Feed the Birds (but
Proceed with Caution)
by Alex Andy Phuong
To Kill a Mockingbird has
made a lasting impact on the literary world ever
since its initial publication in 1960.
Within the Oscar-winning film adaptation released
in 1962, Atticus Finch warned Scout about not
killing mockingbirds. One has to wonder,
though, should Scout have taken her father's
advice?
Let's see...
Alfred Hitchcock released a
film entitled The Birds in 1963 in which
psychotic birds killed people because Tippi
Hedren was a blonde woman oftentimes blamed for
the terror that is central to the film's plot
based on a short story by Daphne du Maurier.
And then the following year...
Walt Disney cast Jane
Darwell as a "bird woman" while Julie
Andrews sang a somber lullaby entitled "Feed
the Birds" in a Mary Poppins film
adaptation that appalled its author, P.L. Travers.
"Feed the Birds"...if
you dare!
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