THE GLOBGLOGABGALAB

This animation clip just entered my brain by way of the Internet, and will probably be lodged there until I die. It’s from a CGI animated movie called Strawinski and the Mysterious House, apparently based on a chapter of an German audio drama, about a mole (Strawinski) and his animal friends who explore a mysterious house. It’s billed as “a magical adventure inspired by the Chronicles of Narnia, Walt Disney animated musicals, and the parables of Jesus Christ.”

One of the characters Strawinski encounters is a once-beautiful elf whose love of books turned him away from God (“The Great Elohim”) and transformed him into a monstrous slug-like grotesquerie. “I am the Globglogabgalab” is his big musical number. The Rat King—and I’m going by various reviews and plot summaries here—mind-controls Strawinski’s friends by tempting them to read books, and then the Scarlet Queen dissolves the books and saves everyone. Again, I’m paraphrasing. I haven’t seen the entire production.

One reviewer said this about the Globglogabgalab scene: “Oddly enough . . . it’s regarded as the least strange thing going on in the movie.”

I think our bibliophile readers will enjoy the idea of a warmly lit basement library full of dancing books. Less appealing is the idea of being caricatured as a fat, babbling, book-obsessed freak. But nobody ever said bibliomania would be a stroll in the park.

Enjoy! Here’s the scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1dRBWyf6z8

and here’s a critique and analysis of the movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhg6oTKcmW0

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