MOVIE REVIEW
“Escape from Tomorrow”
by Doug Young
Whistle WhileYou Watch
“Escape from Tomorrow”
Starring Roy Abramsohn, Elena Schuber, Katelynn
Rodriguez; directed by Randy Moore
This week’s column is written to the Disney songs “A
Spoonful of Sugar” from Mary Poppins and “It’s a Small
World” from the Disneyland ride, both written by Richard M.
Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, with apologies to them
and Disney.
A SPOONFUL OF HOKUM
In every film that must be spun
There is an element of stun
You find the stun and snap!
The film’s real lame
And every film you might partake
Becomes a piece of cake
A lark! A spree!
It’s very clear to me
That a…
Spoonful of hokum helps the silly plot go down
The silly plot go down-wown
The silly plot go down
Just a spoonful of hokum helps the silly plot go down
In a most regretful way
A father at Disney’s park fest
Becomes an endurance test
While losing all his
Wits and mind and kids
Though quite intent in his pursuit
Of young girls derrieres to boot
He knows the slog
Will drag this mess along
For a…
Spoonful of nasty helps this crazy thing go down
This crazy thing go down-wown
This crazy thing go down
Just a spoonful of nasty helps this crazy thing go down
In a most unpleasant way
[Interlude]
The story sees him retch and bicker
With his lovelies as they roam
Never tire of ever buzzing to and fro
Because they throw a little fit
For every dull ride that they skip
And hence (And hence),
We find (We find)
This film is a real grind
Ah-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h ah!
A spoonful of nutty helps the goofiness go down
The goofiness go down-wown
The goofiness go down
Just a spoonful of nutty helps the goofiness go down
In a most displeasing way
IT’S A SMALL FILM
It’s a film of weirdness, a film of jeers
It’s a film of dopes and a film of sneers
There’s very little that’s there so we do not care
It’s a small film after all
It’s a small film after all
It’s a thin film after all
It’s a trite film after all
It’s a slight, slight film
It’s a film at Disney, them unawares
It’s a place of demons, a place of fears
There’s so much blandness that it’s barely even there
It’s a small film after all
It’s a small film after all
Not a Lynch film after all
It’s a weak film after all
It’s a small, small film
It’s a flat film after all
It’s a dull film after all
It’s a null film after all
It’s a null film after all