pixrox1 Review of Orphans' Picnic

Orphans' Picnic (1936)

The biggest question people seem to have about this film . . .

[7/10 · 21 January 2022]

. . . is WHY do all the orphans depicted appear to be boys? The answer probably lies not in CIDER HOUSE RULES, but more along the lines of de facto child rearing practices in the region known as Red China during the final half of the 20th Century. Back then, it was commonly reported that because of various social norms, cultural preferences and the government's one-child-per-family edict, many if not most distaff expectancies were nipped in the bud before birth. It stands to reason that rodents being what they are would mollycoddle male orphans to a similar extent.