cks you designed to be ~exotic~ or whatever, and those rabid jerks at Disney can only grit their teeth now!
So I just saw Dr. Seuss The Cat in the Hat for the first time... · 8:38pm Jan 12th, 2015
The short, not the god-awful live action abomination. Thoughts below.
And I'm sorry to all my American readers, but it was just... boring. Total freaking snooze-fest. 
Two kids are having a boring, rainy day, and this talking cat just storms in...
And sings boring songs and speaks nonsense words at them for twenty minutes. That's it.
I'm going to be honest; I expected much, much more from such a legendary character I've seen so many references too and jokes about. 
I'm going to chalk it up to the story/short simply either not having aged well, or that the humor simply isn't translating for me... but I must admit I'm disappointed.
I can't say I care enough to go look up which came first, but if any of you are curious about Dr. Sues I'd recommend this one instead:
A timeless message, a two sided argument, and one of the better character arcs I've seen in a short, all mixed with an original world and far better use of surrealism. Oh, and it doesn't cheat nearly as much with it's rhyming.
So if you feel like giving Dr. Sues a try, go for The Lorax, and leave the boring cat out in the rain.
Hope that fresh perspective on a USA classic from a Swede's perspective amused and/or infuriated a few of you, at least.
Speaking of that, anybody here that wants me to continue this? I've only seen these two of the Sues shorts + the live-action Grinch movie, so I could go on if there's interest.
I recommend seeing The Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss if you've never heard of it before. It's probably the most depressing thing I've seen from him, because it was made as a metaphor for the Cold War.
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Huh, that thing.
It was the oddest thing, but (Swedish) Cartoon Network used to show trailers using bits of that short cut up, but to my knowledge never actually broadcast the thing as far as I ever saw...
Probably why right there, though. Still, must admit you've made me curious.
Yeah, the cat was a bit of a dick. Cool hat, though
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It's more a matter of it hasn't aged well. Seuss in general tends to be this way. But unique that you hadn't seen it before now.
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Perhaps I'm reaching, but I think at least part of the draw for Amarican watcher might have been the slight surealism not being very common for the time...
Except I grew up on stuff like this:
And loads and loads more similar stuff, but those I didn't find any good English subs or dubs of.
It's probably something cultural, but here in Sweden near all children's tales tends to be rather surreal and 'fairy-tale like' for lack of a better word. I know it sounds paradoxical, but a magical cat appearing from nowhere and causing shenanigans is just near... bare bones by that standard.
And a cat wearing a hat... we kinda already have at that.
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Meet Felix, one of the most beloved children's characters here in Sweden since 1984.
And... he's a talking cat. In a hat (and matching pants, even!). That gets into strange adventures with his owner, Petsson.
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Who everybody else think is mad but harmless, because Felix (and his hens, who can also talk) always stays quiet when Petsson have guests over. They're all shy, you see.
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I know Felix isn't nearly as old as Dr. Sues character, but... I just have to be honest, what few parts about him that were interesting it just felt as if I'd seen all before, just minus all the charm.
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I mean, just look at that crazy level of detail! Heck, I used to sit with those books for hours, and just hunt around for the little goblins that never got any explanation.
That got a bit long, but a bit of background what I'm comparing the short with, at least.
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It very well could be.
American animation varied a great deal. To both style, approach, and even what was aimed at the kids. However, i think it was just the nature of it being a very direct adaptation, and coupled with the creation of those over-reactive parents going to any means to keep kids super safe. Not that they did, mind you. Just the opposite. But animation sorta suffered during this time for it, and 'political correctness' that was a hot button to get in.