>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?)