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Discuss “Penguins, not politics: Happy Feet has no liberal agenda”

The Warner Brothers movie Happy Feet is nominated for Best Animated Feature Film at the upcoming Academy Awards. And with the high quality of the film’s animation and its star-packed cast, Happy Feet just might win. It was pretty much a win since it first debuted in theaters.

After its second week at box offices around the world, Happy Feet grossed approximately $100 million in the United States, alone.

From the movie posters that show penguins romping through an Antarctic wonderland, moviegoers might expect a light-hearted animated children’s movie. However, a backlash from media pundits like Fox News’ Neil Cavuto and CNN’s Glenn Beck depict a different picture.

Cavuto and Beck both called the movie an animated An Inconvenient...

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