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The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling’s tale about a boy growing up amongst animals, is in theatres now. This live-action, CGI-to-the-max movie is getting rave reviews by critics, but what does The Watch-men podcast think? We bring on special guest Amie to chat with us about Kipling’s colonial past, how this movie was made, and give our overall impressions.
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‘Underlying all the jungle tales is the importance of the Law of the Jungle, a code of reason and nobility which some critics have found to be Kipling’s philosophy of life, expressed in miniature: hard work is rewarded, elders respected, fortitude and humility expected and the individual subordinated to the pack. Controversially, it is clear in the Jungle Books that those animals which obey “the Law” are inherently superior to those who live outside it; it is hard not to see uncomfortable parallels between Kipling’s rejection of the Monkey-Folk who live outside the Law and his dismissal of all those who wanted to throw off the yoke of the British Empire, whether in Ireland, South Africa or India.’
Here is a small bit from a great article I read from ‘The Telegraph’. Just to add to your great discussion.
For me, I found myself patiently waiting for those moments I remembered from so long ago. I am now, after so many years re-reading the book.