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Splendid Animation |
| Section: THE ARTS / FILM |
| Author: Frank Thompson |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 12/1/1992 |
| Size: 1,989 Words, 11,797 Characters |
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Anyone who thinks that the technology of art and entertainment is in a constant state of advance hasn't considered the art of animation. The distressingly puerile and witless toy commercials that pass for cartoons these days could only hold the attention of children who haven't been brought up to expect much out of what they watch.
Seeing these stiffly drawn and humorless embarrassments, those of us born in the 1950s and after might think that cartoons have always been this inane. After all, we were raised on cost-cutting, made-for-television mediocrities like Hanna-Barbera's Flintstones and Scooby-Doo.
If we write off animated film, however, we dismiss some of the liveliest, most ingenious art of our century. True, a single painting by Monet is a masterwork. But is twenty-four...
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...imes unfriendly confines of television, there is no doubt that video offers us a valuable second chance on these wonderful movies. Every beloved character, from Bugs Bunny to Mickey Mouse to Betty Boop to Mister Magoo, is standing by, ready to work its timeless magic. Ignore those who say that cartoons are for kids. Pretty soon they'll come around, wondering what all the laughter is about. vbcrlf
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