An Orwellian Retelling of Animal Farm

In George Orwell’s classic novel, the pigs represent the tyrannical Soviets. In Hollywood’s new movie, the real villain is a billionaire capitalist.

We already knew leftists were Orwellian, but sometimes they surprise even us.

Eric Arthur Blair, writing under the pen name George Orwell, created dystopian fiction meant as a warning about totalitarian tyranny, particularly of the Soviet communist and German fascist variety. Classics like 1984 and Animal Farm are must-reads.

Well, here we are in 2025, and Orwell’s Animal Farm — a tale about the rise and predictable corruption of the Soviet Union under Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin — has been recast as a polemic against the evils of … [checks notes] … capitalism.

Long story short, Angel Studios was founded to counter the cultural rot coming out of Hollywood. Unfortunately, in the case of a new flick called “Animal Farm,” Angel seems to have succumbed to the kind of historical and content revisionism that has Hollywood in serious trouble. Instead of a thoughtful, short novel to entertain and educate adults, the upcoming animated movie is aimed at kids, and it seems the moral of the story has been turned on its head.

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Approved ~ MJM