Bobar 4 pres

Since there seems to be something of a Photoshop/political lampooning funfest happening at TPW I thought I'd get in on the fun.

While researching Babar for this cartoon, I found layers of meaning way beyond the obvious elephant-in-the-LP connection. A WP contributor writes of the Babar stories that "Underneath they could be seen as a justification for colonialism, with the benefits of French civilisation being visited on the rustic African elephant kingdom. Some writers ... have argued that, although superficially delightful, the stories are politically and morally offensive."

Thanks to Morey Straus for the idea!

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