HY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4dHmLu07HY
- klyrs 3y ago
  When and where? I grew up in the US and never saw that.
  - neilv 3y ago
    That YouTube clip is from 1990 broadcast TV in a major northern coastal city market (Portland, OR). Around that time was also the Disney Channel, which many parents of young children would get for their cable TV package, for presumed kid-safe shows, and which showed many old Disney movies, including this one. Of course not everyone has seen it, but a lot have, maybe especially in households that prioritized exposure to "family-friendly" TV/movies.
    - IG_Semmelweiss 3y ago
      I have not heard of this. Ive also not heard a reference to Portland as major northern city. As soon as I read that I assumed US NE coast. Why not western ? Also when you said "us schoolchildren were shown" you are directly implying this movie was (mandatory) shown in schools which based on your reply, is not what happened. 'US children' and network TV would have sufficed for your point. Honestly your writeup feels purposefully dramatic.
      - neilv 3y ago
        I think I should've stopped commenting after the first note about safety.
    - klyrs 3y ago
      Ah, okay. When you said "schoolchildren" I interpreted that to mean that the movie was being shown in schools.
- teekert 3y ago
  Here in the Netherlands, at my school, we had to watch “Die Welle” (German title, English: “The Wave”) [0]. Where a whole school learns how easy it can be to start following Hitler 2.0 en masse. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wave_(1981_film) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wave_(1981_film)
  - mensetmanusman 3y ago
    We watched that in the US as well, great movie!
  - jacquesm 3y ago
    Unfortunately not enough people understood that movie.
  - bjornlouser 3y ago
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qlBC45jk3I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qlBC45jk3I
Aeolun 3y ago
The synopsis on wikipedia seems to say the dog dies? Which given the name “The Dog Who Stopped the War” seems likely?
- antx 3y ago
  No child dies in the movie: > Marc's dog Cléo comes after her owner, and one of the fortress walls collapses, killing her. The war ends, as both sides help bury her.

by izend 3y ago

neilv 3y ago

US schoolchildren were shown Disney's film "Follow Me, Boys", which seems to be about a wholesome youth group, who build a dangerously unsound clubhouse... then arm themselves, to fight off government aggression. (This formative message could explain a lot. I prefer Quebec's snow safety message.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4dHmLu07HY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4dHmLu07HY

klyrs 3y ago
When and where? I grew up in the US and never saw that.
- neilv 3y ago
  That YouTube clip is from 1990 broadcast TV in a major northern coastal city market (Portland, OR). Around that time was also the Disney Channel, which many parents of young children would get for their cable TV package, for presumed kid-safe shows, and which showed many old Disney movies, including this one. Of course not everyone has seen it, but a lot have, maybe especially in households that prioritized exposure to "family-friendly" TV/movies.
  - IG_Semmelweiss 3y ago
    I have not heard of this. Ive also not heard a reference to Portland as major northern city. As soon as I read that I assumed US NE coast. Why not western ? Also when you said "us schoolchildren were shown" you are directly implying this movie was (mandatory) shown in schools which based on your reply, is not what happened. 'US children' and network TV would have sufficed for your point. Honestly your writeup feels purposefully dramatic.
    - neilv 3y ago
      I think I should've stopped commenting after the first note about safety.
  - klyrs 3y ago
    Ah, okay. When you said "schoolchildren" I interpreted that to mean that the movie was being shown in schools.
teekert 3y ago
Here in the Netherlands, at my school, we had to watch “Die Welle” (German title, English: “The Wave”) [0]. Where a whole school learns how easy it can be to start following Hitler 2.0 en masse. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wave_(1981_film) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wave_(1981_film)
- mensetmanusman 3y ago
  We watched that in the US as well, great movie!
- jacquesm 3y ago
  Unfortunately not enough people understood that movie.
- bjornlouser 3y ago
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qlBC45jk3I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qlBC45jk3I

Aeolun 3y ago

The synopsis on wikipedia seems to say the dog dies? Which given the name “The Dog Who Stopped the War” seems likely?

antx 3y ago
No child dies in the movie: > Marc's dog Cléo comes after her owner, and one of the fortress walls collapses, killing her. The war ends, as both sides help bury her.