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Re: Daisy Owl
« Reply #255 on: September 16, 2009, 01:44:28 pm »
Early (to be ashamed of, to be forgotten) achewood was kind of innocent though. Phillipe wasn't exactly the POV character but there was a sense of the others trying to tone things down around him. They were also more innocent because they were stuffed animals and didn't leave the house much.
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Re: Daisy Owl
« Reply #256 on: September 16, 2009, 04:20:05 pm »
I, for one, don't find cussing to be a necessary element in comedy.
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Re: Daisy Owl
« Reply #257 on: September 16, 2009, 04:33:57 pm »
Quote from: pmcd9 on September 16, 2009, 04:20:05 pm
I, for one, don't find cussing to be a necessary element in comedy.

I'm not averse to it, but the only element I find necessary to comedy is funny.
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Re: Daisy Owl
« Reply #258 on: September 16, 2009, 08:34:35 pm »
Quote from: CortJstr on September 16, 2009, 01:21:52 pm
Cooper: Steve's cussing! / Mr. Owl: He's cussing?
Cooper: He's cussing! / Mr. Owl: Is he cussing someone out? / Daisy: Who's cussing?
Mr. Owl: Steve's cussing! / Daisy: What is he cussing about? / Cooper: He's just cussing!
Steve: I'm cussing? / Mr. Owl and Daisy: You're cussing! / Cooper: No cussing!

Aaron Sorkin took over writing Daisy Owl?
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Re: Daisy Owl
« Reply #259 on: September 16, 2009, 08:46:41 pm »
Quote from: smick on September 16, 2009, 08:34:35 pm
Aaron Sorkin took over writing Daisy Owl?

Remembering the alt-text gets you a can, good sir.
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Re: Daisy Owl
« Reply #260 on: September 17, 2009, 12:42:54 am »
Quote from: AugustWest on September 16, 2009, 04:33:57 pm
I'm not averse to it, but the only element I find necessary to comedy is funny.

I'm not averse to it either.
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Re: Daisy Owl
« Reply #261 on: September 17, 2009, 05:14:39 am »
this just makes me imagine people whose conception of comedy is really specific.

"ok, i guess this is making me laugh, but where are the Groucho Marx glasses?"

I am endlessly entertained by jokes based on someone having a really specific criterion for what makes something good.
especially if it's a weird criterion, obviously.
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Re: Daisy Owl
« Reply #262 on: September 17, 2009, 06:56:04 am »
Quote from: CortJstr on September 16, 2009, 08:46:41 pm
Remembering the alt-text gets you a can, good sir.

You should probably take that can back.   I don't recall the Alt text you refer to, however when I read that, I did this in my head.

Quote from: CortJstr on September 16, 2009, 01:21:52 pm
Dana: Casey's cussing! / Dan: He's cussing?
Dana: He's cussing! / Dan: Is he cussing someone out? / Natalie: Who's cussing?
Dan: Casey's cussing! / Natalie: What is he cussing about? / Dana: He's just cussing!
Casey: I'm cussing? / Dan and Natalie: You're cussing! / Dana: No cussing!
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Re: Daisy Owl
« Reply #263 on: September 17, 2009, 12:50:50 pm »
Quote from: smick on September 17, 2009, 06:56:04 am
You should probably take that can back.   I don't recall the Alt text you refer to, however when I read that, I did this in my head.

I was sort of wrong, too. It wasn't alt-text is was a straight-up caption: http://achewood.com/index.php?date=12142001
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Re: Daisy Owl
« Reply #264 on: September 17, 2009, 07:56:28 pm »
It is not that swearing is NECESSARY to comedy.

It is that in a long-form storytelling, it feels like an artifical restriction to potential entertainment and that bothers me.

If there was a little swearing here and there and it felt like the potential was there, it wouldn't feel like that.

It is like there is a pebble in my shoe on an otherwise pleasant walk.

I'm a weird person, though, we've covered this.
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Re: Daisy Owl
« Reply #265 on: September 17, 2009, 08:01:01 pm »
Mike you do realize there are people out there that rarely or never swear?  I'm one.  I'm not offended by profanity, but I typically find it ineloquent.
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Re: Daisy Owl
« Reply #266 on: September 17, 2009, 08:02:22 pm »
I've never seen the Wire, but I read somewhere that one of the characters never swears? Is that true? I really gotta watch that show...
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Re: Daisy Owl
« Reply #267 on: September 17, 2009, 08:08:55 pm »
Yes, that's Omar, who makes his living stealing from the drug dealers. IMHO he's also the only character on the series who isn't believable if you stop and think about it for too long - he's got so many contradictions, they're obviously fictionally purposeful - but maybe he was meant to be.

The good thing about not using profanity often is that it makes a big impression when you do, as I found in that other thread we were having lately.

Also, I bought Honey Nut Cheerios for the first time solely because they are Omar's favorite cereal.
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Re: Daisy Owl
« Reply #268 on: September 17, 2009, 08:13:36 pm »
Quote from: wombat on September 17, 2009, 08:08:55 pm
The good thing about not using profanity often is that it makes a big impression when you do, as I found in that other thread we were having lately.

See also: Silent Bob and talking.
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Re: Daisy Owl
« Reply #269 on: September 17, 2009, 08:23:30 pm »
Quote from: CortJstr on September 17, 2009, 08:13:36 pm
See also: Silent Bob and talking.

...which ties in nicely with one of my weak spots for comedy: profanity that is so extreme as to become ridiculous, borderline nonsensical (as when Randall reads the porn titles in front of that kid in "Clerks" and the titles become progressively more unhinged. I didn't watch that scene, I survived it).
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