On profiting off of a dead kitten t-shirt
Jan. 23rd, 2006 04:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Like I said over on Snarkoleptics, I'm all for folks making money. And I'm not offended by the Sore Thumbs "Cy" tee shirt. I just think it's tasteless and a little sad. Which isn't the same as offense.
I think, in the end, it's because it's Crosby and Gieni. And they don't do tasteless and wrong as their stock in trade. So I'm uncomfortably aware of the fact that it's actually meant to be cute and sweet, when it's a tee shirt of a freak kitten who died.
If J. Grant or D.J. Coffman made this shirt, in their inimitable styles? I'd probably not buy it, but I'd end up laughing my ass off. I'm just sure of it. Potentially far less tasteful, and yet more appropriate. If that makes sense.
I think, in the end, it's because it's Crosby and Gieni. And they don't do tasteless and wrong as their stock in trade. So I'm uncomfortably aware of the fact that it's actually meant to be cute and sweet, when it's a tee shirt of a freak kitten who died.
If J. Grant or D.J. Coffman made this shirt, in their inimitable styles? I'd probably not buy it, but I'd end up laughing my ass off. I'm just sure of it. Potentially far less tasteful, and yet more appropriate. If that makes sense.
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Date: 2006-01-23 10:48 pm (UTC)Not offensive, but tasteless. I think you've got it.
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Date: 2006-01-23 11:21 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-01-23 11:48 pm (UTC)I'm not sure what I think about it. I've never been a fan of Sore Thumbs, so tasteless sounds about right from what I know of the comic.
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Date: 2006-01-24 12:00 am (UTC)I don't find that shirt/comic particularly offensive, just kinda stupid and unfunny.
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Date: 2006-01-23 11:38 pm (UTC)Then again, it actually existed and died after a painfully short life, revealing that other kind of absurdity, the dark "of life" kind, that isn't funny at all.
So, real dead kittens = not so funny.
Dead puppies, tho. I think we can all agree here. They aren't much fun. (http://www.stlyrics.com/songs/d/drdemento6577/deadpuppies248767.html)
You don't think SORE THUMBS is tasteless and wrong on a regular basis?
Date: 2006-01-24 12:27 am (UTC)Re: You don't think SORE THUMBS is tasteless and wrong on a regular basis?
Date: 2006-01-24 12:37 am (UTC)Re: You don't think SORE THUMBS is tasteless and wrong on a regular basis?
Date: 2006-01-24 02:02 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-01-24 01:01 am (UTC)But PUFF DADDY lyrics? Now THAT'S wrong.
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Date: 2006-01-24 03:43 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-01-24 08:06 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-01-25 04:14 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-01-24 01:31 pm (UTC)I cried when I read about the cyclops kitten. I know that kittens don't have their eyes open for a while after they're born, and I know he was exploited because he was an anomaly, and I sure as hell knew he was going to die. The whole internet cried out for that kitten, he was probably the most loved/hated kitten in the world for that brief moment. Cy was tragically cute, which is easily exploitable, and to be honest, I think ST did a nice job with the happy kitten going to heaven. I think the Puff Daddy lyrics are dumb.
my two cents.