>Jeremy, I don't know if this helps, but I had a class with Chuck Kleinhans >once, in which he suggested _Duck Amok_ might have underlying Brechtian >meaning, although he argued that it lacked the political sensibility that >would align it with Brecht's principles of the theatre. How interesting that Chuck is still using that (I was in his very first Northwestern classes--1977). It stems from a piece by Dana Polan on Brecht and Daffy--the cover story from JUMP CUT, no.17. Around the same time, a classmate of mine, Linda Obalil, made an optically printed film that played around with--i.e., deconstructed-- a few cartoons like DUCK AMUCK. (Wonder what happened to Linda. Last I heard she was working as an animator in LA. Anybody see her name in any credits?)