I'm not sure if this was the real intention that David Lynch had when he made this, but I see "DumbLand" as a great parody of everything what is wrong with many of those "adult" cartoons that spawned in the wake of South Park and Family Guy and such:
1) An unlikeable, amoral jerk as the main character. (But at least in "DumbLand", the viewers aren't supposed to sympathize with that kind of protagonist, something which I appreciate).
2) Unfunny fart jokes .
3) Lots of violence happening without any reason.
4) Bad animation with horrible characters designs.
5) Including "controversial" and "offensive" content just for the sake of it.
6) Random musical sequences.
7) Including lots of "random" stuff with zero relevance to the real plot of each episode.
8) Endless gags sequences.
9) Lack of punchlines.
Seriously, the only two things that were missing were the pointless 80s references and some unfunny Star Wars parody.
At least in "DumbLand" the combination of those kind of elements is portrayed as it actually is: Ugly, rude, lazy and utterly dumb, something which doesn't deserve to be glorified.
And that is, unfortunately, the sad situation of many of the adult animated comedy series from the recent years, thanks to the influence of shows like "Family Guy" and "South Park" (Though I have to admit that I like that series)
1) An unlikeable, amoral jerk as the main character. (But at least in "DumbLand", the viewers aren't supposed to sympathize with that kind of protagonist, something which I appreciate).
2) Unfunny fart jokes .
3) Lots of violence happening without any reason.
4) Bad animation with horrible characters designs.
5) Including "controversial" and "offensive" content just for the sake of it.
6) Random musical sequences.
7) Including lots of "random" stuff with zero relevance to the real plot of each episode.
8) Endless gags sequences.
9) Lack of punchlines.
Seriously, the only two things that were missing were the pointless 80s references and some unfunny Star Wars parody.
At least in "DumbLand" the combination of those kind of elements is portrayed as it actually is: Ugly, rude, lazy and utterly dumb, something which doesn't deserve to be glorified.
And that is, unfortunately, the sad situation of many of the adult animated comedy series from the recent years, thanks to the influence of shows like "Family Guy" and "South Park" (Though I have to admit that I like that series)