Large Fierce Mammal

The 27’th Dark Sentiment of last year spoke of monsters, guardians, and most particularly Teddy Bears. Tonight we’re going to revisit the subject, only with the holders of those labels somewhat … redefined, and with all but the grimmest of realities stripped away.

When last detected, Montréal based Teresa Lang, (AKA smokingmoose) described herself as, “… a two-eyed, ambidextrous, opinionated, 2D, 3D animator, artist, writer, singer and amateur musician, with a sense of humour.”

I say “when last detected” because her online presence seems to have tapered off to silence in recent years, but not before a part of her body of work caught our attention.

Teddy’s Revenge is the story of an abused and neglected boy whose only “friend” is a Teddy Bear he wants, but doesn’t know how, to find comfort in, and that singular Teddy Bear’s own choices in the matter.

It was the extremes of behaviour expressed by the boy, and experienced by the Teddy Bear, that made this short film a part of DS Season 9. This is no fairy tale, and not a story for children.