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A review by kesterbird
The Frog Who Croaked by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
2.0
Setting aside the obviously problematic issue of a police force made entirely of one species that is meant to protect a city made up of myriad species (and, by ignoring the all platypus police squad, we smoothly steer clear of the parallels between that and our current issues with the real live police force) there is still the unfortunate writing.
Look. Slapstick is HARD. Buster Keaton wasn't a haphazard fool, he was a brilliant actor and choreographer. Slapstick in writing is even HARDER. Slapstick works because it looks like an accident, but making it work is not an accident. This author clearly thinks that if he keeps tripping, he'll just accidentally land in good slapstick, but really he's just falling down a lot and none of it is funny.
Look. Slapstick is HARD. Buster Keaton wasn't a haphazard fool, he was a brilliant actor and choreographer. Slapstick in writing is even HARDER. Slapstick works because it looks like an accident, but making it work is not an accident. This author clearly thinks that if he keeps tripping, he'll just accidentally land in good slapstick, but really he's just falling down a lot and none of it is funny.