Monday, March 18, 2024
Pooky Park Puppets Pursue
Monday, February 05, 2024
'Male and Pale is Stale' Leads to 'Flop Busters'
Dream Factory Now a Nightmare for Some
The letter speaks of a climate of fear smothering Hollywood as the top-down push for DEI is resulting in discrimination against white males and the hiring of writers for no other reason than the color of their skin or sexual preferences. This leads to the production of expensive 'flop busters' such as The Marvels or the latest Indiana Jones.
Sadly, animation—South Park excepted—was gobbled up by DEI years ago.
There's more in the open letter. Also, if you must watch video, check out YouTube Channel Film Threat's take on the subject.
The clash between enforced DEI and productivity is being waged across many industries. Now Hollywood must choose between the illusion of fairness and product quality, in addition to appeasing the Chinese.
South Park best summed up the effects of DEI on creativity:
Monday, January 29, 2024
SCTV Yellowbelly Still Delivers the Laughs
Monday, January 08, 2024
Wednesday, December 06, 2023
Tasteless TikTok Take on Osama Bin Laden
TikTok: Where the Abnormal Relax
Friday, November 24, 2023
Killer Giraffe Caught in the Act
A Long Neck Can Hide an Evil Mind
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Rare African Fire Giraffes
Tall, Graceful, and Full-of Flame
Monday, November 20, 2023
Hollywood Squashes Wall-E
A Robot Learns There's No Business Like Show Business
Friday, October 27, 2023
George Orwell Poem on Puppies and Teddy Bears
Ciinnamon-Stars Deviant Art |
Long Live Stuffed Brother!
In the land of innocence and plush delight,
Where fluffy tyrants rule with all their might,
Puppies and teddy bears, a surreal sight,
In a world of propaganda, we'll now recite.
The puppies, round and soft, so sweet and pure,
But in their eyes, a watchful, secret lure.
Their fluffy paws, a grip so firm and sure,
They play the part, but motives are obscure.
Teddy bears, with button eyes, so sly,
In the arms of children, they comply.
A symbol of comfort, as we imply,
But who's the master in this wicked lie?
In this utopia of cuddles and play,
The puppies and bears have a role to convey.
They're tools of control, in a subtle way,
As innocence withers, and freedoms decay.
They listen in silence, these loyal spies,
Gathering secrets, with their woolly guise.
Whispered confessions, each baby's cries,
In the name of safety, liberty dies.
Big Brother watches, through the guise of fluff,
Tracking our lives, and it's more than enough.
As we hug our teddies, and play with our pups,
The surveillance state only tightens its cuffs.
So remember, my friends, in this tale so grim,
The cute and the cuddly, it's all a scheme.
In the spirit of Orwell, let's not be dim,
For the truth lies hidden, in this puppy dream.
—ChatGPT
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
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Saturday, February 11, 2023
The Squeak Stopper Trench Shovel
Copy AI provided the words and Synthesia supplied the video and artificial human. (I supplied the concept.) Watch the video first, then check out the other copy.ai suggestions. They needed trimming to fit the free, but meager, Synthesia space. (Check out the last one—wow!)
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Wednesday, February 08, 2023
Pitch Meeting for Velma
Comic Ryan George strikes again as he presents the pitch meeting that gave us animated Velma.
Friday, January 06, 2023
Saturday, October 22, 2022
Little Book Reviewed on Bookshine and Readbows
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A blast from back-in-the-day as book review blog Bookshine and Readbows passed judgement on my New Age satire, The Little Book of Big Enlightenment. Inside its electronic pages, gurus, marketers, and the author battle over the true meaning of the Eckhardt Tolle-like musings of visionary Lompoc Tollhaus. Or, as Bookshine and Readbows remarked:
"Don't expect to find any genuine enlightenment . . . but to instead be entertained by a rollicking riot of flim-flam, shicanery and bickery in-fighting . . . ."
Find the Little Book in most spots where fine ebooks are sold.
Sunday, April 24, 2022
Criminal Flees the Big Apple
New York City crime is way out of control. Listen to a bad guy tell it.
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Sunday, March 13, 2022
Great White Hate for Canadians
Comic Ryan Long battles the grim existence of being a white immigrant.
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