by RetroRomper » Wed Feb 08, 2012 6:07 pm
Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:No, just kidding, but I am on CO's side. I get that a lot of people who got into acting did musicals in high school, college, or whatever classes they took when they dropped out of college. I get it.
The fact he made
musicals the subject of his homage was unimportant: Seth followed through with the idea and interwove them into a coherent statement, a development of a thought in the episodes he dedicated to them. That is, he built on the history of that medium (musicals) by including them in a different medium, as opposed to a bunch of fart and fuck jokes that don't ask the viewer anything except for five seconds of attention.
And as an aside, it is always a pleasure to see someone delve into a topic they are fascinated and have dedicated their time to, then cross it with the one they have developed a career around. Not only is the subject matter explored thoroughly, but it also required quite a bit of time, thought, and planning to execute correctly. Seth approached a problem, correlated it with a topic he knows well, and the result is an extension of the two original modes he was interested in.
Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:But it's as dumb as Stephen King making all his protagonists authors, or a text game author making his protagonists computer programmers (which I have, sadly, done, cha cha cha).
When were trying to understand the motivations of a character, it is natural for us to reflect upon ourselves. Seriously, who have we spent more time contemplating? Viewing alternate circumstances for?
Arguably, you could say its egocentric: not being able to explore the mind of another is a sign of lack of understanding, empathy, and banality (arguably). But besides arguments that were playing out our fantasies when writing a story, it makes sense that we place a character into a role or position were intrinsically familiar with.
[quote="Ice Cream Jonsey"]No, just kidding, but I am on CO's side. I get that a lot of people who got into acting did musicals in high school, college, or whatever classes they took when they dropped out of college. I get it.[/quote]
The fact he made [i]musicals[/i] the subject of his homage was unimportant: Seth followed through with the idea and interwove them into a coherent statement, a development of a thought in the episodes he dedicated to them. That is, he built on the history of that medium (musicals) by including them in a different medium, as opposed to a bunch of fart and fuck jokes that don't ask the viewer anything except for five seconds of attention.
And as an aside, it is always a pleasure to see someone delve into a topic they are fascinated and have dedicated their time to, then cross it with the one they have developed a career around. Not only is the subject matter explored thoroughly, but it also required quite a bit of time, thought, and planning to execute correctly. Seth approached a problem, correlated it with a topic he knows well, and the result is an extension of the two original modes he was interested in.
[quote="Ice Cream Jonsey"]But it's as dumb as Stephen King making all his protagonists authors, or a text game author making his protagonists computer programmers (which I have, sadly, done, cha cha cha).[/quote]
When were trying to understand the motivations of a character, it is natural for us to reflect upon ourselves. Seriously, who have we spent more time contemplating? Viewing alternate circumstances for?
Arguably, you could say its egocentric: not being able to explore the mind of another is a sign of lack of understanding, empathy, and banality (arguably). But besides arguments that were playing out our fantasies when writing a story, it makes sense that we place a character into a role or position were intrinsically familiar with.