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Post by Christmas Chief on Aug 22, 2021 7:42:05 GMT -5
Great use of materials! The gears add a special effect.
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Post by Christmas Chief on Aug 21, 2021 21:13:59 GMT -5
This might have been my favorite answer.
The idea of Snicket holding Handler captive is a funny metaphor.
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Terryverse
Aug 21, 2021 11:44:01 GMT -5
via mobile
Post by Christmas Chief on Aug 21, 2021 11:44:01 GMT -5
Thought I'd dropped the ball on the last post when nobody responded. When I saw the thread bumped, I thought someone had replied to an older work - didn’t realize til yesterday there was new content!
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Post by Christmas Chief on Aug 21, 2021 11:39:41 GMT -5
Okay, that’s what I got from it. I read somewhere that it was supposed to be a personification of depression and I didn’t really get that.
Agreed about the spoken parts of the songs.
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Post by Christmas Chief on Aug 20, 2021 15:57:35 GMT -5
Thank you for organizing again, Semblance!
I think that by “conservative” he meant financially conservative - i.e., less willing to take risks with things that might not sell - not politically conservative.
Edit: Although they may overlap, come to think of it.
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Post by Christmas Chief on Aug 20, 2021 15:17:56 GMT -5
Haha, Lord of the Files is great. Also enjoyed the take on Catcher in the Rye. I don't know the two movies well enough to get the references, but would definitely watch Scarf-Ace on its own merits.
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Post by Christmas Chief on Aug 20, 2021 15:00:56 GMT -5
I'm glad you replied to this thread; I was curious what your take would be. Yeah, FOMO made me watch this a month or two ago... it's watchable. It's the framing device that made it kinda interesting (with the ending being the strongest thing about the whole special). Because there is no other excuse for most of these songs to exist, much less come out NOW. From the little I've seen of his prior stand-up seemingly ages ago, he doesn't seem to have outgrown targeting teens (and those in their very early 20s). No self-respecting 30-year old still mageees about instagram girls, complains about awkward videochats with their mom, or observes that sexting is lame. The music was p good, though, and Welcome to the Internet was one of the better ones. The one song that resonated the most for me was All Eyes On Me. The transition from the lighter songs (FaceTime, Instagram) to the darker / more serious ones in the special caused me to view those earlier songs in a different light. I see them less as complaints and more as commentary on the "realness" of digital spaces, which can be vacuous and superficial but also sinister in ways we don't notice at first ("Welcome to the Internet"). The insight itself isn't new or deep (everyone knows the internet is both good and bad), but I think it's an original way of communicating it. I wasn't sure what to make of "All Eyes on Me." What did you like about it? I haven't heard of him - I'll check it out!
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Post by Christmas Chief on Aug 19, 2021 11:44:12 GMT -5
They’re well-positioned in relation to each other, too! It looks like the artist caught them in the middle of a good-natured argument.
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Post by Christmas Chief on Aug 16, 2021 7:02:07 GMT -5
Has anyone watched this special? I think 667ers might enjoy his brand of meta-comedy. One of the motifs is the internet, and the bridge from the signature song (linked below) made me think about the early days of 667.
(CW Explicit language)
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Post by Christmas Chief on Aug 16, 2021 6:12:47 GMT -5
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Post by Christmas Chief on Aug 13, 2021 15:38:14 GMT -5
I recently finished reading Trust Exercise by Susan Choi, which reminded me of The Basic Eight in some ways. Its use of unreliable narrators and the blending of fiction and reality struck me as Flan-like. Has anyone else read it? Edit: I should add, for younger members, that I would probably give the book an R rating (like TB8).
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Post by Christmas Chief on Aug 13, 2021 15:12:15 GMT -5
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Post by Christmas Chief on Aug 11, 2021 17:57:37 GMT -5
Besides the ones I’m being forced to live with? misstastrophe, can you tell how many people are here?
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Post by Christmas Chief on Aug 10, 2021 22:49:47 GMT -5
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Post by Christmas Chief on Aug 5, 2021 15:29:36 GMT -5
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