Ahh, 1968! Was there ever a better year for kids movies?
Well, yes, of course there was, but for some reason all three of the movies in
our “When We Wuz Kids” series seem to come from that year. Was this accidental? Hah! Mike and I are
professionals! You think we don’t have some clever, over-arching scheme in
choosing three movies from the same year? You really think that? Really?
Well, of course you’re completely right.
It just sort of happened this way.
We were little kids around this time, so there you go. And this week, our choice is the
Oscar-winning musical “Oliver!”, a delightful song-filled romp through 1830’s
London with back-breaking poverty, the systematic maltreatment of orphans and
foundlings, devious men who turn children into criminals, thieves, murderers,
domestic abusers . . . you know, a family movie! Yes, this is a charming
musical based on Charles Dickens’ serialized children’s book. And by children’s book, I mean it was a
savage condemnation of England’s lack of child labor laws and the
criminalization of poverty. So, yeah, that just screams “family movie musical,”
doesn’t it? I really liked this movie when I was a kid; how does it hold up,
after years of aging and a brief career as a Dickens scholar? Tune in and hear
what we think!
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