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Article: Despite its cuteness, `Bambi' is serious stuff
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- July 15, 1988
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In the annals of the great heartbreaking moments in the movies,
the death of Bambi's mother ranks right up there with the chaining of
Dumbo's mother and the moment when E. T. seems certainly dead. These
are movie moments that provide a rite of passage for children of a
certain age: You send them in as kids, and they come out as sadder
and wiser preteenagers.
Seeing "Bambi" again the other day, I was reminded of the
strength of the movie's most famous scene. I was sitting one row
behind a 4-year-old who asked his mother, "Where's Bambi's mom?"
during that long, sad passage before Bambi's father comes along to
explain the facts of death. How do you answer a question like that?
For some ...