Post by Reporter John Tannen on Apr 16, 2008 4:34:15 GMT -5
Hey everyone. It's been kind of slow around Writer's Depository lately, thanks to those assholes at the Writers Guild of America. Turns out people get paid to write Two and a Half Men? Anyway, Melanie informed all of us that we are not to cross the picket lines and betray the Writer's Guild of America. I think Melanie fails to realize that non-union writers are not represented in this deal. Nevertheless, it doesn't really matter because I don't think anyone is reading this.
Anyway, my review this week is of Digital Funtown. I first heard of Digital Funtown on You Tube when I was searching for my usual category of "crappy animation drugs alcohol." (You can guess what I was doing) Digital Funtown is an Internet channel for adult cartoons featuring some strange creatures, such as a giant lobster that fists college girls, three squirrels that describe themselves as "niggers" and something about a giant vagina in space.
At first I was outraged at the content. It seemed below juvenile and obsessed with unnatural forms of sex--not as if it's shock humor, but more like the writers didn't actually understand what sex is or how sexual parts function. Then I found out the shocking truth. Digital Funtown is not an actual entertainment channel as we understand it. It is a combination of a digital channel and a charity effort to help the mentally handicapped. As the About Us page on the DigitalFuntown.com website explains, volunteer project manager Joe Flowers explains that all of the cartoons on the website are written by mentally challenged writers that are part of the VOR Writers Guild (http://www.vor.net) that sponsors creative challenges for "special" artisans. As Flowers explains, "I first thought of Digital Funtown as a connection network, where we could bring together bad writers with bad artists. But then I realized, well, that's nothing new. Chatting with many of our hired writers, I started to recognize that most of the intriguing humor came from writers that had a skewered perception of reality and processed thoughts much slower than us superior people." Flowers states, after doing a tasteless "retard" imitation, "Then it occurred to me, I could make money by exploiting the mentally challenged. I can't believe I'm the first person to ever think of this!"
While Joe Flowers is not exactly spokesperson of the year, the intentions of Digital Funtown are admirable. They seek to encourage creative expression from writers who are at a social disadvantage. After all, the mentally handicapped are not "handicapped" by career choice; they are people first, and aspire to reach out and follow the same career paths as everyone else. Digital Funtown is doing a great service in this regard. While I don't personally approve (or understand) the concept of giant vaginas in space or squirrels selling babies for spare parts in Africa, I do concede that all artists have a right to their vision--whether they understand what they are doing or not.
Anyway, my review this week is of Digital Funtown. I first heard of Digital Funtown on You Tube when I was searching for my usual category of "crappy animation drugs alcohol." (You can guess what I was doing) Digital Funtown is an Internet channel for adult cartoons featuring some strange creatures, such as a giant lobster that fists college girls, three squirrels that describe themselves as "niggers" and something about a giant vagina in space.
At first I was outraged at the content. It seemed below juvenile and obsessed with unnatural forms of sex--not as if it's shock humor, but more like the writers didn't actually understand what sex is or how sexual parts function. Then I found out the shocking truth. Digital Funtown is not an actual entertainment channel as we understand it. It is a combination of a digital channel and a charity effort to help the mentally handicapped. As the About Us page on the DigitalFuntown.com website explains, volunteer project manager Joe Flowers explains that all of the cartoons on the website are written by mentally challenged writers that are part of the VOR Writers Guild (http://www.vor.net) that sponsors creative challenges for "special" artisans. As Flowers explains, "I first thought of Digital Funtown as a connection network, where we could bring together bad writers with bad artists. But then I realized, well, that's nothing new. Chatting with many of our hired writers, I started to recognize that most of the intriguing humor came from writers that had a skewered perception of reality and processed thoughts much slower than us superior people." Flowers states, after doing a tasteless "retard" imitation, "Then it occurred to me, I could make money by exploiting the mentally challenged. I can't believe I'm the first person to ever think of this!"
While Joe Flowers is not exactly spokesperson of the year, the intentions of Digital Funtown are admirable. They seek to encourage creative expression from writers who are at a social disadvantage. After all, the mentally handicapped are not "handicapped" by career choice; they are people first, and aspire to reach out and follow the same career paths as everyone else. Digital Funtown is doing a great service in this regard. While I don't personally approve (or understand) the concept of giant vaginas in space or squirrels selling babies for spare parts in Africa, I do concede that all artists have a right to their vision--whether they understand what they are doing or not.