The film adaptation of Raymond Brigg’s ‘The Snowman’ has caused a storm of protest. Set in Sussex in the southeast of England, the film’s hero, James, builds a flying snowman after a night of heavy snowfall. The Snowman and James fly across the South Downs to Brighton before heading north to see the aurora borealis while partaking in various arctic shenanigans. The following morning a thaw sets in, reducing The Snowman to a small mound with a hat, scarf and assorted snowman-related bric-a-brac lying around.
Condemnation
Climate activists, however, have condemned the film as unrealistic and outdated.
Ten Inches
“Our research estimates that building a snowman of that proportion in a typical Sussex garden would require a snowfall of at least fourteen inches. Sussex hasn’t seen snow of this magnitude since February 1963. It’s ridiculous,” said one activist.
“A four-inch snowfall would yield a two-foot snowman, but a flying snowman would require at least ten inches more.
“Since the film was aired in 1982, the British climate has seen ever-decreasing snowfall totals, so the film gets more absurd with each passing year.”
Stripped
“We feel it should be stripped of its BAFTA and banned from our screens.”
However, the angry activist did admit to “loving the music” and conceded she always cries at the end.
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