Maggie must navigate an eventful first day in daycare. At the Ayn Rand School for Tots, Maggie is diagnosed with average intelligence. Barred from the gifted children, she longs to escape from her glue-guzzling classmates. But when a lonely caterpillar befriends her, she makes it her mission to save it from a ruthless butterfly smashing toddler.
Direction
Silverman's silent-film pacing proves storytelling needs zero dialogue.
Production
Hand-drawn 2D animation in 2012? A dying art executed flawlessly.
Writing
Ayn Rand jokes for adults, caterpillar peril for kids—simultaneously.
Director
David Silverman
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