![]() ![]() He works hard, even though it’s a job that he never wanted and that has taken the place of his dream. He is kind and giving to everyone he meets. He adores and encourages his son in every way. Not just a decent guy under the jerky exterior, but a truly and fundamentally good man. Most of the wife’s role is reacting to his antics. ![]() And more than that, in those shows, the husband is really the main character. Oh, he’s a fundamentally decent man who genuinely loves his family and treasures his wife, but he’s also selfish, thoughtless, more than occasionally neglectful, lazy, and self-centered. Even in my favourite of those relationships, that of Marge and Homer, Homer is presented as more than a bit of a jerk. But Rose and Greg’s relationship isn’t like that. Fred and Wilma, Archie and Edith, Peter and Lois, Homer and Marge. It’s something of a sitcom parody the dimwitted, ugly, slovenly husband with the beautiful, intelligent wife. In any other show, he would be the loser of the cast, the fuck-up, the somewhat lovable, helpless goofball who can’t be counted on for anything. He’s a failed rock and roll star whose dreams of fame and fortune ended with him running a small town car wash and living in the back of an ancient van. He’s a slob with no sense of style or grooming. She travels to Earth and decides to spend her life there, and in 6000 years, the human she decides is most interesting, most engaging, most beautiful…is Greg. I mean, here’s Rose, who’s represented as this powerful, intelligent, charismatic, beautiful woman, respected as both a warrior and a leader. I’m an animation professional and I get frustrated when I see stuff like this.I think one of my favourite things about “Steven Universe”, and one of the things I find most touching and personally affirming, is the relationship between Rose Quartz and Greg. It feels like everyone is just sort of…getting started :) New and exciting opportunities for cross platform storytelling are coming with shows like OK KO which started as a show and became an awesome game! The people making animated content now grew up with great shows like Batman, Gargoyles, X-Men, The Simpsons, the list goes on and on! It is becoming the selling point as series like Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead continue to out perform traditional television. Storytelling is healthier now than it ever has been. There are shows that are made with an ending in mind like Gravity Falls that are given the creative freedom to tell the story they want to tell. Established long running properties bring home the bacon for a studio and help to pay for those shows that the studio is willing to take a chance risk like Avatar the last Airbender. Shows like Spongebob and Fairly Odd Parents soldier on and continue to be popular well beyond their expected lifetime. People who love the old shows and are excited about continuing them and trying something new with them. Critique it all you want but this is opening the gates to more adult oriented animated content which is great because animation is not a genre, its a medium.Įstablished properties like Powerpuff Girls and Samurai Jack are being given a new treatment with a new generation of talented artists. With “Sausage Party” we’re getting our first rated R mainstream feature animated film. ![]() ‘Adult’ animation has become the home for some of the best jokes with the age of Mcfarlen-style humor on the decline and the rise of great shows like Rick and Morty, Bob’s Burger and Archer. While Steven Universe may seem trapped in an endless hiatus while Teen Titans Go airs non-stop, the Steven bombs are planned and promoted events that the studio counts on to be successful because they trust the show. Shows like Steven Universe and Wander over Yonder are creator driven and given ample support from their parent studios to help them be as successful as they can be. Animation is in a really fantastic place right now isn’t it! ![]()
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