Popee the Performer

Under normal circumstances, I would have never watched this because the circus is not one of my favorite settings. Even if I did like the circus environment, I would have still dropped this in about a minute because the 3D animation is so awful that it is probably impossible to describe. However, a challenge is a challenge, so I took it on, and after the first episode, I had about as much of a look on my face as Shrek when he and his donkey heard the song "Duloc is a perfect place." I mean, WTF, knowing there were still thirty-eight episodes to go, and the second one was making me balk and say, "I would rather not watch this, please." However, I am a man, so I survived Pupa. I am, therefore, not going to be put off by something this terrible-looking. It is dominated by a guy in a tight striped jumpsuit with pink bunny ears and a light blue handbag whose sometimes psychopathic expressions (combined with his horrible look) will probably haunt me whenever I close my eyes for a while. Moreover, it is a slapstick comedy, so it just cannot be taken all that seriously, and the main aim of it all is to entertain, which means I could not be offended as much as if it were supposed to be something serious. I can even understand that this was intended for children; after all, the humor is terribly simple, sometimes quite silly, and the repetitive theme song, usually appearing when it comes to the killing, managed to evoke in me a certain image of sneaky little rugrats clapping to the beat and laughing at how someone got away with it again. Also, some episodes, like the one with the knife-throwing or the wolf going back in time, were not entirely bad. However, that does not matter when other episodes feature things that give new meaning to the term moronic (because where else do you see someone shove a straw up a frog's asshole and blow it up, so the frog then vomits candy?). Well, I am going to be pondering the meaning of the last episode for a long time, although perhaps not really. However, back to the positive aspects, and therefore a few words about the wolf. The wolf was probably the best and the only thing I enjoyed quite a bit compared to everything else I have seen in this show. I especially enjoyed how he expressed his emotions with those masks and how it suited those scenes quite well. I am not going to comment too much on the strange "sunshine man," he did not impress me much, and his tight yellow jumpsuit and Poirot-like mustache evoked images of a French pervert. Plus, his contortions or the scene with the milk bottles probably are going to be keeping me awake for a few days too. In the end, it is a bad, crazy and twisted show that is going to be still terrifying someone like me for a few years (and I consider the fact that I have watched all thirty-nine episodes a small miracle). If I had a taste for this kind of crazy entertainment, I would watch the old classic Happy Tree Friends (because the combination of cute yet twisted murderous animals works great for me) and label this show as "never again." So how am I going to rate it? I do not consider this worthy of a BOO! I do not think the poor wolf deserves that. However, I cannot give it two stars, because then again, almost all the other movies and TV shows I have ever awarded two stars do not deserve that. 1.5/10. (02/04/2017) (less) (more)