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Puffy Treat
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To make it fair, Mr. Astaire is dressed like a penguin.

Why make it the major plot point that the hero of the film is a tapdancer...then choose a species totally built wrong for the moves?

Still, any excuse to watch Astaire in action...now there's something millions of dollars in CGI FX will never replace. [Smile]
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rivka
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Pfft. The movie looks to be adorable.
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Tante Shvester
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The scene with the dancing penguins from Mary Poppins has long been one of my favorites.
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rivka
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Mine too. [Smile]
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As is very clear in the video, penguins have legs. They're just very short and covered in feathers.
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kojabu
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Maybe they meant visible legs instead of ones covered by things?
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rivka
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Like . . . pants?
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kojabu
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Maybe...
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Lyrhawn
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I love Fred Astaire, and I love penguins.

Who cares if the CGI can't totally pull it off? In the movie the Penguins also sing like a gospel choir, and no one is going to say they should have picked a species with better vocal cords.
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Raia
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*giggle* I admit, it might be something of an interesting choice...

But hey, I'm all for it!! [Smile]
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*wanders into thread, looks around, then heads out to look for Fred Astaire movies on Netflix . . . naah, make that Gene Kelly.*
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