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Christian allegory, or drug fuelled fantasy? Skip Cinema investigates Walt Disney's The Chronicles of Narkia, based on the novel by C(rack) S(mokin') Lewis


What is it with drugs and kids' films these days?
We'd only just seen that explicit "chasing the dragon" scene in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Free-Base.
And before that, there was Wallace and Vomit: Curse of the Bong-Bunny, with its unsubtle allusions to mind control, home-grown greenstuffs and the munchies.

And now this: The Chronicles of Narkia, a psychedelic fantasy adventure which uses "Christian allegory" to disguise its often outrageous indulgence in illicit substance imagery.

Or does it? Well, here is the basic plot, and you can decide for yourselves:

After a night of heavy binge drinking, four teenagers (Lucy, Susan, Dennis, and their cousin Edmund) accidentally open a door onto a fairy world permanently submerged in "snow" and "ice". There, they meet a White Witch named Jaydis (any resemblance to Kate Moss is purely coincidental), who spikes one of the kids' drinks, and goes around tranforming all her enemies into stoners.

And if that wasn't enough, there's also Philip the Horse, Mr and Mrs Beaner, a choice of Red or Black Dwarf... and, of course, Aslan the Line: who lies down on a stone table and allows himself to be snorted, so they can all live high ever after, The End.

Meanwhile, you can all start looking forward to six sequels in the coming years, including: The Silver Chaser, The Boy and his Horse, Prince Casper, The Voyage of the Downie Peddler and finally, The Last Bottle.

Enjoy.











Stoned as usual










Mr Tumnus and his magic "flute"