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22 November 2000 (France) morePlot:
A mischievious man plays an assortment of extreme practical jokes on unsuspecting victims - like replacing one man's razor with a chainsaw. | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Gory attack on the "Candid Camera" genre of television but not as funny as it should have been moreCast
(Credited cast) | Karen Skurka | ... | (voice) |
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To the backing of a laughter track a smartly suited man introduces his newest idea – a series of cruel and violent practical jokes played at the expense of the unsuspecting general public. Of course nobody will really come to harm, after all, it's only a bit of light entertainment isn't it? And so it is with this basic set up that we have an amusing and gory short animation that ridicules and attacks the culture of television shows that simply go out to annoy and upset the public in order to fill a few minutes of television without putting much effort in. It is a type of television I detest whether it is Candid Camera, Beatle's About or the new MTV spin on it (whatever it is called). In going after this target the short is guaranteed friends but this alone doesn't make it that good, mainly because the film only has this simple point to make and it makes it in a pretty blunt manner. This means it is funny the first few times but really it just becomes very gory and dull quite quickly. Some are delivered with humour but most are rather too reliant on gore to make their mark.
The animation is rough but effective and it was only the very gory nature of it that put me off a little bit. Overall it is an OK animation but it gets a bit samey before the end (a problem for a short) and it lacks real invention and wit. A worthwhile thing to see just because it mocks a horribly lazy sort of television show but it could have been better than this.