I would like to one day meet Phil Mulloy (maker of this and many similar films), as he seems to be completely obsessed with genitals (well, who isn't--but this isn't exactly what I mean). In just about all his animated films, he paints very rudimentary figures that play with their giant penises and often hack them off and fight with them. Well, in this film, there is more of the same. While the film purports to be about the invention of writing and destruction, it consists of men with bit penises using them to beat a man with a smaller one. Later, the small-penised man learns to write and gets lots of women--proving that the pen is mightier than the penis. In addition to all the penis whacking, there is a lot of masturbation and other things that probably make this a film you don't want to show to your Sunday School class.
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More Crude but Funny Sex Jokes
Michael_Elliott15 June 2012
Warning: Spoilers
The History of the World Episode 16: The Invention of Writing and Destruction (1994)
*** (out of 4)
If you're easily offended then it's best that you stay away from this animated short from Phil Mulloy. Having now gone through several of his films, it's clear that the majority of them feature offensive material and this here might be the biggest offender yet but it's perhaps one of the funniest. Basically a guy keeps getting turned down for sex and eventually he learns why "the pen is mightier than the sword" but the twist is something I'll let you find out on your own. I must admit that I found this short to be quite clever, entertaining and at times very funny. You're going to have to have a dark sense of humor to fully appreciate this thing but if you don't mind the cruelness then you're going to be left with some pretty funny moments. To avoid spoilers I can't go into details about the twist that happens, which leads to the invention of writing but I found it to be incredibly clever, funny and I think you could make the case that it's true!
*** (out of 4)
If you're easily offended then it's best that you stay away from this animated short from Phil Mulloy. Having now gone through several of his films, it's clear that the majority of them feature offensive material and this here might be the biggest offender yet but it's perhaps one of the funniest. Basically a guy keeps getting turned down for sex and eventually he learns why "the pen is mightier than the sword" but the twist is something I'll let you find out on your own. I must admit that I found this short to be quite clever, entertaining and at times very funny. You're going to have to have a dark sense of humor to fully appreciate this thing but if you don't mind the cruelness then you're going to be left with some pretty funny moments. To avoid spoilers I can't go into details about the twist that happens, which leads to the invention of writing but I found it to be incredibly clever, funny and I think you could make the case that it's true!
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