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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Spring programs are now listed on the website. Registration for all Spring programs will begin on Wednesday, March 1. You can register NOW for Karate as it begins before March 1.You will also be able to register for Day Camp on March 1 to take advantage of an early bird discount. You can save $20 per week by registering early. Normal price will go into effect on May 1. ALL OTHER SUMMER CAMP REGISTRATION BEGINS ON MAY 1.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phone: 215-343-6100 Fax: 215-491-2972Office Hours: Monday - Thursday from 8am - 4pmFriday from 7am - 3pm Looking for a form? Discount Ski Ticket Flyer 22nd Annual Egg Hunt 6th Annual Spring Cleaning Flea MarketCrafternoon to Celebrate Black History Month Date:Monday, February 27, 2017Time:4:00pm - 5:30pm Location:Group Study Room, Quakertown Categories:Families School Age Children Young Children Crazy 8's Math Club [Grades 3-5] Date:Monday, February 27, 2017Time:4:30pm - 5:30pm Location:Large Meeting Room, Warminster Categories:School Age Children Register!
- 7 seats left Library Help Desk Date:Monday, February 27, 2017Time:5:00pm - 8:00pm Location:Yardley Categories:Help Desk Board Games for Grown Ups Date:Monday, February 27, 2017Time:6:00pm - 8:45pm Location:Large Meeting Room, Bensalem Categories: Pajama-rama & Parachute Play Storytime Date:Monday, February 27, 2017Time:6:30pm - 7:30pm Location:Large Meeting Room, Levittown Categories:School Age Children Bingo for Books Date:Monday, February 27, 2017Time:7:00pm - 7:45pm Location:Perkasie Categories:Families School Age Children Young Children Board of Trustees- Cancelled Date:Monday, February 27, 2017Time:7:00pm - 8:30pm Location:Small Meeting Room, Southampton Categories: Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss! - Northampton Date:Tuesday, February 28, 2017Time:All Day Event Location:Northampton Categories:Families Mardi Gras mask making for kids Date:Tuesday, February 28, 2017Time:All Day Event Location:Bensalem Categories:Families School Age Children Young Children Southampton Free Library Book Contest Date:Tuesday, February 28, 2017Time:All Day Event Location:Southampton Categories:School Age Children Baby Storytime Date:Tuesday, February 28
, 2017Time:10:00am - 10:45am Location:Large Meeting Room (Pearl Buck), Doylestown Categories:Storytime Vita Education Date:Tuesday, February 28, 2017Time:10:00am - 1:00pm Location:Small Meeting Room, Bensalem Categories:Adults Baby Storytime Date:Tuesday, February 28, 2017Time:10:15am - 10:35am Location:Quakertown Categories:Storytime Young Children Baby Storytime Date:Tuesday, February 28, 2017Time:10:30am - 10:50am Location:Perkasie Categories:Storytime Family Storytime Date:Tuesday, February 28, 2017Time:10:30am - 11:00am Location: Categories:Storytime Perfectly PreK Story Time [Winter Session] Date:Tuesday, February 28, 2017Time:10:30am - 11:15am Location:Warminster Categories:Storytime Story Time Date:Tuesday, February 28, 2017Time:10:30am - 11:00am Location:Riegelsville Categories:Storytime Terrific Toddlers go to New Orleans! Date:Tuesday, February 28, 2017Time:10:30am - 11:10am Location:Large Meeting Room, Bensalem Categories:Storytime Young ChildrenThe Lego Movie is one of my absolute favorite films of the last few years for many reasons.
Chief among them, is how it leverages rapid fire pop culture references to tell a story celebrating the creativity of children, and how their instinctual understanding of storytelling isn’t bound to “rules” of genre or copyright lawyers. And from that angle, The Lego Batman Movie is exactly what it should be: more of the same, just focused on its interpretation of Batman. As a refresher, that version is a self-centered braggart who revels in his own depressive loneliness voiced by Will Arnett. And this film is all about that version of Batman learning about the importance of relationships. His butler Alfred (Ralph Fiennes) points out that his greatest fear is being part of a family again, since he was so traumatized by being orphaned at a young age. Enter Dick Grayson (Michael Cera), a wide-eyed and exuberant orphan who does nothing but idolize Bruce Wayne/Batman. But of course Batman treats him as “100% expendable.” Ditto for the new police commissioner, Barbara Gordon (Rosario Dawson), who wants the police and Batman to work together.
This Batman can’t even bother to call the Joker (Zach Galifinakis) his greatest enemy, which is what sets the film’s plot in motion. Telling a story about the need for relationships of all kinds, but especially family and friends is actually a great use of Batman’s character. In the original comics, Batman was only alone for a year before Robin was introduced in 1940, and since then, the character has always surrounded himself with allies, teams, and family. Lamplighting this is a smart move by the film’s writers (whichever one of the 5 credited came up with this). Not only does it reinforce in the target audience that they aren’t alone, and should rely on family and friends for help, but is also one of the core things that separates Batman from other superheroes. But there is another reason why Batman of all characters is well-suited to star in a movie that tells its story through toys. Batman exists fundamentally as the fantasy of a child. No rational adult even within superhero comics would see their parents murdered, avow that they are declaring war on crime by putting on a bat-themed costume and punching crime in the face.
Especially when they could just use their billions of dollars to try and solve the problem. But because Bruce Wayne made a promise to his parents as a small child, this revenge fantasy shapes every single Batman story ever told. It isn’t always this pronounced (Batman: Mask of the Phantasm deals with this most directly), but it is the core to understanding what motivates Batman. And since we know The Lego Movie to be controlled by the mind of a child playing with their toys, of all characters, Batman is ideally suited to be at the center of one of these films. In this particular instance, Batman is quite literally a child’s fantasy. Additionally, Batman is a near omniflexible concept, and works in basically any setting you could conceive, from England’s equivalent, Knight and Squire, to Tlano the space alien Batman of Zur-En-Arrh. And given the Lego films’ desire to move beyond the rules of traditional storytelling, we get references to every cinematic incarnation of the Dark Knight as well as appearances from dozens of Batman’s villains.
These references are thematically similar to Grant Morrison’s extended writing of Batman comics from 2007-2013, in which the writer attempted to synthesize all of Batman’s sprawling history as a character into a coherent whole. In Morrison’s eyes, all Batman stories are “canon,” and therefore he drew on the entire character’s history, rather than going back to Frank Miller’s dark take (Year One, Dark Knight Returns) from the 1980s. As a fan of every take on the Caped Crusader, it is very pleasing that we live in a world where the Adam West version, the Ben Affleck version, and this version have all had new material released within the last year. Just as important as any of these deeper ideas embedded within the film is the fact that the film is firing on all comedic cylinders. It’s a near-match for the breathless pace of the first Lego Movie, with a good balance between humor that doesn’t rely on previous Bat-knowledge and humor that does. Batman microwaving a lobster humidor or doing a sad walk to Harry Nilsson’s “One” are examples of the film walking that fine line just right.