“The March of the Penguins”

You may well have seen this. It’s about the breeding habits of Emperor Penguins. They go to some freezing isolated hell hole in Antarctica, shag, lay eggs, and then the parents take turns trekking for ages back to the sea to eat food they can then regurgitate to feed their chick. It’s got a slightly intrusive narration by Morgan Freeman, but apparently the original French version had cutesy overdubbed pretend dialogue between the penguins so be thankful for small mercies. I understand that in the USA this film has become part of the culture war because of its alleged portrayal of happy family units working together, but it is worth remembering that they are just fucking penguins and not people. Penguins are teh cute, though, and you can see why the King of Norway wants to make one the commander in chief of his army. Wait - have I already mentioned the King of Norway and the Penguins? Maybe that means I have already mentioned this film. Maybe my short term memory is gone and I've just been cycling through the same three posts ever since this blog started.