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Hong Kong Phooey (1974)
Simplistic, juvenile and culturally insensitive
30 September 2014 - 2 out of 14 users found this review helpful.
As a kid, I could never get fully interested in this.
Later I realized why. The plots were shallow and plastic; the presentation was childish and simplistic (even for a grade-schooler like me); the animation was flat and boring; the dialogue was uninteresting; and worst of all, it perpetuated a number of cultural stereotypes that, while relatively common at the time, have come to be very distasteful and embarrassing to me -- I just didn't know it at the time.
By comparison, Warner Brothers (Bugs Bunny, etc.) were FAR more entertaining and witty. It even introduced a couple of generations to classical music and opera!
Hong Kong Phooey is one cartoon series that should be relegated to the scrap-heap of history.
Give me Warner Brothers ANY day.
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