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Disney's Star-Studded Dumbo Remake Still Left Much to Be Desired

Tim Burton's live-action Dumbo had a big cast and plenty going for it, yet the Disney remake still disappointed; the elephant remains blameless.

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  1. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt's five-thirty Eastern, this is The Pile-On, and tonight we're talking about Dumbo, the Tim Burton remake Disney released seven years ago, which had a star-studded cast and still left a lot to be desired.

  2. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorLeft a lot to be desired is how you describe a hotel breakfast, Vera, and nobody should have to describe an elephant that way.

  3. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI'll say it was a misunderstanding, because the movie had a lot going for it, and the elephant was doing his very best!

  4. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThe elephant was the only professional on that set, and everyone standing next to him was doing a bad impression of a person.

  5. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI have covered coups with better continuity than a movie about a flying elephant, and I say that with respect to the coups.

  6. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorLet me finish, because a star-studded cast is a gift, and when a gift disappoints, that's really about the person receiving it, and...

  7. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThe audience.

  8. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe audience, Dale, yes, and we should apologize to the elephant, and then to the circus, and then to the people who cried at the original.

  9. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorDisney made a movie about a circus that mistreats talent, and then it treated the talent like a circus. That is the whole review.

  10. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorOrder, please. Everyone on this panel is blaming a person, and the only one who left the ground in that picture was the elephant.

  11. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo the elephant gets the credit?

  12. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorHe gets the credit, and he never came back for the sequel. That's the only review I trust. We're back same time tomorrow.

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