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It is difficult to discern from this latest film spinoff from the TV series why these two bears and their friend Vick have been so successful
If you’re a card-carrying member of the substantial fanbase of the Chinese animated television series Boonie Bears, which has already spawned half a dozen feature films, you probably know more or less what you’re getting into here. If you’re new to it, welcome to the life of two bears and their friend Vick, a former logger. This adventure focuses on Vick, and explores the road less travelled, via an alternative-realities-slash-time-travel plot involving wispy guardians of the timelines and mad scientist hocus pocus gone awry.
Say what you will about the likes of more traditional “what if” stories such as A Christmas Carol and It’s a Wonderful Life, but they do at least keep things simple. Boonie Bears: Time Twist is nothing if not convoluted. Perhaps the baroque storytelling wouldn’t matter so much if the thing had any wit about it, but it’s difficult to discern from this entry why this set of characters have been quite so successful. The humour falls pretty flat; the big gags are around moments like the boss turning out to be standing behind Vick when he’s doing an impression of her, or a character serving up unappetising soup which somebody has to eat out of politeness.

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The text – from 4th century BCE China – wittily rejects the idea of staying ‘in our lane’. Life is too important to do that
It takes courage to navigate our way when confronted with the unfamiliar. Whether it’s at a gathering of unfamiliar faces, or tackling a new project, or moving into a new neighbourhood. We can’t predict how people will respond to us, and often can’t confidently rely on our existing knowledge and skill sets.
, was written at a time when life was precarious. It recognises that circumstances are always changing and it encourages us to embrace what these changes bring. The Zhuangzi is a wonderful text, full of fascinating stories that sometimes use talking animals to question our values and projects. It makes fun of the way other approaches or traditions can take life too seriously, for instance, when they impose rigid practices and expectations on everyone. It challenges the Confucian views of the time, in some stories portraying Confucius as being inflexibly focused on a specific way to live. In one scenario he is described as being in shackles, bound by his own values. Through this image, the Zhuangzi emphasises the importance of allowing ourselves to wander outside our comfort zone.
Karyn Lai is professor of philosophy at the faculty of arts, design and architecture at the University of New South Wales

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