Thursday, November 20, 2008

scrabble

I thought that the scrabble story was... well... I don't really know what the scrabble story was other then absurd, ridiculous, and actually kind of funny. The worst part was that I thought the scrabble story was real. I was slow to pick up on the fact that it was all false.
I think the way that some one judges the scrabble story is purely based on how it is perceived. Since I am slow to pick up on things, I thought that the scrabble story was extremely stupid, and slightly humorous, because I thought the story was real. The reason that I thought the scrabble story was so stupid is because I thought that the author really wanted me as the viewer to take the story seriously, which is impossible since it is talking about scrabble as a religion. The whole time I was watching the video I was just thinking how psychotic the narrator was because of how seriously she took scrabble. On the other hand if I had viewed the scrabble story as an obvious falsehood(which it is) then I would of understood the sarcasm and play on religion present in the story. Once I came to my senses and realized that the story was meant to be taken as a joke I started to understand the humor and cleverness of the digital story.
In conclusion I think that the scrabble story was both clever and funny, because of it's realistic feel. I myself am evidence that the story is presented in a realistic way, or at least realistic enough to fool some people into believing that it is real. If you take the story as real it is both psychotic and funny. If you take the story as fake it is funny and clever.

1 comment:

Doug DeMaio said...

I love scrabble. I feel like no one else in the room was a scrabble junkie. I haven't played in too long... I need my fix man. Seriously though, I think scrabble is fun. Way better than monopoly. Probably not better than trouble though...