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Why not deride the film maker? The problem i have with him is the same problem that i have with all liars. Namely, that the world is such an interesting and f
by knowtheory 15y ago
Why not deride the film maker?
The problem i have with him is the same problem that i have with all liars. Namely, that the world is such an interesting and fascinating place, that wasting time on hoaxes and stupid "ha ha! i tricked you!" sorts of media is largely pointless.
This dude can claim that his effort was really an "experiment" about online media and how to tell a story, but frankly, I think that's bullshit. This guy isn't doing research about what it takes a viral video to study viral videos so that society might better understand how it is that information is passed between members of a network (and there are folks who study this sort of thing).
This dude is just trying to make a project of his go viral. I really see very little distinction between this project and any other sort of fame-whoring, save for the amount of effort put in.
So, please tell me if you can, why this hoax is an improvement, or even a useful fiction in the face of real science/engineering awesomeness like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E77j1imdhQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E77j1imdhQ
- bitwize 15y agoHigh art = trolling. This has been true at least since Derrida, possibly since Marcel Duchamp's statement that an artist is legitimate only in how much he challenged accepted notions of art.
- knowtheory 15y agoI don't have a problem with artists needling society (and you're absolutely right, there are a lot of amazing artists who have been epic trolls). I have a problem with artists needling society solely because they can. As a work of inspiration/aspiration, human bird wings is rather underwhelming.
- kill_all_humans 15y agoI don't have a problem with people posting their opinions, but your comment offends me and I found it underwhelming. Not because of what you said, but your intentional attitude. So I'm going to complain about it, because saying "I'm offended" is my admission that I can't control my emotions, so the rest of the world should do it for me.