A Night at the Movies…

So there are about 3 or 4 Togolese Children who now think that penguins talk, sing, and tap dance. And that’s not to say that they knew what a penguin was beforehand because I had to look up the French word of the animal for them. I can’t wait for them to get to college and be on the wrong end of a conversation about the capabilities of penguins. Yes, I did screen a legally copied (for my personal records) version of Happy Feet for some of my students. And yes it was the first actual film that they have ever seen. They were captivated. Not that they could understand anything that was being said or sung, let alone the nuances of the family relationship and the Elvis archetype of a father. But they loved it, and I feel that my nights will soon be taken up with playing reruns of the few films (again, legally copied and not reproduced or sold) that I have with me.