way back in the earlier '00s, queer duck existed solely on indy animation central icebox.com, and i enjoyed it as small doses of traditional camp in dayglo packaging. now it's made the quite successful leap to full length motion picture, albeit the direct to dvd variety because your local cineplex is simply not prepared for the splendiferous queer duckiness of queer duck, but i am and you are too.
hey, you know what, it's got a lot going for it. namely, the voice talent is exceptional. queer duck is the one and only national treasure jim j. bullock dammit. love him forever! cameos by tim curry, david duchovny, and most successfully conan o'brien as conan o'brien, plus key supporting voices by seinfeld's estelle harris as queer duck's mother and jackie hoffman (who i saw in the original pre-broadway seattle run of hairspray) as lola. despite pun-named cohorts openly gator, bi-polar bear (who's not bi) and oscar wild cat, the puns basically stop there. the animation style is pure powerpuff girls. 2-d yet vivid and energetic.
most importantly, it's funny, and kinda political in a poking fun at heteros and fox news and elaine stritch kinda way, and kinda sexy in a gay newspaper adult classifieds kinda way, and kinda the best queer animal musical i've seen since...since...charlotte's web 2: homosexual boogaloo. oh yeah, the guy who wrote it has won 4 emmys for the simpsons, which should clue you in that while it's not funny 100% of the time, when it is, which is well in the b+ range, it's so worth it. so invite your friends over for a matinee in your living room, and follow it up with a gay gay gay orgy. queer duck would want it that way.
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