French Animation
I'm currently working on a presentation for my French class on animation. I've been researching cartoons like Tintin and Asterix, two famous cartoons that all Belgium and French kids grew up reading and watching. It has to be a 10 to 15 minute presentation and I'm doing it with a friend so it won't be too hard and I'm excited to talk about Tintin because I've read and watched all his adventures. I think the most interesting part about it, is that I've been learning about all this criticism that Herge (the author) got for his first story, Tintin in Congo, because of its blatant stabs at race, class, and animal cruelty. Herge fired back by saying it was to get his audience to be more aware of these issues that too many were ignoring. Jordan, my partner in crime on this project, is researching the actual film we'll be watching in class on Thursday, Kirikou et la Sorciere, which I've heard is great.