Of all the gin joints in the World, Cleveland . . .

Rating: 7/10 (23 June 2016)

. . . definitely is NOT a random destination of no return for Pixar's FINDING DORY. The first 90 minutes or so of DORY feature some of the gloomiest gray animation ever to come to the Big Screen, such as the 15 minutes she spends lost in the corroded pipes. The parents reassuring their young kids at my showing seemed to be muttering about whether this was a wrong-headed exercise in doom and gloom for its own sake. My guess is "No," it was more than that. Think about it. Attentive viewers will notice that there are 56 species of ocean life depicted in DORY, ranging in numbers from a mere handful to more than 100. It's no accident that this is exactly the number of U.S. states and territories--along with Washington, DC--and these numbers dovetail with the relative strength of each delegation making travel plans to the Republican National Convention this summer in CLEVELAND!! When all of the cartoon delegation's aquariums finally hit the freeway toward the Buckeye state in DORY, she and her bound-to-Trump pals desperately plunge their transport truck into the ocean, Unbinding these wavering or lukewarm delegates once and for all. Trump's Clump of Wild Orangish Hair makes a cameo appearance just then in the form of bushy seaweed at the 1:26:15 mark (just before the end credits).