Dr dolittle the book5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() Then there are some plot machinations in which a whale pushes the island they’re on for some reason, and anyway, they eventually, miraculously happen upon the Great Pink Sea Snail! It has a cold so Dr. ![]() They share a laugh as I am sure white audiences at the time did as well. ![]() They are captured by locals upon their landing, and they assume the tribe to be savages, only to discover that they have been Anglicized–the tribe leader is even named William Shakespeare. The team arrives and their ship is destroyed in the process. At this point, I turn my phone off airplane mode because I don’t know how else I will make it through the final hour without a second screen. Obviously, Dolittle escapes in the very next scene (why should any stakes be felt longer than two minutes?), and he and his troupe set sail for a Sea-Star Island off the western coast of Africa, which they choose entirely at random. At this point, it is intermission and there are still 63 minutes to go. ![]() During the trial, Dolittle is forced to reveal that he speaks to animals and was releasing a circus seal, so he is acquitted of the murder and committed to an insane asylum instead. ![]()
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