The unlikely success of this American cartoon import continues unabated with the release of a Mexican-made feature filmOne pleasure available for the modern culture-flaneur is picking out the curios of globalisation: the unlikely cultural friendships struck up. I never knew Top Cat (or Boss Cat, as British viewers may remember him) was big in Mexico until last week, when I saw that a new feature-length animation version had been squatting on top of their box-office charts like a patronising moggie on a trashcan.
Comment on Don Gato – aka Top Cat – rides the crest of a Mexican wave
Phil Hoad, Guardian Unlimited: Film
Tue, 10/11/2011 - 9:16am
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