Don't Feed the Animals is a blog, written by Andrew Gonsalves, about humans: how we act, how we mate, how we talk and how we live. The term "Don't Feed the Animals" is a vague reference to a page in Chuck Palahniuk's book Choke where the narrator describes how animals in a zoo, stripped of all necessity to use their natural survival instincts, resort to masturbating all day in their cages. As society progresses and technology allows us to take the most basic things for granted, we're left with inventing innumerable ways to occupy ourselves during all the free time we have. We make the cage our home.
Tim Minchin is one of today's most brilliant comedians and he bases his humor largely on the ignorance of others. This little gem is not only a scathing piece of commentary, but also a great performance and a wonderful assemblage of the English language. I'm guess that if you are a fan of the message I try to send out, you've probably already heard of him, but here is hoping that this is relevant. I know I've personally watched this a few times and even read the lyrics once to myself, simply because it is so good and inspiring (as a writer and thinker).
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
4 nibbles:
coming to a theater near you! its been made into a movie. :)
http://www.stormmovie.net/blog/2010/01/tim-minchins-storm-official-trailer/
That doesn't look like a whole movie - perhaps just an animation to go along?
not letting post the link but google it there is a storm movie to be released later this year. something like...storm movie.net
Post a Comment