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Drawn Together (2004)
More terrible than edgy
This show fails on pretty much every level. I'm not going to say it has never made me laugh, but I'm also wary of shows that insist on pushing the envelope for no apparent reason.
Is it trying to be edgy? Well, edginess is usually accompanied by some kind of point, which this show seems to lack. When Wooldoor and Spanky trick Princess Clara into singing so her animal friends will gather around her, and they can kill them for food, the animators decide to show the animals being killed. One would expect a reason for unusually gruesome displays of violence, but none ever comes. They did it just to do it, and it's not even funny.
In the same episode, Toot (a Betty Boop parody) becomes extremely obese, and Xandir (ostensibly a spoof of Link from the Legend of Zelda video games) teaches her to purge to maker her skinny again. At the end of the episode, the roommates decide that Toot is producing way too much vomit, and instead encourage her to become anorexic. Is it funny? No. It's hateful, and it's ridiculous, and it's stupid, above all else.
Edgy, offensive, even downright awful jokes can be hilarious, if executed correctly. But Drawn Together doesn't even have that going for it. It's mean-spirited, unintelligent, and every single parody falls flat. Watch South Park if you want an example of an offensive show that hits all the right marks and manages to be hilarious and relevant. But don't bother with Drawn Together unless there's absolutely nothing else on, and you feel like you MUST watch TV.
Slap Her, She's French! (2002)
Rather ridiculous, but... well, no, that's about it.
I must admit, I only turned on this movie because of how hot Jane McGregor and Piper Perabo are, and that's the only reason I watched it all the way through. I thought the entire plot was rather implausible; plausibility isn't a requirement for a movie, but this movie is implausible for no good reason. It has some funny moments, such as Starla's (McGregor) French exam, which got a few chuckles out of me, but a lot of things which I suppose were meant to be funny fell flat.
I say it's implausible for no reason, because it wasn't very entertaining. The whole idea of Genevieve (Perabo) taking over Starla's life isn't even one of those ideas that sounds like it could be made interesting, but maybe that's just me. Why an exchange student would come to America from France and even risk a stunt like ruining the life of one of the members of her host family is beyond me, and the movie isn't enjoyable enough to make me forget that. It's predictable, and it's not terribly smart or funny.