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Written by Emily on January 28, 2011 – 3:20 pm -Hardly a day goes by that I’m not asked, “Emily, tell me more about your obsession with the movie Pete’s Dragon.” (That’s because my dog knows I like to tell the story. She loves me.) But today, in tribute and remembrance of Charlie Callas, the best non-talking-yet-I-kind-of-know-what-you’re-trying-to-convey-through-your-sleep-apnea voices to have ever been recorded in the history of cinema, I share this story with you…my imaginary friends. I’ve never really liked Disney anything. I didn’t even like cartoons, truth be told. I had a Gem and the Holograms thing for a few months and went through a short Smurfs phase, but I pretty much jumped right into sitcoms and pirated-interference-ridden Spice Channel porns by the age of 7. I like to think it’s because I was on a higher plane than other children. Or a hormonal imbalance. But long before that, Disney made one of the worst creative decisions since Song Of The South. Pete’s Dragon. Although, I’m now realizing I liked Song Of The South, too. Fascinating. I need to process this…grab a knapsack & hobo into the freight of my thought train, if you'd like. Both have live action mixed with animation. As I’ve already noted, I wasn’t a fan of cartoons, but being the compromising, flexible person I naturally am, I was apparently comfortable proceeding with each film's 50% non-practical life applications. Both had songs. If I was Christina Aguilera, you would already know from my A&E Biography how into singing and music I was coming out of the womb. ESPECIALLY bland heart-stroking songs about hope for tomorrow and black people. Both had rascally influential friends. Most people identify with the protagonist in movies; not me. In my mind, I have and will always only ever be the “funny friend.” Most importantly, both movies were something my father and I shared. My dad used to read to me from this very big yellow Uncle Remus book, with its smelly old pages and slightly torn jacket.

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