It’s simple to write down off cartoons as senseless leisure for teenagers, however a brand new sequence on the CBC Gem streaming service takes a take a look at the world of animation from a shocking perspective.
“Keep Tooned” is a six-part sequence starring Eric Bauza, a Filipino-Canadian voice actor who’s given voice to such iconic cartoon characters as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety, Marvin the Martian and others.
Within the sequence, Bauza takes viewers on a deep dive by way of some animated favourites to discover how these cartoons have formed society whereas additionally serving to to supply an understanding of the social and political worlds through which we reside.
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In every episode, Bauza speaks with an array of fellow voice actors — together with Tara Robust, Cree Summer time, Lake Bell, Ken Jeong, Ben Schwartz, Bobby Moynihan, Lamorne Morris and James Adomian — to discover race, sexuality, consumerism and political philosophy, all by way of the lens of animated storytelling.
“Cartoons have performed an unlimited function not solely in defining my profession path but in addition in serving to to mould my understanding of the world round us,” mentioned Bauza in a press release.
“All of us keep in mind the easier instances, after we thumped down the steps on Saturday morning to observe our favorite cartoons, these magical portals into worlds of creativeness and pleasure,” he added. “‘Keep Tooned’ is each an homage to the cartoons we deeply love and likewise a deeper take a look at what they received proper and the way they may have completed higher.”
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All six episodes of “Keep Tooned” debut on Friday, Dec. 2.
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