So I was looking at Entertainment Weekly's website in search of something filled with genre. Unfortunately, all I could find was some Lindsay Lohan articles and of course the Oscars. Then I stumbled on this gem. Although only a paragraph long, it brings forth the idea of the animal genre. Since this show is on Animal Planet, that genre is easily identified. But many other movies overlook their furry counterparts in a hope to label their movies action or mystery.
Here's a little something furry.
http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/02/08/puppy-bowl-rating/
P.S. If anything is posted by lyricallies, it's me Deja. Don't mind my lame ass blog name. LOL
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Deja, I can't believe you used the word A$$ on our public blog. how daring of you ;)
I revert back to the topic at hand. Animal genre sounds great and can be very broad. I compare this to the differentiation between the broad "comedy" genre and its subcategories (romantic-comedy, action-comedy, etc).
We can very well have animal-action, animal-comedies, animal-mysteries...
Lets just think back on classic films that, as you mentioned, have their "furriness" overlooked, when in actuality, the furry one is the protagonist and main focus of the film.
Air Bud.
Stewart Little.
Rattatouille.
The underrated G-Force.
All these films are deemed as either "drama" "action" "comedy," but what about the ANIMAL aspect ?! why must they solely be actors, or ploys? why not assume the role and declare creation of a whole new cinematic component, a new genre to engrain in our history and recycle in times to come.
animal-comedy
animal-drama
animal-horror
these can/should all be acceptable. If i was told i would view a suspenseful comedic action film, I would never imagine hamsters to be the driving forces, nonetheless list G-Force as my first guess....maybe my second, or third guess, but never my first. To the ordinary movie-goer, how will they ever imagine hamsters to be at the forefront of the action unless critics made it clear that this was a hamster film.
Genre, people. Animal films follow a framework, all helping their human counterparts find meaning to life, rescue Johnny from a well, or retrieve a National treasure. Why not lay out a clear blueprint, or at least formalize it
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