Teach kids to laugh at celebrities

With Academy Awards being handed out to movies about racist cops, gay cowboys, and communist sympathizers, Hollywood has declared an outright war on traditional values. However, instead of getting angry at the movie business, parents should teach their kids to laugh at it, according to children's author Katharine DeBrecht, whose illustrated book, Help! Mom! Hollywood's in My Hamper!, mocks Tinseltown.

DeBrecht--whose book turned heads after being given out in Oscar party gift bags--satirizes Barbra Streisand, Madonna, Tom Cruise, Britney Spears, Jack Nicholson, and Sean Penn with cartoon lookalikes who appear in the hamper of two young sisters to tell them how to behave and sell them useless trinkets. The girls meet a number of other goofy celebrities along the way and, in the process, come to realize that stars do not always know best.

"The liberal elites running Hollywood have no intention of ceasing their relentless attack on traditional values," insists DeBrecht, a mother of three. "It's almost impossible for parents to block out all of the left-wing messages that Hollywood and its media friends are bombarding our kids with. The solution is for parents to teach their children to laugh at Hollywood and to regard celebrities as silly people."

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