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Wednesday, October 21, J 998
‘Sick and Twisted’ twisted and sick
• This year's Festival of
Animation drew an enthu
siastic crowd. If you're
looking for the sick and
twisted scene, come on
down.
JEREMY STALLWOOD
Feature Editor
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Exclusive!
There’s still time to see
Spike and Mike’s Sick and
Twisted ’98 Festival of Anima
tion. But, be warned—Sick
and Twisted lives up to its
name.
The “cartoons’1 ran in no par
ticular order. A film that a
child could watch, for instance,
was screened next to one with
pornographic material.
They started us on a light
note with “No Neck Joe,” a
half dozen short skits on the
misfortunes of a poor guy with
no neck. Then came “Use In
structions,” an artistic state
ment on pollution where every
thing in the cartoon was de
picted with huge butts emitting
“pollution.”
There was humor in good
taste, and there was humor in
bad taste. In “Yes, Timmy,
There is a Santa Claus,” little
Timmy received a load of fine,
sporty Christmas presents: a tri
cycle, a soccer ball, a pogo stick.
Then we see Timmy open a pack
age containing a new pair of shoes,
and we then learn that Timmy has
no legs. He tries to put a shoe on,
and it pitifully falls off. The car
toon ends with Santa and a rein
deer snickering at the window.
Good taste humor was given to
us through slapstick style skits
like “Sea Slugs.” The Sea Slugs
are portrayed as pirates who are
about to go out to sea. One slug
asked if going out to sea was a
good idea, “being that we are
slugs and all.” The pirate cap
tain slug laughed off this idea
and in the next scene, when they
are out at sea, we see a bunch of
pale, white, dead slugs.
One cartoon received a loud
welcome from the audience.
“Home, Honey, I’m High” was
about exactly that. The father
tokes up with his wife; the kids
toke up at the dinner table.
Dinner never tasted so good!
“Smoking” was a misleading
short. It depicted many people
smoking, having a good time,
dancing and laughing. Yet at
the end, there was a public ser
vice announcement stating that
smoking was bad and de
manded, “please stop.”
In South Park’s “The Spirit
of Christmas,” the two sides of
Kenny, Stan and Kyle celebrate In "The Spirit of Christmas," by Matt Stone and Trey Parker.
Christmas battle it out, and
Jesus says some very un-Chris-
tian e things to Santa Claus
while punching him out.
The film “Ah L'amour,”
tabled
“WorldAnimation
Celebration's World's Funniest
Film,” lived up to its title. A
poor man looking for love only
finds disaster with each girl he
talks to. In one skit, the man
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askes a girl only the time of day,
and she returns by ripping his
skin off. It was very absurd.
With many other shorts elic
iting hysterical laughs, this
Festival of Animation was
quite complete.
It’ll cost you $7 at the doors
of Cinema 21 on NW 21st.
Many shows have sold out, and
arriving about a half an hour
early is highly recommended I
A regular crowd, one famill
iar with animation, awaits outl
side the doors, forming a linl
along the building and aroun
the corner. ID may be checked
as you must be eighteen to sei
the show.
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