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	<title>Comments on: The Best and Worst of DC Shorts&#8217; Showcase 7</title>
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		<title>By: Mike Riggs</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mike Riggs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Jake:&lt;/em&gt; I loved &lt;em&gt;Last Yoghurt&lt;/em&gt;, and said as much: &quot;Everything that&#8217;s good about British sitcoms in 16 minutes.... The Brits do television so much better than America...&quot; My beef was against the hammy chase scene (Or do you contend that the husband and wife fast-forwarding after each other counted as sophistication?)

&lt;em&gt;Offbeat&lt;/em&gt; had a great beginning, and then turned into sappy bullshit (Unless you contend that sentimental and poorly performed mock therapy counts as sophistication?)

&lt;em&gt;Aviatrix&lt;/em&gt; lacked balance. The sci-fi scenes were great, the reality scenes were uncomfortably bad (or do you contend that a pouty-faced bore, who smokes when she has cancer--was that supposed to be edgy?--is the pinnacle of sophistication?)

As for collegehumor.com: I appreciate good film-making regardless of its culture rating. (Or do you contend that demanding of a festival film artsyness &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; entertainment value kills all signs of sophistication?)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Jake:</em> I loved <em>Last Yoghurt</em>, and said as much: "Everything that&#8217;s good about British sitcoms in 16 minutes.... The Brits do television so much better than America..." My beef was against the hammy chase scene (Or do you contend that the husband and wife fast-forwarding after each other counted as sophistication?)</p>
<p><em>Offbeat</em> had a great beginning, and then turned into sappy bullshit (Unless you contend that sentimental and poorly performed mock therapy counts as sophistication?)</p>
<p><em>Aviatrix</em> lacked balance. The sci-fi scenes were great, the reality scenes were uncomfortably bad (or do you contend that a pouty-faced bore, who smokes when she has cancer--was that supposed to be edgy?--is the pinnacle of sophistication?)</p>
<p>As for collegehumor.com: I appreciate good film-making regardless of its culture rating. (Or do you contend that demanding of a festival film artsyness <em>and</em> entertainment value kills all signs of sophistication?)</p>
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		<title>By: Jake S.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jake S.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mike,

I was there too and liked several films (Aviatrix, Offbeat, Last Yogurt).  I think you need a little schooling in the art of filmmaking...especially if you feel qualified enough to write publicly about it. 

Or are you 13 years old?  

Films that weren&#039;t funny?  Slow?  &quot;Who makes a period short film?&quot;

Let&#039;s just say I hope you&#039;re 13.  Otherwise, I&#039;m losing faith in the sophistication of our society.

Enjoy those slapstick collegehumor &quot;shorts&quot;.

-J</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mike,</p>
<p>I was there too and liked several films (Aviatrix, Offbeat, Last Yogurt).  I think you need a little schooling in the art of filmmaking...especially if you feel qualified enough to write publicly about it. </p>
<p>Or are you 13 years old?  </p>
<p>Films that weren't funny?  Slow?  "Who makes a period short film?"</p>
<p>Let's just say I hope you're 13.  Otherwise, I'm losing faith in the sophistication of our society.</p>
<p>Enjoy those slapstick collegehumor "shorts".</p>
<p>-J</p>
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