To say that there is a lot going on in Space Jam: A New Legacy (Malcolm D. Lee, 2021) – the sort-of-anticipated follow-up to the 1996 live-action/animation sports comedy Space Jam (Joe Pytka, 1996) – would be something of an understatement. The bombastic first trailer for the sequel (released in April 2021) had already given audiences an indication as to the potentially chaotic tone of this new big-screen instalment.
Read MoreI want to tell you about my favourite personal interest and ruling passion as a scholar, the thing I find it hard to live without; television animation. But you should know something about me first. I was diagnosed very young with Asperger’s Syndrome, which is considered to be on the high end of the Autism spectrum. People with Asperger’s can function well by themselves and amongst friends and family, and work well when given tasks that they can do, but find it very difficult communicating to others if they don’t know how to, or if they have never met or interacted with someone before.
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