  The Basics: Kids' books have improved since I was a child. I
read one in elementary school called The Hundred Hamburgers
about a fat boy who had to go on a diet while he dreamed of
eating the title. Now there's this one--conveniently turned into
a film so you never have to actually read it--about a satellite
that you can program to rain your favorite dinner on your head
until you're crushed by fried chicken and waffles and buckets of
melted butter and syrup (my own personal fantasy food-storm).
There are a lot of moral points made too, but they're more
subtle and inventive than, "Stop eating so much, Fatty," which I
seem to remember being the blunt truth of The Hundred
Hamburgers.  What's The Deal: And what morals they are. Somehow,
this hilarious, unfussy, kid-friendly movie contains allusions
to American demands for huge portions, gastronomic imperialism,
genetically modified Franken-vegetables, the dominance of corn
and processed foods, greed, the obesity epidemic, Hurricane
Katrina, parenting, unrealist