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Heehee. I went to Costco with Stacey (Rare for me) but it was worth it. First off, I picked the champaigne for New Years and it's impressive. Since I figure New Years company is likely to involve Jon and Peggy, I found the most unbelievably ridiculously named one ever. I kid you not, It is, 'Blanco du Noir' It's a white champaigne made from black grapes. White of Black! If only it were 'Du Mort' :)

Anyhow... The second thing that made the trip worth going was 'Mickey Mouse in Black and White' (volume 2) 1928-1935 Five an a half hours of daus maus being pleasantly aggressive, weird, and surreal.

I'm about 5 cartoons into it and my observations so far are this:

• Whistling is easier than lip synch so Mickey Whistles a lot.
• Spitting, udders, and dentures are very funny things. All of those are in every single episode so far.
• A badly tuned/off key instrument is better than a tuned one (Or Disney was tone deaf)
• Walt was a disgusting filthy pervert. (And I mean this is the nicest way! :) The lovingly animated flaps of flesh on the back of fat calves flapping as a woman dances, or Mickey squirting a cow in the face with milk from her own udder. Great stuff!
• Anything that can be animated mechanically shouldn't. Everything that can move has a music to it; a style of dancing. Find that and use it. It looks better than technical accuracy.

More later if I think of anything interesting to add.

Comments

[shatterstripes.livejournal.com]

If only it were 'Du Mort' :)

One piece of masking tape and a marker later...

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It's funny to contrast Walt's early shorts with the technical precision he pushed the animators to in the feature days, isn't it? Made by a completely different man.

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I don't know if I'll be good for too much on New Year's Eve, given that I'll be flying in sometime in the afternoon. Maybe I should try to sleep on the plane, something I've never really been able to do unless I'm nearly dead with exhaustion...

[dv-girl.livejournal.com]

I think we're going low-key anyhow.

[shatterstripes.livejournal.com]

Low-key is good. The best thing about my Christmas for the past few years has been its continuing low-keyness.

Is it okay if I invite Ashy?

[dv-girl.livejournal.com]

Absolutely! :)