User blog:AustinDR/Thoughts on Read A Loud

Positives

 * Lucy's suggestion that they lock Lola up in the attic, and have Lana pretend to have a split personality. And Rita even suggests they do that as an alternate solution if they are unable to convince her to read. I mean, Jesus, Rita, it's just pizza.
 * Lisa wearing a cowboy hat and mustache. The faked "Western" accent caps this off for me.
 * The reason as to why Lola refuses to read: she has difficulty reading (suggesting dyslexia?)
 * Lincoln teaching Lola to read.
 * The family being forgiving of Lola when they figure out why she was hesitant at reading.
 * Lola cooking pizzas for the whole family to make up for costing them that trip.
 * Lisa's cover getting blown, and basically saying "you'll never take me alive, coppers!" Or something of that sort. The ending was funny.

Negatives

 * Lola's behavior for most of the opening was insufferable. She came off as being more of a brat than she normally is. She outright says "tough tiaras" in a casual manner as if to say that she doesn't care if her family doesn't get that pizza trip. Of course the explanation does slightly mitigate it, but she was still bratty than usual.
 * Really, all of the hostility because of a pizzeria? Seriously, the animatronics weren't even great; I could see them roaming the halls of the arcade at night as they hunt for a security guard to stuff into a suit or bite their frontal lobe off.
 * Not really a problem, but the whole issue that Lola had with reading: if I remember correctly, she was able to read writing that Lincoln put on some pancakes once. So it seems kind of odd for Lola to have difficulties with reading here when she read that word effortlessly. But of course, continuity doesn't exist, so that isn't too much of a problem for me.
 * That the pizza was apparently delicious enough to go on a rampage of book reading. Everyone knows that arcade pizza tastes like cardboard.

Rating
Final score:

4 stars out of 5



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