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Tales of Mere Existence

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An artist draws a cartoon woman and V.O's what makes him horny based on said drawings.

Shot-wise, this is a very straightforward piece. It contains nothing but close-ups of what the artist is drawing. Cuts are the only editing technique utilized by the author. The piece is shot from a low angle below the paper subject which is placed on a glass table. This technique keeps the hand and pen of the artist out of frame.

This vlog was intended to promote a comic book that probably contains comics very similar to this piece. The author intended this video to be humorous. It worked. I found myself chuckling through the repitition of what makes him horny.

Underneath this piece, however, there are many issues that could be discussed. I don't think the author's intentions were to objectify women, but it seems to be the result. The artist used the same drawing of a woman to show in detail what makes him horny. Not all women have the same body type and therefore his piece supports the standard for women physically that dominates our culture. On the flip side, some of his points do not separate women based on their physical appearance (e.g. any clothes reference and "smell of a girl's hair when it hasn't been washed in a week").

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