It’s not too hard to understand why people love going to killer whale shows. Killer whales are gorgeous animals, prettier than some super models, they’re bigger than Andre the Giant, and you can train them to do all sorts of jumps and flips, like Jackie Chan. They’re basically the coolest animals ever. And it isn’t hard to understand why parents like to take their kids to SeaWorld either. Have you ever seen a kid at SeaWorld? They get absolutely geeked to the gills at that place, to the point where you start to think smoke might come out of their ears. “Look! Over there! A dolphin! A penguin! Ice cream! Oh my god, a shark! A roller coaster! What’s that strange man doing behind that garbage can?” The place is so much fun for kids that family vacations to SeaWorld have become an established bit of Americana. Load the family up in the car, laugh as Shamu sprays everyone with disgusting whale tank water, buy everyone SeaWorld sun visors, and call it a day. It’s like letting a pie cool on a windowsill or getting a sunburn at a baseball game—but it’s a tradition that might become a thing of the past thanks to that anti-SeaWorld documentary you’ve been hearing so much about. Said documentary is called Blackfish, and it attacks SeaWorld for its practice of keeping killer whales in captivity. While questions about the morality of keeping animals locked up so the public can gawk at them have been […]From Film School Rejects
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