The best new character of Toy Story 3 was Chuckles the Angry Clown. http://bit.ly/9G6c8L That's right, I said the angry clown stole the spotlight in this amazing third installment of the Toy Story franchise. I have very few criticisms about the deep and enjoyable plot of Toy Story 3, or any of its memorable characters. But of the new additions, many of them are old stereotypes that are almost too easy to please. A Ken doll who loves clothing and is kind of prissy? My sister and I were making that joke in 1986. And even then we knew he was a turncoat schmuck. The cutesy cuddle bear being an angry Southern gentleman? I saw it in Fletch Lives. As a matter of fact, I think Hal Holbrook was even strawberry scented in the movie. Big Baby seemed to be a direct riff on the giant baby in Spirited Away--the large baby who acts as a henchman, but is really an impressionable and sensitive tender heart. And that symbol-clapping monkey? Lived in my nightmares for years, staring at me from the depths of my closet, hidden under blankets.
But Chuckles the Angry Clown is a little different. His angry mug was poised to frighten and inimidate, but there was something more to him. He was a sentimental lost soul who had seen some ugliness and heartbreak, but shouldered it better than his two other compadres. He had found some happiness in a bittersweet world and didn't turn into the scary clown stereotype that Pennywise would so wickedly advocate.
So cheers to you, Chuckles! Thank you for helping to elevate the movie to something that's a little deeper than just a cute kid's cartoon.
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