This grotesque and rather lurid show carried with it a morbidly fascinating character.
A collection of characters who are all filthy in one way or another be it Wayne's fixation on junk, Lucien's nature worship or indeed their own mysophobia Mother who is totally the kind of person that lets fascism happen, the worst filth of all.
On paper the conflict that emerges among this cluster should probably write itself but it didn't play out that way. There is a viciousness about this show and even the writers seem desperate to punish these characters in a way that is more malicious than karmic. Most of them sort of deserve it. Even Lucien is pretty sanctimonious but his heart's in the right place and it's refreshing that the nerd character actually likes dirt and is self-critical about his own sexism.
I liked the father, this vision of blue collar masculinity who lives for his childhood passion (cowboy lifestyle). Looking back, that was actually pretty poignant.
The most likable characters I suppose were the swamp people and worst of all was Wendy Winkle: the egomaniacal heiress whose harassment of rascally Wayne was played for laughs because she was a girl and the victim was a boy.
The animation style is unlovely and unappealling. It's not even purposefully crude like South Park.
I reviewed this because I saw it come up here but I think its best if it just becomes a foot note in animation history.
Occasionally there were happy endings...
A collection of characters who are all filthy in one way or another be it Wayne's fixation on junk, Lucien's nature worship or indeed their own mysophobia Mother who is totally the kind of person that lets fascism happen, the worst filth of all.
On paper the conflict that emerges among this cluster should probably write itself but it didn't play out that way. There is a viciousness about this show and even the writers seem desperate to punish these characters in a way that is more malicious than karmic. Most of them sort of deserve it. Even Lucien is pretty sanctimonious but his heart's in the right place and it's refreshing that the nerd character actually likes dirt and is self-critical about his own sexism.
I liked the father, this vision of blue collar masculinity who lives for his childhood passion (cowboy lifestyle). Looking back, that was actually pretty poignant.
The most likable characters I suppose were the swamp people and worst of all was Wendy Winkle: the egomaniacal heiress whose harassment of rascally Wayne was played for laughs because she was a girl and the victim was a boy.
The animation style is unlovely and unappealling. It's not even purposefully crude like South Park.
I reviewed this because I saw it come up here but I think its best if it just becomes a foot note in animation history.
Occasionally there were happy endings...