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WaveofShadow
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Why do you ask? | ||
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Zess
Adun Toridas!9144 Posts
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WaveofShadow
Canada31495 Posts
And the show you're talking about I could swear is one of those ones that manages to offend a whole lot of people (never watched it, I could be completely wrong) so I think they're completely different. | ||
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Zess
Adun Toridas!9144 Posts
On November 12 2014 07:16 WaveofShadow wrote: Most people I've talked don't think poorly of too many cooks at all. And the show you're talking about I could swear is one of those ones that manages to offend a whole lot of people (never watched it, I could be completely wrong) so I think they're completely different. | ||
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Gahlo
United States35174 Posts
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PrinceXizor
United States17713 Posts
also too many cooks is NOT "GOOD" absurdism, its bad also wave fuck you, squidbillies is very good satire. its artstyle can turn people off a lot. and thats totally okay. i think some of the humor falls flat, but when they are in full satire mode its fantastic. It references this, in case you don't remember/didn't know Linky | ||
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Shelke14
Canada6655 Posts
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WaveofShadow
Canada31495 Posts
and px if I want to watch good satire that can sometimes fall flat but can also be really really on I'll watch South Park | ||
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Zess
Adun Toridas!9144 Posts
On November 12 2014 07:38 PrinceXizor wrote: I fucking hate nathan for you. because it took away the kroll show, which i kinda thought was okay. also too many cooks is NOT "GOOD" absurdism, its bad I don't really see Too Many Cooks as absurdist. It is a deconstruction of tropes, and only seems absurd because we take those tropes to be granted, which is the true absurdity. Fuck television. | ||
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PrinceXizor
United States17713 Posts
On November 12 2014 07:47 WaveofShadow wrote: Not a huge fan of kroll. love the league though and px if I want to watch good satire that can sometimes fall flat but can also be really really on I'll watch South Park squidbillies is south park for southern culture. they are at an equal level. | ||
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WaveofShadow
Canada31495 Posts
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WaveofShadow
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On November 12 2014 07:48 Zess wrote: I don't really see Too Many Cooks as absurdist. It is a deconstruction of tropes, and only seems absurd because we take those tropes to be granted, which is the true absurdity. Fuck television. Please. what trope is being deconstructed by a guy eating a bunch of severed heads? and big deal at sitcoms and cartoons being made fun of its not like that hasn't been done before, constantly, and better. | ||
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Capped
United Kingdom7236 Posts
But really, that cooks thing is awfully terribad. | ||
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Zess
Adun Toridas!9144 Posts
On November 12 2014 07:59 WaveofShadow wrote: Please. what trope is being deconstructed by a guy eating a bunch of severed heads? and big deal at sitcoms and cartoons being made fun of its not like that hasn't been done before, constantly, and better. The serial killer makes his first appear quite early in the work and features more prominently as the familiarity of the fabricated universe erodes from our understanding of the composition of a sitcom. One of the major themes is the embedding of realities, with the show-within-a-show and the breaking of a "4th wall" as a character breaks through the set (which is in itself a set). This culminates in a post-structural critique of cultural identity -- the modernist model of idealized family structures of the 80s, built ultimately on the foundation of Western humanist thought, is rejected strongly by the shock value in the literally savage man. | ||
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Requizen
United States33802 Posts
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Lord Tolkien
United States12084 Posts
There are so many wonderful nuances to it. Its why i like AS as a segment. It pushes the bounds of avante-garde TV. Even if i dont come close to liking all their shows. | ||
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wei2coolman
United States60033 Posts
On November 12 2014 08:24 Lord Tolkien wrote: As a note, the killer makes his appearance as early as 0:28 in. There are so many wonderful nuances to it. Its why i like AS as a segment. It pushes the bounds of avante-garde TV. Even if i dont come close to liking all their shows. Please be more pretentious. | ||
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Zess
Adun Toridas!9144 Posts
On November 12 2014 08:24 Lord Tolkien wrote: As a note, the killer makes his appearance as early as 0:28 in. There are so many wonderful nuances to it. Its why i like AS as a segment. It pushes the bounds of avante-garde TV. Even if i dont come close to liking all their shows. Not all of them are that great, and even in Too Many Cooks, I felt the superhero-spin sequence, the white-house-zoom-in and the animation sequence were all superfluous. In tradition of more things PrinceXizor would not like, here is our favorite person throwing smoothies on the ground (Ignore the default youtube thumbnail, it is irrelevant to the timestamp, although if you like Asa Akira you can watch the full show for it): | ||
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Lord Tolkien
United States12084 Posts
Sticking up my pinkie while sipping tea | ||
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PrinceXizor
United States17713 Posts
On November 12 2014 08:17 Zess wrote: The serial killer makes his first appear quite early in the work and features more prominently as the familiarity of the fabricated universe erodes from our understanding of the composition of a sitcom. One of the major themes is the embedding of realities, with the show-within-a-show and the breaking of a "4th wall" as a character breaks through the set (which is in itself a set). This culminates in a post-structural critique of cultural identity -- the modernist model of idealized family structures of the 80s, built ultimately on the foundation of Western humanist thought, is rejected strongly by the shock value in the literally savage man. Yeah. okay maybe, if you are as high as the writers. But why watch that, when you can watch always sunny, and figure out that dennis was written as a serial killer. | ||
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