Until recently, the narrative of the American Thanksgiving meal has been about togetherness. Inspired perhaps by the Norman Rockwell painting Freedom from Want (1943), which depicts the archetypical American family sharing the archetypical American Thanksgiving feast. The traditional Thanksgiving meal is classic…
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Branding the Beagle: Reworking Peanuts for the Blockbuster Age
by Robbie McAllister • February 24, 2016 • 0 Comments
The Peanuts Movie (2015) appears to be somewhat of an anomaly amongst the wave of animated sequels, prequels and re-imaginings that have recently been released with major studio backing. Produced by Blue Sky Studios (20th Century Fox’s animation subsidiary), Peanuts…