*wry* Yeah, when I started watching I felt the need to post about this problem, too. I can tell you the depth does get better as you go, at least for the kids. The adults, ironically, never do; they always sound like they're just reading off the page. Drove me absolutely batshit.
I do also think Disney has much to answer for, given how much they've enshrined the Witty Sidekick character as the commentator and meta-ist of animation. I think a lot of US animation tries to emulate that by cracking jokes at loaded moments and it just doesn't work.
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Date: 26 Dec 2008 05:47 pm (UTC)I do also think Disney has much to answer for, given how much they've enshrined the Witty Sidekick character as the commentator and meta-ist of animation. I think a lot of US animation tries to emulate that by cracking jokes at loaded moments and it just doesn't work.