Jungle Rumble – Perform Productions Fortune Theatre
The political message in this 45 minute show for under 7s is laid on thickly. Beware of crude indoctrination masquerading as educative entertainment. Yes of course we need to save endangered animals and to conserve the jungle but absurd, outdated stereotyping of the sort of people who once killed animals for taxidermy is hardly likely to get the message over to young children.
Moreover, there are zoological and biological solecisms. Snow the White Lion is eventually rescued. If she really is the last of her species how did she come to be pregnant?
I winced at the rhyming of Guatamala with koala too. Sorry, folks. But koalas live in Australia.
All this is a pity because the songs are jolly and varied in style from Calyspo to
