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...video for “Heard ‘Em Say,” Kanye’s latest single from this summer’s hit album “Late Registration,” has none of the flair of either artist’s best work. Plympton??s animation is a frustratingly literal rendition of Kanye’s lyrics: West’s stream-of-conscious verses are dutifully translated into cartoon vignettes, but the gonzo flourishes that characterize Plympton??s style are lamentably absent. Adding insult to injury, the animated portions...
...calling me a model well-rounded student would be a stretch for even my parents’ imaginations. Senior year has been particularly difficult as I’ve enviously watched friends acquire fellowships, grad school acceptances, jobs and boyfriends that seem only a distant possibility from 14 Plympton??s basement. Apparently, dropping the title “News Executive Editor and Comp Director” will not inspire hordes of young men to throw themselves at you or make a McKinsey recruiter swoon. As a result, I have spent the past semester trying to prove...
Outside of this shorts program, the chief delight of the festival is Bill Plympton??s taste-impaired animated feature Mutant Aliens, which delivers what its title promises and more. Its genetically altered space animals stomp, impale, gulp down, and otherwise commit murder in the name of justice for Earl, the story’s embittered astronaut hero. Earl’s chief opponent, the money-minded space official Dr. Frubar, soon learns that an antagonist who relies on the support of ad money and horny secretaries can only advance so far. Plympton??s inventive mind...
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