Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-30307603-20170101213211

Now, first of all, Happy New Year, guys! I hope 2016 wasn't too rough for everyone (though, that's not saying much).

With that out of the way, let's start the discussion. What is your opinion on Gumball's use of the fourth wall to tell its stories? Love it? Hate it? Why?

Well, if my past works are any indication, which can be read here and here, I love the use of the fourth wall in this show. The creative ways the show uses its self-awareness to tell very surreal, almost creepy-like stories. Episodes such as "The Void", "The Money", and "The Signal" manage to use the medium in very different ways that makes the world feel very alien. The way it's used as a motivation, or a catalyst if you will, in "The Disaster" and "The Rerun" is also very interesting, and further makes the world more fasinating.

That's just me, though. What about you guys?

Discuss. 