How To Write Dark Humor Without Sounding Like a Total Sociopath
OnDo you like dark humor? Sure, we all do! But it can be tricky to write without coming off as an edgelord jerk — but R.S. Benedict tells you how!
Tag: Chris Morris
Beautiful Nightmares: PFFR’s ‘The Shivering Truth’ Is Gorgeously Animated Grotesquerie
OnThe latest show from Vernon Chatman and PFFR, ‘The Shivering Truth’ tells linked comedic horror stories via the medium of gorgeous stop-motion animation.
Quadrospazzed on a Life Glug: The Work of Chris Morris
OnAn essay about Chris Morris and the Paedogeddon epsiode of Brass Eye, and why his work, though dark, is surprisingly humane.
Ten Obscure-ish Films Everyone Should See
OnEarlier this year, the largest video store in the United States, Scarecrow Video had a Kickstarter to help fund its survival and conversion to a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of video. Of course, being a film-loving Seattlite, I was just…
It’s Raining Again
OnImage via Wikipedia Here’s yet another hypothetical Mix CD! Feel free to track these cuts down and burn your own copy! The theme here is “It’s Raining Again”/Fall-Winter/a “Less Light” mix. Some of the tracks I chose were pretty obvious, and others were…
Review: Disgusting Bliss: The Brass Eye of Chris Morris
OnIt was probably a given that I’d review this new book on Chris Morris; he’s one of my all-time comedy heroes, and I tend to write a lot about him anyway. That said, I didn’t know a whole lot about him; stands to…
Book Review: Screen Burn
OnCover of Screen Burn Charlie Brooker‘s often been sort of on my periphery; he’s worked with Chris Morris before, and I’d seen the TV Go Home site of course, but what made me really like him (aside from Nathan Barley, of course)…
Book Review: Mock Stars: Indie Comedy And The Dangerously Funny
On[Purchase Book] This may come as a shock, but I’m a comedy geek. I think way too much about comedy, and I tend to get obsessive over comedians I like… much like the way I do about music… and just about everything…