What is animation...

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Today i stumbled upon an article on cartoon brew which had a link to ANOTHER article also on cartoon brew about the common impression people have about animation.
It had a quote from Brad Bird in it wich just made me smile because he absolutely nails it:

“People think of animation only doing things where people are dancing around and doing a lot of histrionics, but animation is not a genre. And people keep saying, ‘The animation genre.’ It’s not a genre! A Western is a genre! Animation is an art form, and it can do any genre. You know, it can do a detective film, a cowboy film, a horror film, an R-rated film or a kids’ fairy tale. But it doesn’t do one thing. And, next time I hear, ‘What’s it like working in the animation genre?’ I’m going to punch that person!” 

Thats why im such a big fan of Brad Bird... he is so straight forward. He doesnt  try to put lipstick on the pig just to not offend anyone. These Days you dont meet people like that very often.