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Blood and Honey" (What Have We Learned from Pooh Bear after 100 years in the 100 Acre Woods)?"

If the past 100 years are an indication of where children’s entertainment has been, then “Blood and Honey” gives us a glimpse of where it’s going.  Beloved children’s classics, like Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne, after they age to 100 become public domain.  Pooh turned 100 in the year 2024 and British filmmaker Rhys Frake-Waterfield had devilish plans for Pooh.  Filmmakers who only see profits with no regard for preserving children’s stories (or children’s minds) turn beloved characters like Winnie the Pooh into fodder.  They pervert something pure and innocent into something sinister and evil.

When I saw “Blood and Honey” on the marquee at my local movie theatre in 2023, I did a double take before shock and horror set in.  The premise of the story in “Blood and Honey” is about Christopher Robin abandoning his friends in the 100 Acre Wood; and without him to feed them, they turn on themselves and seek revenge on the world as feral animals.  Winnie the Pooh, Piglet and Eeyore, had been hijacked by this rogue filmmaker and Disney couldn’t stop him.   The House of Mouse had lived through this nightmare before with Mickey Mouse, but not to the extent of Pooh Bear with “Blood and Honey.” The British filmmaker turned Pooh and Piglet into murderers and Eeyore was eaten by his friends. Owl and Rabbit are seen briefly in the beginning of the first movie, but are not seen again.  One can only imagine beloved Tigger as a demonic character in “Blood and Honey 2 and 3”.  Tigger came into the public domain last year (2024) and instantly, the filmmaker released the second movie.  I refuse to pay money to a filmmaker who lacks the talent and creativity to develop original characters and bastardizes the beautiful characters of the 100 Acre Wood (Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Owl and Rabbit).  The only characters who seem to have escaped the grasp of the filmmaker are Kanga and Roo.

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“Blood and Honey 2” grossed $7.6 million on a budget of $500,000 compared to the original movie “Blood and Honey” grossing $5.2 million on a budget of $100,000 (according to Reddit and Wikipedia).  “Blood and Honey 3” is in production now.   Pooh emptying all the honey pots in the Hundred Acre Wood is no comparison to the seemingly endless supply of blood and honey money.   Why stop with the 100 Acre Wood when you can demonize all children’s characters from the House of Mouse who come into the public domain when they turn 100?

The Apostle Peter warns us in 1 Peter 5:8 and says: “Be alert.  Your enemy the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.”  People who burn Bibles are doing the work of the devil; and those who destroy children and children’s books are no different.  There are laws protecting children, such as the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).  There should also be laws protecting children’s literary classics, like A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh and When We Were Young.  The second book mentioned is about the author’s young son, Christopher Robin.  It gives readers a glimpse into the mind of a child as he plays and creates a world of imaginary characters.  Protecting children and their innocence when it comes to play and entertainment, is something I am very passionate about.   Jesus said in Mark 9:42, “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.”  There is a great responsibility when it comes to creating children’s content.  I was very blessed to have been a child in a loving Christian family; and I grew up watching cartoons on TV in the 1970’s with moral messages.  Today, cartoons on TV are not safe for all children to watch and the moral messaging is mostly gone.  This is one of the major reasons I decided to create Pookey Tiger and develop music and stories for him with Biblical content in mind.   When I became an aunt in the year 2000 to my niece and 2005 to my nephew, the years I spent with them growing up were some of the best years of my life.  When they were young (like A.A. Milne’s When We Were Young), we created the character Pookey Tiger™.  My niece and I developed the character when she was 5 years old; and when my nephew was 5, I was writing the songs that would later be on the album God is My GRRR©.  He would ask me to sing the Pookey Tiger songs to him before bed (even the raps) which were some of my most cherished memories.  We would also listen to them in the car on my CD player as we drove around in the city on days that I got to spend with him.  He would give me his spare change and say, “this is for Pookey Tiger™.”   Pookey Tiger LLC was born in 2010 and the God Is My GRRR© album was produced and released in 2014.  Ten years later in 2024, videos were added to the songs on the album for children to not only hear Pookey Tiger’s voice but to also see him.  And recently, his website was launched:  http://www.PookeyTiger.com/blogs

In the 2018 Disney movie, “Christopher Robin,” his 100 Acre Wood friends have a party to say goodbye.  They express deep sadness (Eeyore) and concern (Piglet) about where he is going (boarding school) and Winnie the Pooh is in denial about it all.  I can’t help but think, at this Easter season, about the Last Supper between Jesus and His Disciples. He told them He was leaving (death on the cross) and going to prepare a place for them in heaven (John 14:2-5).   Thomas, One of the Twelve, said he didn’t know where Jesus was going and he certainly didn’t know where to find him!  Jesus replied, “I am the way, the truth and the life, and no man comes to the Father but through me.” (John 14:6).  Peter the Apostle (brash like Tigger) also asks Jesus where He’s going.  Jesus replies, “Where I am going, you cannot come,” (John 13:36-37).  The cross was a rite of passage back to heaven for Jesus; and it was the only way of redemption for humanity.  He became sin for us as the perfect lamb.  He tried to tell his disciples that he would suffer and die, but in three days he would rise again (Matthew 16:21).  However, they couldn’t understand what Jesus was saying.  Jesus left his Shekinah glory behind to come to earth as a baby and show us how to live a life that is pleasing to God without sin.  He endured the cross with the sins of humanity upon his shoulders.   Once Jesus died on the cross, his last and final miracle was to conquer death and the grave.  When Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth and the life …” he was making a declaration that anyone (child or adult) who puts their faith and trust in Him will live forever in paradise.  When a person makes a profession of faith in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, they are asking for all their sins to be forgiven  and for God to “remember them no more” (Isaiah 43:25)

When Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, a dove descended upon His head and a voice from heaven declared; “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased,” (Matthew 3:16-17).  We are to follow Him in believer’s baptism upon making a profession of faith and declaring Jesus is Lord!  The story of Jesus and His victory over death is the greatest story ever told.  And we, as believers and followers of Jesus Christ, should focus our lives on telling as many people as we can the Good News about Jesus.  My job as a storyteller is to share the love of Jesus through the eyes of Pookey Tiger™ with as many children as possible by way of the Bible and music.

In the words of Winnie the Pooh to his best friend Christopher Robin: “What should happen if you forget about me,” to which Christopher Robin replied, “I won’t ever forget about you, Pooh.  I promise. Not even when I am one-hundred.”