A Cartoon's Revenge

Theo gets bored easily and so like most young(ish) people, takes to home entertainment to alleviate the monotony of everyday life.  One day he comes across a cartoon – Unlucky Leo – a tale of woe centered around the eponymous hapless character.  No  matter what Leo does, it always seems to end in disaster.  Yet somehow, the tables get turned and it is now Theo’s turn to become the unlucky one.  Combining animation with live action, A Cartoon’s Revenge was created by Ted Heemskerk when he was studying at the University of the Arts Utrecht (in the Netherlands).

This all gets pretty meta fairly quickly, so I am trying to avoid overthinking about whether it is Leo’s or Theo’s reality that is… real.  That is especially true when you factor in yourself – you’re watching a short about someone watching a short and then…  I’m now wondering about that coffee spill, that trip up the stairs, the not-so-gently skid on the ice last week. 

Maybe I should just sit back and enjoy A Cartoon’s Revenge… again.