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June 13, 2005
Quacki Chen: A Sweet Duckling
with a Dose of Tangy Pop Culture Chop Sockie Sauce
By DEANNA DAHLSAD
He's the quintessential odd duck, in a fairy tale of epic proportions; traveling on an Eastern path to defend all that is good in this world. And that includes producing children's animation that parents can watch with their children. (Yes, you heard me correctly, you parents will look forward to watching Quacki with your children!)
Quacki's not some one-chop-wonder doomed to repeat the same tired moves; in plots so weak you think you've seen this one before. Quacki is sophisticated. He offers kids the adventure, magic & slapstick fun they're enchanted with, and brings adults the action, humor & retro fun of kung fu films.
Quacki's not some shrine to violence like anime or other animations. Sure, any story with fighting has violence, but Quacki is a student of the Eastern philosophy where teachers' lessons include not just “how to fight” but “when to fight.” And there's something less frightening to children, and myself, when it's animals in the story. Children can understand a weasel wanting to eat a chicken, but how scary to think of people harming other people – scarier still to think of this as entertainment!
There's also something less violent & scary about a webbed foot in general and a webbed foot's a whole lot funnier.
If you've ever watched animated children's shows & wished you were the one who was hit on the head with one of those frying pans, just so you wouldn't have to be annoyed one minute longer... Or if you've ever wanted to take that skillet to the producer's head for daring to call the program “entertainment,” let alone children's entertainment... You await the arrival of Quacki Chen as much as I do.
Posted by photocartoonist at June 13, 2005 11:30 AM