Innocence Lost
Wow. When did Gargamel figure out that his childish antics paled in comparison to a full out high ordinance bombardment? Perhaps the most distrubing television program since "The Anna Nicole Smith Show," UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund) has teamed up with Belgian company IMPS, which holds ownership rights to Smurfs to produce the "adult-only episode” without DP shots. Unless DP stands for Destruction Personified. The show was aired after 9 p.m., as not to terrorify youngsters, with the intent to to draw attention to the use of children in various wars throughout the globe.
It opens with the Smurfs dancing, hand-in-hand, around a campfire and singing the Smurf song. Bluebirds flutter past and rabbits gambol around their familiar village of mushroom-shaped houses until, without warning, bombs begin to rain from the sky ...
Tiny Smurfs scatter and run in vain from the whistling bombs before being felled by blast waves and fiery explosions. The final scene shows a scorched and tattered Baby Smurf sobbing inconsolably, surrounded by prone Smurfs.
The final frame bears the message: "Don't let war affect the lives of children."
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