The Animation Pimp: In Search of STUFF Part 3: Fear of a Non-Narrative Planet

Why are we so scared to venture outside of the carefully planned linear world of storytelling? The Pimp ventures an opinion.

By Chris Robinson | Monday, May 6, 2002 at 12:00 am

Posted In | Columns: The Animation Pimp

r shoes and all the while raises your consciousness of the inner outer world within around you so next time you bitching griping about some lameass artfukkfilm with dotscirclesquaresorsquigglylinesabsurdplotssymbolicoddshapedprimitivelydrawn characters head to the bedroom with someonething you love or could and let the tantric meat dance begin might not clarify your bewilderment over the latest priitparnigorkovalyovquaybrothers film but ya just might have the best sex of your life bottom line kids just cause your house has four walls don't mean u need to

Conclusion
Ok...well that concludes my STUFF trilogy. Here's the STUFF I learned.

1 -- everything produced by humans is art, even me
2 -- a.) judgement is a mediator in our mind between our understanding and reason
b.) taste is a bullshit distinction that reinforces social differences
3 -- Industry and Indies need to come together for some goalless tantric sex
4 -- my appreciation of Booty Call,Murder, She Wrote AND Jorge Luis Borges is normal, balanced and healthy
5 -- that doesn't explain the goats

Next Month: Hollow Gestures
Have animation films really become more racially tolerant?

Chris Robinson is but a man. His hobbies include squirrel taunting, goat thumping, meat dancing and elderly peeping. You can find the results at http://asifa.net/robinson

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Ok maby this question will finaly establish me as an ideot . But any time me as the film maker impart's information to the walcher is thatnot in it's self naritive ? isnt the plot just replaced with a theam ? in Cemitary man ( Ok I admit not the best example )the guy gose from one murder to the next even the love of his life keep's on dieing and coming back eventualy the cemitary disaper's the one constant is the bald mute whom at the end die's come's back exept now can speak at witch point the two are shown in a lol snow globe lol . I did not see a plot but the theam shure as hell seamed to be ( and it is a mite over used ) life is redundant sad endles misory endles misory endles misory . despite the almost token obscurety isnt a plot and theam generaly the same thing , Ps. I just saw the trailer for Scoby do . you have said in the past shreck brout up beastality . Man in this movie I saw a woman kiss a dog . So if a dog can talk and stand up and think can a woman cary on with it in a wife's capasity ? Pss . Independance day had a theam inplace of a plot , what is the specific diference between that and your average non naritiive film ? weap weap is it just simplty that every thing must end Fin ?

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Pigalow Bradley (not verified) | Wed, 05/08/2002 - 00:00 | Permalink

Hey Chris, It's nice when you put your mouth where your mouth is! ;-)

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Jean Detheux (not verified) | Tue, 05/07/2002 - 00:00 | Permalink

Awesome- how is it that you can illustrate some of the same concepts as the current "notes from the underground" and not sound so offensively correct? Why do I not feel guilty for agreeing with you? Maybe its all in the presentation...........