Does the New Lorax Speak for the Trees, or the SUVs?

The Takeaway

Even though “The Lorax” has yet to open to the public, it’s a movie that has ruffled a lot of feathers. Some claim it’s leftist eco-propaganda and others claiming that, with its 70-plus product tie-ins, it’s capitalistic garbage. Rafer Guzman, film critic for Newsday and co-host of the Takeaway’s Movie Date podcast, saw the film this week and is here to weigh in.
Dr. Charles Cohen is a Dr. Seuss enthusiast and scholar, and helped bring several of Dr. Seuss’s lost stories to the public last year in the collection “The Bippolo Seed and other Lost Stories,” which is still on The New York Times bestseller list.

Will you support The World today?

The story you just read is available for free because thousands of listeners and readers like you generously support our nonprofit newsroom. Every day, reporters and producers at The World are hard at work bringing you human-centered news from across the globe. But we can’t do it without you: We need your support to ensure we can continue this work for another year.

Make a gift today, and you’ll get us one step closer to our goal of raising $25,000 by June 14. We need your help now more than ever!