Tricamo-Palmer-Horton

Horton hears a Who is a a kids movie but it full of political and social commentary. The main political messages come from the conflict between Horton and the kangaroo, and The who and the rest of his town. The conflicts here are the same for Horton and the Who. They believe one another exist, while everyone else thinks that they are crazy for thinking this. In response, the other people try to stop them from telling people about each other. This is good social commentary, showing how new ideas have often been dismissed and punished, even if they ended up being true.

The political implications became clear to me when I saw what years the movie came out. It seems it was released during the 2008 presidential election. I believe the political message of the movie was the same message that liberals have been trying to throw at young people for a while now. That is, "You can change the world if you stick to your beliefs" or something like that. It was a movie celebrating new ideas and change, which are what the democratic used as the selling point for Barack Obama in his campaign.

I think that the movie has a pretty heavy handed in trying to get its message across, but I guess it was for kids, who might not get it immediately.