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Title: What have they done to my Pooh?
Review: Thanks to a series of successful books and videos, Winnie the Pooh and his playmates in the 100 Acre Wood have become some of the best-loved characters in children's entertainment. "Pooh Unplugged," by Karen Finley, is a merciless satire of these characters and their world. Pooh and company walking around with graphically portrayed penile erections, wearing bondage gear, and making sexual advances towards each other--this is typical of Finley's work in this book.I have to admit, I found a few of the drawings briefly amusing. But on the whole, I found "Pooh Unplugged" to be a cheesy and crude undertaking. Finley's "satire" is, in my opinion, simplistic and uninspired.I should note that I do defend Finley's right as an artist to make a parody of anything she wants to mock. But I don't see much of a point to this weak effort, whose main goal seems to be to merely shock.
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