tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860570369910571160.post6543054286038449217..comments2024-03-29T06:57:42.572-07:00Comments on Best Animated Short: Best Animated Short - 1992ajnruleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07990303219460863679noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860570369910571160.post-17554971418228954112012-11-03T19:12:48.475-07:002012-11-03T19:12:48.475-07:00ADAM
I recall first seeing this short c/o a tape ...<b>ADAM</b><br /><br />I recall first seeing this short c/o a tape Fox Video released in the late 1990's called "Creature Comforts" The tape itself only had four shorts on it including "Adam", but what made it a bit more infamous (to me anyway) was the comments by one or two viewers weren't too happy with the character's nudeness in the film...<br /><br /><i>"I have to admit that I wasn't too jazzed to see that the animator chose to make Adam anatomically correct (though not overtly so). If that had not been the case, I would say that this film is fair game for the younger set. But, as it stands, we chose not to show this one to our kids either."<br />-Alan R. Holyoak<br />Amazon.com (7/29/2000)</i><br /><br />Peter Lord had a good explanation for this too as I recall. This came down to how similar Adam was to an earlier work he did in the 1970's called "Morph". Morph pretty much was a Gumby-like series involving non-descript clay figures moving about, having wacky hijinks and all that. The addition of genitals of Adam was a way of distancing Adam from Morph in the end, though I suppose it's not always kosher to us American prudes!<br /><br />Although you didn't link to this version of Adam, I see a copy on YouTube that has a behind-the-scenes featurette at the end that might be a tad more informative!<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaYQLeOIYEU&t=5m56s<br /><br /><br /><i>Guess that Rob Lowe debacle five years earlier led to them using an animated Snow White.</i><br /><br />It was for the best!Chris Sobieniakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838106041175506925noreply@blogger.com