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Date: March 24, 2021 07:57PM
More crypto primate madness about Bigfoot...but this time in cartoon form. Sometimes, you just have to laugh :)
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/03/12/albertas-war-room-accuses-netflix-cartoon-bigfoot-family-of-peddling-lies-about-oil-industry.htmlThe Alberta government’s energy war room has a new target in its crosshairs in the ongoing fight against oil and gas misinformation — a children’s movie about Bigfoot.
The film called “Bigfoot Family” launched on Netflix in late February and tells the story of an environmentally minded father who goes missing after launching a protest against a fictional oil company that plans to drop a bomb on a nearby valley.
It was the No. 1 movie on the site in multiple countries when it debuted.
But the agency officially known as the Canadian Energy centre has taken issue with how the film “peddles lies about the energy sector,” and has launched an online petition inviting signatories to tell the online streaming giant “that their attack on Canada’s energy industry is just plain wrong.”
“Brainwashing our kids with anti-oil and gas propaganda is just wrong — and Netflix needs to know that!”
As of mid-Friday afternoon, the petition had amassed just over 1,200 signatories, according to its own metrics.
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney launched the war room in late 2019, fulfilling a campaign promise to make sure the province’s oilsands were no longer “a punching bag” for environmental groups.
It was initally given a $30-million annual budget for a mix of social media and traditional advertising, as well as a website that mimics a news publication about oil. When it was launched, CEO Tom Olsen said it would be used to share a “hopeful, unifying and uplifting” message about the energy sector. (In an email, Olsen said the centre’s budget is $4.7 million this fiscal year and $12 million next year.)
In the movie, the Bigfoot father is joined by protesters after he comes out in support of a local wildlife preserve that is up for oil development before mysteriously disappearing. His son, Adam, eventually tracks him down with the help of some animal friends and exposes the oil tycoon’s plans to develop oil by bomb before the hero gets a kiss from his crush.
Common Sense media notes the movie “aims to send a message about protecting wildlife and natural habitats from damaging activities like deep oil drilling.” Appropriate for ages seven and up, it also has “lots” of animated violence and features language, including “damn,” “jeez,” “suckers,” “stupid” and bathroom references.
In a message posted to its Facebook page Friday, the Canadian Energy centre said the petition was in response to a concerned parent, and so far 60 per cent of responses had been from outside Alberta.