Llama Unleashes the Alpacalypse by Jonathan Stutzman
2020; Johns Hopkins University Press; Volume: 73; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1353/bcc.2020.0348
ISSN1558-6766
Autores Tópico(s)Culinary Culture and Tourism
ResumoReviewed by: Llama Unleashes the Alpacalypse by Jonathan Stutzman Kate Quealy-Gainer, Assistant Editor Stutzman, Jonathan Llama Unleashes the Alpacalypse; illus. by Heather Fox. Holt, 2020 [32p] Trade ed. ISBN 978-1-250-22285-5 $18.99 Reviewed from galleys R 4-7 yrs If viewers learned anything from Stutzman’s Llama Destroys the World (BCCB 5/19), it’s that the titular llama loves a good meal. He does not, however, love cleaning up after making said meal, and after one particularly large and messy breakfast, Llama comes up with a diabolical plan involving his neat freak pal Alpaca and his own DIY clone machine. After a spin in the Replicator 3000, Alpaca and his clone make an easy job of the disastrous kitchen, but Llama soon gets a little overexcited, creating an army of alpacas that he eventually has to shuffle out the door so he can sit down for a nice quiet meal. With the alpacas roaming the streets, wielding brooms and roaring vacuum cleaners, has Llama doomed the world yet again? Viewers don’t need to be familiar with Llama’s previous antics to appreciate the goofy absurdity of this outing, though the cumulative humor of Llama’s destructive tendencies is delightful. Pudgy and bug-eyed Llama and Alpaca have a manic energy, and there’s a surprising amount of movement in the digital art, especially as the alpacas jauntily bring their cleaning chaos out into the city streets. Between the “Zoop!” of the Replicator 3000 and the alpaca horde’s cries of “Wark!” and, eventually, “Pizza!”, there are plenty of opportunities for some zesty performance work, and audiences can only hope that this isn’t Llama’s last effort to bring about the end of days. [End Page 409] Copyright © 2020 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
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