A live-action version might be in theaters, but we shouldn't forget the magic of Harold and the Purple Crayon and Other Harold Stories.
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Even before Zachary Levi outed himself as a real anti-vax libertarian wacko, he was kind of an annoying presence. Now, after, he’s getting typecast as man-children more literal than those usually described as such. No longer playing a kid able to access a jacked super-adult’s body, in, he’s starring as the grown-up version of the children’s book scribbler .
Over a decade later, the pair of Deitch films still carried this thematic torch. The animation is a bit more sophisticated, and the background has a little more papery texture, to better sell the point that Harold is drawing his universe into life. Harold gets a bit more personality this time around, making more evocative faces without fully distracting from the straightforward conceit at this series’ heart.
: creative freedom. These are limitless movies, only constrained by the creator at their center. Where his crayon goes, the world follows. Where his mind connects loose lines into shapes, beings, ideas—that’s what the story clings to. They’re breezy watches, loose and inviting. But they’re also one of the most exciting things a piece of children’s media can be: inspirational.
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