More than a kid's story

Rating: Null/10 (27 November 2004)

A Bug's Life is more than a kid's story much in the same way as is Antz. It's an allegory of class struggle for certain, but it is focused on the fact that the long-range agenda of global Elite depend on the faithful, mindless labor of the 99.9999999% of the world population which are not among the Elite. There is a school of thought predicated on the model of the beehive which says that all non-elitists are the drones, the worker bees and the Elite-- characterized by their voracious appetites for increasing power and wealth, are the hive keepers. A Bug's Life points out that the model only works when the drones and the ants and the lower classes work without a thought above their own existence. The story drives home the point that if education and thought are added to the colony then individualism and ensuing a revolution of government is the result. The Ants utilize technology (the bird they built), surprise and a united front to take their stand. The Divine, as demonstrated by the living bird's devouring Hopper, blesses their actions. A Bug's Life may indeed be for children; The Lost Children of Democracy; the oppressed orphans of God; the hypnotized colony child-like drones without whom the Elite could not survive. This movie is a subtle wake up call to a sleeping Baby Huey.