Inanimate Insanity was unique for its time when regarding object shows and how they've initially played out. While Inanimate Insanity may be the first story driven object show to exist this doesn't mean that the show succeeds with it's narrative or has any significant value.
Inanimate Insanity as a series has always struggled to keep itself consistent with its tone and narrative and has tried way too hard to be something that it wasn't initially supposed to be in the first place.
Inanimate Insanity as a series is supposed to be simplistic and engaging - as the first season heavily highlights. While story changes like this CAN be achieved and done well (for example Charlie The Unicorn) Inanimate Insanity especially by its third season fails to properly set up these events and the sudden tone changes that the series currently prospers in. The show feels like it doesn't even know what it initially wants to be - and consistently fights with itself.
Not only is Inanimate Insanity's writing very poorly executed, contrived and is over-clustered but the same can be said about the cast as well. A good majority of the II cast fall into a "boring" sub-genre where they simply don't have enough background to them or have enough sustainability to be memorable or to stand on their own two feet.
It also doesn't help that a good majority of said screen-time for S2 goes to a specific list of characters.
Those characters being Baseball, Suitcase, Nickel, Balloon (Main GrandSlams) Lightbulb, Paintbrush, Fan, Test Tube (Main BrightLights) + Microphone and Marshmallow. (even in earlier episodes as well).
Giving the rest of the cast barely any leg room as they're mostly shoved to the side and never brought up again or are only there (or brought up) to be utilized as a plot device.
Inanimate Insanity's biggest flaw however despite it's inconsistent narrative and clunky execution is how it tries way too hard to be symbolic, tried justifying emotional abuse in its recent season, its recent usage of political arguments(?) and how the shows creator Adam Kats has used the show as a way to justify his prejudice against mental disabilities, neurodivergence, Latinas and Italians.
While also subtly persuading his fanbase to think the same way by sneaking in harmful ideologies aka sly innuendos into II's writing.
While some are harder to catch yet are noticeable at the beginning like Taco (mental illness - BPD) there are ones that're heavily transparent and are hard to ignore like Paper (DID), Tissues (Chronic Disease), Soap (OCD), and Bomb (Tourettes Syndrome) to name a few.
The problem with this necessarily is how they've been portrayed in the show and how it was purposely done in a condescending manner. By making them "sluggish", "obsessive", "dumb" or "annoying" to justify their dehumanizing views against individuals that suffer with mental illness, chronic disease or have a neurological disorder.
OR they completely demonize the disability all-together with Cabby and Taco being huge contributors to said message.
RECAP Inanimate Insanity is a show that was inconsistent and flawed since it's original debut. The show has only gotten worse due to its over-clustered narrative, poorly executed (and harmful) arcs and how the writers of Inanimate Insanity don't even know what to do with the narrative they've placed onto themselves. Inanimate Insanity aged poorly throughout the past couple of years due to its harmful messaging and portrayals of different majorities. Even till this day the show still continues to fail to find its footing and I have very low hopes this show will be salvaged.
Inanimate Insanity as a series has always struggled to keep itself consistent with its tone and narrative and has tried way too hard to be something that it wasn't initially supposed to be in the first place.
Inanimate Insanity as a series is supposed to be simplistic and engaging - as the first season heavily highlights. While story changes like this CAN be achieved and done well (for example Charlie The Unicorn) Inanimate Insanity especially by its third season fails to properly set up these events and the sudden tone changes that the series currently prospers in. The show feels like it doesn't even know what it initially wants to be - and consistently fights with itself.
Not only is Inanimate Insanity's writing very poorly executed, contrived and is over-clustered but the same can be said about the cast as well. A good majority of the II cast fall into a "boring" sub-genre where they simply don't have enough background to them or have enough sustainability to be memorable or to stand on their own two feet.
It also doesn't help that a good majority of said screen-time for S2 goes to a specific list of characters.
Those characters being Baseball, Suitcase, Nickel, Balloon (Main GrandSlams) Lightbulb, Paintbrush, Fan, Test Tube (Main BrightLights) + Microphone and Marshmallow. (even in earlier episodes as well).
Giving the rest of the cast barely any leg room as they're mostly shoved to the side and never brought up again or are only there (or brought up) to be utilized as a plot device.
Inanimate Insanity's biggest flaw however despite it's inconsistent narrative and clunky execution is how it tries way too hard to be symbolic, tried justifying emotional abuse in its recent season, its recent usage of political arguments(?) and how the shows creator Adam Kats has used the show as a way to justify his prejudice against mental disabilities, neurodivergence, Latinas and Italians.
While also subtly persuading his fanbase to think the same way by sneaking in harmful ideologies aka sly innuendos into II's writing.
While some are harder to catch yet are noticeable at the beginning like Taco (mental illness - BPD) there are ones that're heavily transparent and are hard to ignore like Paper (DID), Tissues (Chronic Disease), Soap (OCD), and Bomb (Tourettes Syndrome) to name a few.
The problem with this necessarily is how they've been portrayed in the show and how it was purposely done in a condescending manner. By making them "sluggish", "obsessive", "dumb" or "annoying" to justify their dehumanizing views against individuals that suffer with mental illness, chronic disease or have a neurological disorder.
OR they completely demonize the disability all-together with Cabby and Taco being huge contributors to said message.
RECAP Inanimate Insanity is a show that was inconsistent and flawed since it's original debut. The show has only gotten worse due to its over-clustered narrative, poorly executed (and harmful) arcs and how the writers of Inanimate Insanity don't even know what to do with the narrative they've placed onto themselves. Inanimate Insanity aged poorly throughout the past couple of years due to its harmful messaging and portrayals of different majorities. Even till this day the show still continues to fail to find its footing and I have very low hopes this show will be salvaged.