‘The Grinch’ Gets Animated About Trump By Spreading Dr. Seuss Kindness and Joy

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Seuss’ “The Grinch” was tailor-made for Chris Meledandri and his subversive Illumination Entertainment, where grumpy social misfits find a family or community to heal their isolation and loneliness.

And what better way to counter Trump than with the spreading of Seussian kindness and joy?For directors Scott Mosier and Yarrow Cheney (Illumination’s production designer), tackling the Grinch (voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch) began with deconstructing Theodor Geisel’s iconic drawings, creating a backstory, expanding the quaint town of Whoville, and making him relevant to our polarizing times.“We wanted to understand why the Grinch stole Christmas?,” Mosier said.

“What happened in his past that caused his isolation and loneliness gave him a deeper emotional arc for updating and modernizing this movie.

His feeling about the Whos and who they are starts to define him.

And he has this very specific idea about the town, but suddenly he meets Cindy

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