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August 19, 2008

If Henry Darger Had A YouTube Account

This animation (via Gorilla Mask) was made in the style of children's books from the '50s and '60s, and I don't want to say that it's "like those books but on crack," because that's a lame thing to say, but I will say that the person who made the animation may or may not have been smoking crack.

It's so weird when YouTube videos border on art. If I wanted to use the internet to broaden my horizons, I would read a website with words. There isn't even one trampoline accident in this whole video, like, what?

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they were not on crack - they were on holy water

thought it was fantastic

Posted by: nicole profile link at 08/19/08 12:28 PM | Reply
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Wow. That's the kind of thing that makes my insides hurt, knowing I'll never make anything that cool.

Posted by: Sara at 08/19/08 12:39 PM | Reply
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Whats up dyslexia- I thought you said 'Harvey Danger'. That might have been different- or not.

Posted by: matt at 08/19/08 8:33 PM | Reply
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icanread

I'm sorry - did you say "bordering" on art?
Also, I clicked the video to see what the title of the short was (It's called "idol" if anyone cares), and the first related video that shows up is "The Best of Polish Idol" which I am now very tempted to watch.

Posted by: icanread profile link at 08/20/08 8:40 PM | Reply
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