tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9204080274406469.post6083149666659017517..comments2023-05-27T01:23:41.984-07:00Comments on Barbaric Poetries: "The glass is always half full"christopher lirettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07995726854485863726noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9204080274406469.post-23907720405811694842011-03-05T11:42:50.736-08:002011-03-05T11:42:50.736-08:00It's appealing because it takes what first app...It's appealing because it takes what first appears to be a children's show and makes in comically horrifying. It's a pairing that's been done before - for example on South Park's paper cutout animation strewn with cursing and disgusting situations.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12236025329473315614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9204080274406469.post-15888228353735063682011-03-05T10:58:07.522-08:002011-03-05T10:58:07.522-08:00This was one of the tougher videos on this blog th...This was one of the tougher videos on this blog that I have watched. It was hard to get through. I guess its because glass shards piercing my body is an incredible horrific amount of violence. But another reason why this is so disturbing is because these are everyday (as you said) "normative" situations. Every once in a while we have to change a lightbulb or two and this situation is not too implausible. This just brings another aspect of violence to the viewer.cmc9015https://www.blogger.com/profile/03092415415477948475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9204080274406469.post-17434558692207724102011-03-05T10:41:04.124-08:002011-03-05T10:41:04.124-08:00The violence in "Happy Tree Friends" is ...The violence in "Happy Tree Friends" is something I don't really consider true violence. I know this is a stupid-sounding sentence, but allow me to elaborate on what I mean. Like in Kill Bill, the violence in "Happy Tree Friends" is so over the top and so absurd that we almost don't see it as real violence. I was a big fan of the show when I was younger, and I still find it pretty funny now. The fact that the characters always magically reincarnate is a way of making the violence look so much less severe too. This is a funny program that desensitizes us to mainstream violence in a way.JordanBlock23https://www.blogger.com/profile/05936641828399744995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9204080274406469.post-81857684598680048322011-03-02T10:58:45.786-08:002011-03-02T10:58:45.786-08:00I am a HUGE fan of Happy Tree Friends and have bee...I am a HUGE fan of Happy Tree Friends and have been for quite some time. The thing that makes me laugh about the show is the crazy situations in which the violence is facilitated; however, what allows us to laugh is, as the poster pointed out, the fact that "the characters magically reincarnate after each episode." It takes away from the severity of the consequences of violence as well as desensitizes us to the point where we can find humor in it.MartinsianLogichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04758018372813246530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9204080274406469.post-40749008080232415722011-03-01T18:37:45.285-08:002011-03-01T18:37:45.285-08:00I remember coming across "Happy Tree Friends&...I remember coming across "Happy Tree Friends" when I was in middle school, just around the time Youtube was getting big as well. I don't know what to think about it because I enjoyed in a lot back then. The violence was so ridiculous that it was just funny, to laugh at the bodies breaking and animals getting chopped up, even though I must say they were quite cute. This show kind of reminds me of what "The Simpsons" children watched on TV: "The Itchy and Scratchy Show." Like you said, its a hyperbole of violence and gruesomeness, so much so that it's hilarious. It's like "Kill Bill" in a lot of ways as well. We laugh at the insanities of the violence because its so unrealistic, it is somehow fascinating and hilarious. Look at all the other classic cartoons like "Loony Toons" and kids shows like "Power Rangers." We're a society fascinated by gruesomeness.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11798669711785779537noreply@blogger.com