Smurfs At War

Unicef bombs the Smurfs as fund raising for ex-child soldiers. I loved the Smurfs growing up. I HAD to wake up early in Saturday mornings to watch it with my sister. I collected the little rubber Smurfs. I loved the show. Now I wonder- something was seriously wrong with that little society. No women? Except one created by Gargamel? And if Gargamel could create a Smurf why was he spending so much time trying to catch these ones? It was never clear to me- One week he needed the Smurfs to make gold or something and then the next week it seemed like they were food... And again with the no women thing.. You'd think that they would do like frogs do and change sexes. Anyway if these questions weren't enough to mess up my warm and fuzzy memories of the Smurfs this would...
From the Telegraph

The short film pulls no punches. It opens with the Smurfs dancing,
hand-in-hand, around a campfire and singing the Smurf song. Bluebirds flutter
past and rabbits gambol around their familiar village of mushroom- shaped houses until, without warning, bombs begin to rain from the sky.

Tiny Smurfs scatter and run in vain from the whistling bombs, before being felled by blast waves and fiery explosions. The final scene shows a scorched and tattered Baby Smurf sobbing inconsolably, surrounded by prone Smurfs. The final
frame bears the message: "Don't let war affect the lives of children."
They add:
"We wanted something that was real war - Smurfs losing arms, or a Smurf losing a head -but they said no."

I wonder if they are looking for Jokey smurf as a "person of interest". He has a suspicious past - sort of like a mini unibomber.

Anyway seems like it could be a very effective campaign for a great cause. Nice and shocking. Even if it is a little "Smurfed Up"