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Duck Amuck

1953 · 7 min

A playful, surreal rollercoaster where a cartoon character battles his own creator, blending slapstick with clever meta-humor.

Directed by: Chuck Jones
Genres: Animation, Comedy
Starring: Mel Blanc

Tagline: A Merrie Melodie ~ Cartoon ~
Overview: The short-tempered Daffy Duck must improvise madly as the backgrounds, his costumes, the soundtrack, even his physical form, shifts and changes at the whim of the animator.

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Directed by: Chuck Jones
Genres: Animation, Comedy
Starring: Mel Blanc

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Tone: absurdstrength 3 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
madness
art
media
power
Places: None
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: animated
single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	5
Horror	1
Humour	9
Realism	1
Romance	0
Tension	4
Darkness	2
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	3

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