A FLINTSTONES CHRISTMAS CAROL (1994) – Balladeer’s Blog’s 14th Annual Christmas Carol-A-Thon continues with a review of this 69-minute version featuring the story tailored to fit the characters from The Flintstones.
Bedrock is presenting their community theater version of A Christmas Carol (Don’t waste time contemplating how a B.C. production of that tale exists, just accept it along with the cars, tvs and other fun nonsense from the cartoon series). Fred Flintstone has won the role of Scrooge, and in his usual blustering way he has let the role go to his head.
Not only does Fred become unbearably snobbish toward the players with “lesser” roles but he grows impatient and short-tempered with everyone around him. In addition, Fred goes Method Actor on everybody, so thoroughly immersing himself in the role of Scrooge that he becomes a stingy figure in “real life” too. Continue reading
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