Idiots and Angels (2008) Synopsis

I love Bill Plympton for his creativity and animation talent, and although "Idiots and Angels" is a great exercise of his artistic style, the storyline and central character seems to be from an earlier epoch. The man who sprouts wings is a jerk; the epitome of an empty, unhappy, misogynistic, self-centered, low-class, evil-tempered jerk; a man-person of another age and time when no one was aware or seemed to care that there was anyone else alive in the world. Nothing that our protagonist achieves comes from the character's essense. He is a victim of everything that happens to him, just as he victimizes everyone that tries to touch him. Nothing in this plot elevates the story above the start-line. Sorry, Bill. Grow up.

I love Bill Plympton for his creativity and animation talent, and although "Idiots and Angels" is a great exercise of his artistic style, the storyline and central character seems to be from an earlier epoch. The man who sprouts wings is a jerk; the epitome of an empty, unhappy, misogynistic, self-centered, low-class, evil-tempered jerk; a man-person of another age and time when no one was aware or seemed to care that there was anyone else alive in the world. Nothing that our protagonist achieves comes from the character's essense. He is a victim of everything that happens to him, just as he victimizes everyone that tries to touch him. Nothing in this plot elevates the story above the start-line. Sorry, Bill. Grow up.

Published Time: 2021-01-03 20:00:01