I must say I was a fan growing up too. The animation, if I remember right, wasn't quite like anything else being produced around that time. Samurai Jack came after that and evolved further by eliminating edge lines from characters and objects.
I didn't even consider that. When I actually watched the show I was pretty young, and I didn't even consider it anything more than a joke.
Now that I think about it, it actually strikes me as pretty brilliant. You have a bumbling old useless mayor, and the faceless woman who does all the work. Kind of a, "There's a strong woman behind every man," but with the man not actually doing anything. She was strong, independent, and kept the city running while the mayor was trying to open pickle jars. The writers never showing her face was as much a comment on the nature of women in the workplace as any Feminist novel I've read.
I must say I was a fan growing up too. The animation, if I remember right, wasn't quite like anything else being produced around that time. Samurai Jack came after that and evolved further by eliminating edge lines from characters and objects.
ReplyDeleteI liked that show too! But I always found it curious that I could never see the face of the woman with the red hair! Did that bother you too Juan?
ReplyDeleteI didn't even consider that. When I actually watched the show I was pretty young, and I didn't even consider it anything more than a joke.
ReplyDeleteNow that I think about it, it actually strikes me as pretty brilliant. You have a bumbling old useless mayor, and the faceless woman who does all the work. Kind of a, "There's a strong woman behind every man," but with the man not actually doing anything. She was strong, independent, and kept the city running while the mayor was trying to open pickle jars. The writers never showing her face was as much a comment on the nature of women in the workplace as any Feminist novel I've read.