A spinoff of the acclaimed series Thomas and Friends, Thomas the Tank Engine: The Movie, directed by Steven Spielberg was widely regarded as an artistic and cinematic triumph. While the television series itself took the adventures of Thomas and his steam engine friends with a light-hearted and cheerful tone, the movie took a completely different attitude, becoming a sophisticated political allegory about the dangers of Indians and the inevitabilty of an oppressive and dictatorial government to fill the power void that a Surajist revolution inevitably creates. This controversial re-imagining caught the world by storm, and adult fans of the series were strongly divided about the ideals of the film. The film uses "Thomasism" as a stand-in for Communism, and certain characters are used as alle
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| - A spinoff of the acclaimed series Thomas and Friends, Thomas the Tank Engine: The Movie, directed by Steven Spielberg was widely regarded as an artistic and cinematic triumph. While the television series itself took the adventures of Thomas and his steam engine friends with a light-hearted and cheerful tone, the movie took a completely different attitude, becoming a sophisticated political allegory about the dangers of Indians and the inevitabilty of an oppressive and dictatorial government to fill the power void that a Surajist revolution inevitably creates. This controversial re-imagining caught the world by storm, and adult fans of the series were strongly divided about the ideals of the film. The film uses "Thomasism" as a stand-in for Communism, and certain characters are used as alle
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| - A spinoff of the acclaimed series Thomas and Friends, Thomas the Tank Engine: The Movie, directed by Steven Spielberg was widely regarded as an artistic and cinematic triumph. While the television series itself took the adventures of Thomas and his steam engine friends with a light-hearted and cheerful tone, the movie took a completely different attitude, becoming a sophisticated political allegory about the dangers of Indians and the inevitabilty of an oppressive and dictatorial government to fill the power void that a Surajist revolution inevitably creates. This controversial re-imagining caught the world by storm, and adult fans of the series were strongly divided about the ideals of the film. The film uses "Thomasism" as a stand-in for Communism, and certain characters are used as allegories to communicate certain concepts.
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