SPOILERS FOR: Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
TL;DR: WAAAAAAAAUUUUGGGGGHHHHHHHH!
Firstly, I'd like to disclose that on balance, I find Andy Milonakis to be singly unbearable. (Also, I frequently topple OFF-balance.) NEPTR (the NeverEndingPieThrowingRobot) is one of the few rolls, truly the ONLY casting of his that I can immediately call to mind which doesn't drive me just batty with a seething Hatred to rival that of the Lich(e.) A rather GROSS monster(or fruit...)
But, in terms of being an entertainment HIT or MISS, and with the ΓΌber-weird and inherent strangeness of the show being an ever present 2-headed elephant in the room, even the infamous "...comedy....style...." of Milonakis is unable to deconstruct the beauty of A. T.
So, now that we understand I'll be assessing this episode without being affected by my accepted bias toward Andy M, Let's begin, with Beauty.
Lets actually begin with this and then slide into Beauty. THIS episode reminds me of trying to find movies that my folks would enjoy when we have dinner together. As they've aged, their patience (especially my Pop's,) for any kind of character depth&dev. Is almost nonexistent.
If the main character hasn't killed 1, preferably 2 "bad guys," (terming the fodder as a 'character' is being generous,) in the first ~15 minutes, then they level at the film an accusation of "nothing happening." Character development, character studies, subtle social commentary; all take a back seat to action that doesn't challenge, and plot that discloses itself in regular intervals via similarly bite-sized, easy-to-eat quanta of exposition; telling rather than showing, and even when showing, still also telling we, the marks, what they've just shown. It's gotta be all destination, no journey.
Perhaps as my folks' age and their diets' fragility both progress, so to does their willingness, perhaps ability, to mentally digest denser plots more slowly, without suffering mental indegestion... a mental indiscretion. With dental implication.
Such is the episode we are greeted with. Jake, in a very {French mime film from the early 1900's}-style, gives us an intense character study of the agony these old vaude-villains suffered through, and their desire to not pander in a world which devours the likes of Jerry Lewis.
In order to save his Chipmunk confidante, Blue Nose is forced to abandon his art, and fling himself headfirst (tail-headfirst?) into crowd-pandering material. It is this acquiescence to the mob that silences his true art form, unfortunately it does so for we viewers as well.
It's one of the most controversial episodes, as the producers tried to pay Blue Nose 1/2 of scale, since technically their whole part was written without dialogue, despite carrying the body of the work with their performance. In fact, the episode might not ever have made it to air, if not for Stephen Universe being on the lot that day, and threatening either a Crystal Gems Homeworld attack, or a Boycott in the writer's room where they were currently developing Stephen's autobiography. Originally optioned as a movie, they decided to adapt instead a limited series run, to capture all the nuance of these exceptional tails. (The tails were later cut for stories. No one was harmed.) The network was in a difficult position, and ultimately caved to Blue Nose to pacify Stephen.
And while we will never know the amount finally settled upon, (thanks to NDAs,) it was obviously enough to get this ep, and later ensure the on-time dev&disbursement of the Steven Universe show. (They ok'ed the spelling adj. As a sign of good faith. After their threats toward corporate, it wasn't enough to just pick up where they left off. Stephen is a great person and accepted the arbitrary studio demand with grace.)
Anyhow, another tidbit, while the humor may seem subdued, it was supposed to be a much larger display of B. Nose's artistic vision. It was leaked that for the (actual, physical) film included into the ep, as much plus half itself again was left on the cutting room floor. Impressive as it is all digital.
Sadly for this footage, (and MUCH of it supposedly captured some of Robin Williams' most earnest dramatic readings of his career,) as it stood mid-edit, the decision to cut him altogether and abandon the real life/animation blend was greenlit. (Think "who framed Roger rabbit...." and, spoilers; the Judge - also a Toon, framed Roger rabbit by manipulating both the Studio Executive to play patty cake, as well as Roger and indirectly the PI that the situation induced Roger to Hire... Ms. Cake didnt see much work after this film.)
I always suspected this was due to Robin being SO over the top, opposite Blue Nose's Mime. I think he (BN) could have held his own, and I think it would have really worked. And not only in France. Sadly, without the invention of NFTs to preserve the original digital recordings, the footage is lost to the indefatigable arrow of time; entropy. If only they had known the fortune that could be built from that lost edited footage, if they had listed frame by frame as NFTs. (If you would like to know more about getting super wealthy from NFTs, leave your bank account routing info with me and I'll get right back atcha.)
As it stands, we won't get to see the real art produced by Blue Nose, thanks to the NDAs & no NFTs, there IS a Blue Nose IPA in the USA. And that has some of his new performance art on different cans. Summarily; TheySayTheIPA, w/oNFTnorNDA, isAOK2Display@ USA&UKonAnyDay.
Greener gray.
Hip hip hooray.
Rating 7/11 above AM/PM at an 8/10 (open 24/7. Too much good stuff. As above, so below, and says this fellow; "tis so. Tis so")
π©ππ» ππ¬ "cluckcluck, u outta luck." I love you.
TL;DR: WAAAAAAAAUUUUGGGGGHHHHHHHH!
Firstly, I'd like to disclose that on balance, I find Andy Milonakis to be singly unbearable. (Also, I frequently topple OFF-balance.) NEPTR (the NeverEndingPieThrowingRobot) is one of the few rolls, truly the ONLY casting of his that I can immediately call to mind which doesn't drive me just batty with a seething Hatred to rival that of the Lich(e.) A rather GROSS monster(or fruit...)
But, in terms of being an entertainment HIT or MISS, and with the ΓΌber-weird and inherent strangeness of the show being an ever present 2-headed elephant in the room, even the infamous "...comedy....style...." of Milonakis is unable to deconstruct the beauty of A. T.
So, now that we understand I'll be assessing this episode without being affected by my accepted bias toward Andy M, Let's begin, with Beauty.
Lets actually begin with this and then slide into Beauty. THIS episode reminds me of trying to find movies that my folks would enjoy when we have dinner together. As they've aged, their patience (especially my Pop's,) for any kind of character depth&dev. Is almost nonexistent.
If the main character hasn't killed 1, preferably 2 "bad guys," (terming the fodder as a 'character' is being generous,) in the first ~15 minutes, then they level at the film an accusation of "nothing happening." Character development, character studies, subtle social commentary; all take a back seat to action that doesn't challenge, and plot that discloses itself in regular intervals via similarly bite-sized, easy-to-eat quanta of exposition; telling rather than showing, and even when showing, still also telling we, the marks, what they've just shown. It's gotta be all destination, no journey.
Perhaps as my folks' age and their diets' fragility both progress, so to does their willingness, perhaps ability, to mentally digest denser plots more slowly, without suffering mental indegestion... a mental indiscretion. With dental implication.
Such is the episode we are greeted with. Jake, in a very {French mime film from the early 1900's}-style, gives us an intense character study of the agony these old vaude-villains suffered through, and their desire to not pander in a world which devours the likes of Jerry Lewis.
In order to save his Chipmunk confidante, Blue Nose is forced to abandon his art, and fling himself headfirst (tail-headfirst?) into crowd-pandering material. It is this acquiescence to the mob that silences his true art form, unfortunately it does so for we viewers as well.
It's one of the most controversial episodes, as the producers tried to pay Blue Nose 1/2 of scale, since technically their whole part was written without dialogue, despite carrying the body of the work with their performance. In fact, the episode might not ever have made it to air, if not for Stephen Universe being on the lot that day, and threatening either a Crystal Gems Homeworld attack, or a Boycott in the writer's room where they were currently developing Stephen's autobiography. Originally optioned as a movie, they decided to adapt instead a limited series run, to capture all the nuance of these exceptional tails. (The tails were later cut for stories. No one was harmed.) The network was in a difficult position, and ultimately caved to Blue Nose to pacify Stephen.
And while we will never know the amount finally settled upon, (thanks to NDAs,) it was obviously enough to get this ep, and later ensure the on-time dev&disbursement of the Steven Universe show. (They ok'ed the spelling adj. As a sign of good faith. After their threats toward corporate, it wasn't enough to just pick up where they left off. Stephen is a great person and accepted the arbitrary studio demand with grace.)
Anyhow, another tidbit, while the humor may seem subdued, it was supposed to be a much larger display of B. Nose's artistic vision. It was leaked that for the (actual, physical) film included into the ep, as much plus half itself again was left on the cutting room floor. Impressive as it is all digital.
Sadly for this footage, (and MUCH of it supposedly captured some of Robin Williams' most earnest dramatic readings of his career,) as it stood mid-edit, the decision to cut him altogether and abandon the real life/animation blend was greenlit. (Think "who framed Roger rabbit...." and, spoilers; the Judge - also a Toon, framed Roger rabbit by manipulating both the Studio Executive to play patty cake, as well as Roger and indirectly the PI that the situation induced Roger to Hire... Ms. Cake didnt see much work after this film.)
I always suspected this was due to Robin being SO over the top, opposite Blue Nose's Mime. I think he (BN) could have held his own, and I think it would have really worked. And not only in France. Sadly, without the invention of NFTs to preserve the original digital recordings, the footage is lost to the indefatigable arrow of time; entropy. If only they had known the fortune that could be built from that lost edited footage, if they had listed frame by frame as NFTs. (If you would like to know more about getting super wealthy from NFTs, leave your bank account routing info with me and I'll get right back atcha.)
As it stands, we won't get to see the real art produced by Blue Nose, thanks to the NDAs & no NFTs, there IS a Blue Nose IPA in the USA. And that has some of his new performance art on different cans. Summarily; TheySayTheIPA, w/oNFTnorNDA, isAOK2Display@ USA&UKonAnyDay.
Greener gray.
Hip hip hooray.
Rating 7/11 above AM/PM at an 8/10 (open 24/7. Too much good stuff. As above, so below, and says this fellow; "tis so. Tis so")
π©ππ» ππ¬ "cluckcluck, u outta luck." I love you.
