![]() ![]() “The Lorax” contains both manifest and latent messages that are portrayed to the movie’s primarily child audience, who may be unaware of what Seuss was trying to express in his original book by the glitz, glam, and musicals of the movie. Manifest functions are defined as, “the overt or intended purpose of an action”, while latent functions are defined as, “the implicit or unintended purpose of an action” (816). Merton, a modern American sociologist, coined the terms manifest functions and latent functions. After digging around a little bit through The New York Times, an article popped up on my screen, “How the Grinch Stole the Lorax”, which evaluates and criticizes the new movie. ![]() Keeping this in mind, I wondered if any other viewers felt the same. Seuss’ The Lorax.” While watching the movie, I couldn’t help but notice there was a lot more behind the movie’s message than what was outright displayed and parts of the movie seemed completely “un-Seuss-like”. ![]() Over the weekend I decided to go see Universal Pictures’ new movie, “Dr. ![]()
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