Frank Zappa explains the decline of…almost everything?
March 12th, 2010
My friend David Nethery shared the link to this video with me recently and I found it very intriguing. Posted also on Cartoon Brew, where, as usual, sparked a heated debate.
As you watch the first 2:08 minutes, substitute the word “music’ with “comic strips”, “comic books”, “animation”, “film” or your media of choice. Makes ya think.
Here’s just the first 2:08 minutes excerpted:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TMqS4F7Zc4
Yes, just take out the words “music” or “music industry” and substitute “animation” and it speaks to the difficulty of getting anything new or unusual approved into production. Very similar to some points Brad Bird makes in his famous McKinsey Quarterly profile from a few years ago:
“They always try to copy the original THING rather than the CONDITIONS that allowed the original thing to come into being.” – Brad Bird
http://hand-drawn-animation.blogspot.com/2009/09/thoughts-from-brad-bird.html
Thanks David! I replaced the video with your link—makes more sense when you take all the sex comments out of it
BTW, I think it applies to more than just music and animation (as my post implies). The comic strip, comic book AND film industry also suffer from this mentality which is essentially the decision making process of the “creative executives.” Leave the creative decisions to the real creatives.
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