Even worse, we’re happy to hand over our wills, our principles and our dignity in order to have a share in the dream. We’re happy to trade our brains, our wallets, our common sense and our better judgment in order to invest in the dream. We are so desperate for happiness that we unconsciously collude with that preacher or politician or community leader who is too good to be true.
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We are desperate to believe in the artificial Nirvanas we have created. What is curious and scary about the toys in Toy Story 3, (and about us and our American religion) is how much we long to believe the fiction. If this were just a case of power-hungry tyrants subjugating an unwilling crowd it would be lamentable, but unremarkable. Meanwhile, behind they scenes, they and their mediocre cronies are cunning manipulators, religious entrepreneurs– driven by the need to fill their churches in order to meet the budget– and to do this they have to beat the other guy. We allow ourselves to be led by charming, shallow preachers who also have sun tans and perfect smiles and big hair (and that’s just the men) They soothe us with a blend of inspirational clap trap, self help platitudes and they welcome us, like Lotso into a wonderful congregation, school or religious community that will be all sweetness and love and light. We want Coca Cola Christianity–sweet, fizzy, and if you drink enough it rots your teeth. This plaster and plastic surface worldalso seems to be what most people want in their religion. We think it’s great to have fantasy bodies perked up with boob jobs and Botox and cosmetic dentistry and fake tans and fake just about everything. We have fantasy restaurant experiences, fantasy suburbs with fake English place names like “Worcester Woods” filled with fantasy homes populated with fantasy families with chemically controlled 2.5 children with Ken and Barbie for their Daddy and Mommy. Why are we such suckers for artificial, superficial ‘happiness’? There seems to be a kind of national naivete–as if our whole purpose in life is to create a squeaky clean fantasy world for ourselves. It’s a prison of the worst kind–a prison where everyone has to be happy all the time.Īfter returning to my American homeland after a twenty-five year sojourn in England, I have come to see parts of America as Sunnyside writ large. The toys are locked up at night ‘for their own security.’ So Sunnyside turns out to have a dark side. He and his mediocre cronies rule the place for their own benefit. He’s Lots o’ Huggin’ on the outside, but Lots o’ Thuggery behind the scenes. At Sunnyside they will have never ending stream of children to play with them every day.īefore long the dream turns into a nightmare.The children turn out to be violent brats. No more children growing up and packing them into the attic or out for a garage sale.
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He bellows out in his jovial voice, “Welcome to Sunnyside!” Lotso explains that they will be happy there all the rest of their days.
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It is crammed full of other happy toys, and best of all– every day this happy home for toys will be full of children to play with them.Ī toy dump truck pulls up and Andy’s toys are welcomed by a big, pink teddy bear with a Colonel Sanders voice named Lots o’ Huggin’ or Lotso for short. The day care center is a brightly painted wonderland of fun for children. Then, Mom makes a mistake and Woody, Buzz and the rest of the gang are packed off to a kiddie daycare center called ‘Sunnyside.’ Remember– the toys live to be played with and loved by a child, so when they tumble out of the box at Sunnyside everything seems too good to be true. His room is being tidied and his toys are about to be boxed up and stored in the attic.
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In Toy Story 3 the boy Andy is ready to go off to college.