Update: The Route to Cappyness review – capybara boosterism is an ode to the internet’s favourite rodent
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The available account reports that from a cappy-cafe owner in Japan to an escaped capybara in the UK, this homespun film takes the temperature of an international obsession One of Midlands-based film-maker Sharon Walia’s previous works was The Keepers of the Pigs , proudly described on her production company’s website as “the first ever documentary about guinea pigs”. The report also notes that So it makes zoological sense that her latest film takes on capybaras, guinea pigs’ ridiculously cute semi-aquatic cousins that are indigenous to Latin America, and relatively recently became ubiquitous on social media in memes and short films alike. As glimpsed here, there was even a capybara in the recent Academy Award-winning animated feature Flow , some pro-cappy boosterism that captured the creatures’ chill vibe and snuffly sweetness. Walia’s celebration of the species stays on script, rejoicing in the animals’ natural geniality, friendliness to other species in their natural habitat, and their compelling, remunerative charm that seems to have bolstered the fortunes of several animal attractions around the world.
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