Newly added to the Learning Curve page, a cartoon about “Won’t Back Down” and the parent trigger option it propagandizes. The real challenge of this cartoon was rendering Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis in a cartoony fashion, less caricature, more cartoon character (subtle difference, I know.) I think the top panel is successful, Maggie reads well in the second, but Viola slowly falls apart. Not her fault, she is a great and lovely actress, despite her appearance in this POS film; but I subjected her to the narrative demands for cartoony facial expressions.

Did I see the movie I criticize here? Nooo. I watched several trailers, read several reviews and the comments by people who said YOU MUST SEE THIS MOVIE IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE on its Facebook page. The dramatic merits aside (pretty well excoriated by film critics universally), the movie’s argument for the parent trigger — reenforced by its promotional website and the school reform advocates who exhort you to see it — rests upon a lot of wishful thinking combined with bashing of teacher unions and public schools. Conveniently left out of the discussion: the failure of the two California test cases to get past the litigation phase; said phase brought on by buyer’s remorse among parents who signed the trigger petition when they saw what kind of schools they were getting; the heavy financing of trigger efforts by unaccountable school boards full of ties to education materials companies; the lack of interest by charter schools to serve special needs and the TAG designated student populations; and the uniform curricula imposed on teachers who thought they were getting more freedom to teach.

But, hey, this kinda crap gets bipartisan support, so expect it to proceed without much hinderance.

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by tompagenet

Celebrities Behind Funny Cartoon Characters

Cartoons as well as animated films are considered as a great source of entertainment. You may be very familiar with the animated character such as Rapunzel in the film “Tangled”, Pedro in the film Rio, Po in the film Kung Fu Panda. However, do you know the celebrities behind these successful and popular cartoons?

The character Smurfette in the 2011 American 3D family animated film “The Smurfs” features the beautiful voice of singer Katy Perry. Perry was chosen by the filmmakers even before auditioning for the role. The singer shared that “They had done a blind test where they took certain voices from previous interviews and matched them with the character. They liked my voice without even knowing who it was, and when they found out it was me, they thought that would work out. My personality was just a plus!”

Katy Perry as Smurfette

Jesse McCartney is famous as a singer-songwriter, an actor and a voice actor. He has taken part in many animated movies and drawn much attention of fans as he voiced Theodore in the 2007 film Alvin and the Chipmunks.

Jesse McCartney as Theodore in Alvin and the Chipmunks

Jamie Foxx is the celebrity who stands behind the samba’s lover Nico, a close friend of Pedro in the 2011 American 3D computer-animated musical comedy film Rio

Standing behind the character Penny in the computer-animated adventure/action comedy film Bolt is Hannah Montana’s star Miley Cyrus

Rapunzel, the princess with a whole lot of spunk in the 2010 Disney movie “Tangled”, is voiced by singer and actress Mandy Moore. The “Tangled” has been named the most expensive animated film ever.

Mandy Moore as Rapunzel in Tangled 

The singer, rapper and actor Will.I.am, a member of the hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas, was provided the voice of Pedro, a rapping -crested Cardinal who befriends Blu and gives him advice on how to attract girls in the 2011 American 3D computer-animated musical comedy film Rio.

Will.I.am as Pedro in Rio

The famous actor Jack Black was selected to be the main voice star who voiced as Po in the 2008 American computer-animated action comedy film Kung Fu Panda

Jennifer Lopez voiced the character Azteca in the 1998 computer animated action adventure film

MANDY MOORE Rapunzel at TANGLED Premiere Arrivals in Hollywood

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