tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1357429921169442386.post3448569206273324077..comments2023-06-07T08:51:02.367-07:00Comments on ANIME-BOOKS: THE ANIMATED RAGGEDY ANN & ANDY (1977, John Canemaker)pelida77http://www.blogger.com/profile/03283755844269414912noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1357429921169442386.post-85515956136963917102018-08-31T17:38:55.164-07:002018-08-31T17:38:55.164-07:00It is indeed a great book, and sadly remains the d...It is indeed a great book, and sadly remains the definitive portrait of the late, great animatrix Tissa David. Canemaker is a gifted educator, and an equally gifted writer, but the sad fact remains that this motion picture is just awful. HOW do you justify a childten's film ---for young children, in fact--- having a slow musical number that lasts SEVEN MINUTES??? It isnt even a catchy number. And Williams' tendency toward sprawling over animation does nothing to serve the purposes of the movie. William's has committed a cardinal sin of animation: it's BORING. Canemaker's book, in the final analysis, is a better artifact than the motion picture it documents. Pooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06018469015842856464noreply@blogger.com