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1 4C Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Tuesday, April 12, 1977 'Raggedy Ann Andy' pretty and tuneful, but In Review Raggedy Ann who toadied to the upper classes? Or a smarty-pants Raggedy Andy who rejected his owner? No and that's what's unbearable about this film. thing more splendid, such as a bride doll or an action figure, and then, when the childish going gets tough, take the doll back to heart and bed. Would you get this reaction to a 0PEN DAILY 9 TO 9, SUN. 9-6 1 VER IIULST BROS. 1271 RIDGE RD.W.

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The Raggedy Andy of this film protests idignantly against being owned by a girl. "Forget it, sweetie," is just one of the lines he sings to exhibit his disgust. The film's Raggedy Ann simpers up to the newest, most expensive doll in the nursery, with the obsequious observation that "Golly, this is too good to be true, a little rag dolly plain as me, has a friend as lovely as you." THE TRUE DRAMA of Raggedy Ann and Andy is that a child who owns one will drag it around everywhere by the foot, then covet some some literally formless, which is visually confusing to very small children. It takes those Johnny Gruelle Raggedy Ann book plots, which are mighty mild in the adventure department, and gives them a slight shove in the direction of the Saturday morning television theme. It's not the sort of thing that has the child asking questions afterwards about why people do what they do, but it's perfectly adequate.

And if dolls are made exactly so that children can use them to make up their own stories, certainly that liberty ought to be allowed to adult screenwriters. But if children did not know and care about character, Raggedy Ann and Andy, two homely, simple, old-fashioned dolls, would not have survived the modern toy competition. New fancy and ingenious dolls appear on the market every Christmas, and every Christmas, thousands upon thousands of Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls over two million since 1919 By JUDITH MARTIN The Washington Post You probably have to be dotty to be bothered that a cartoon movie about two rag dolls isn't faithful to the original. And you'd also have to think carefully the original what? Well, in this case, the original rag dolls. "Raggedy Ann Andy," an animated musical film, fulfills what most adults seem to expect from entertainment suitable for a family outing or for parking children while adults do errands.

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