WORTHLESS PONDERING: You will notice that no live-action movie adaptation of The Cat in the Hat was made while Dr. Seuss was alive. Why would this be? Could it be that Dr. Seuss realized that a 90-minute live-action movie would necessarily lack the two elements -- his wonderful illustrations and his whimsical poetry -- that made The Cat in the Hat great? Could it be that Dr. Seuss realized that such a movie would not be The Cat in the Hat at all, but an artistically unjustifiable, shameless grab for cash?

I wish Dr. Seuss' heirs had realized the same thing.

+posted by Lawrence @ 12/02/2003 11:29:00 PM