--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > You know, Barry, this really isn't fair. Geezerfreak > > *does* sometimes make posts that aren't angry. > > I agree with you completely. *He* does. > > Prolog to each strip: "The dog who is so angry he cannot > move. He cannot eat. He cannot sleep. He can just barely > growl. Bound so tightly with tension and anger, he > approaches the state of rigor mortis." > > Lynch's own description of what the dog is so angry about: > "The memory of the anger...not the actual anger anymore. > It's sort of a bitter attitude toward life."
So why do you think Geezerfreak is so bitter? > > From a review of Lynch by Carl Stigliano: "...the utter > negativity of Lynch's deadpan comic strip 'The Angriest > Dog in the World' still holds up. It features a certain > animal-as-extremist: a dog so angry it can't even move, > a dog straining on its leash so hard that it's completely > taut. If minor events occur on the cartoon's periphery, > this dog remains its immobile center. In Pop terms, the > premise of a static comic strip approximates the reductivism > of Andy Warhol's film 'Empire.' Obviously, Lynch's dog is > meant to parody the selfdestructiveness of unexpressed rage. > But it also suggests a kind of morbid self-portrait. Pulling > to the end of its tether, it refuses to budge. Having > 'lynched' itself, the dog might just as well be dead." > > The homage to the Angriest Dog in "Dinosaur Comics" -- > http://www.qwantz.com/index.pl?comic=393 > > The Wikipedia link: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Angriest_Dog_in_the_World > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "geezerfreak" <geezerfreak@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > You know Judith, it's precisely these kind of high horse > > > > comments from you that led to the 5 post a day rule. Thank > > > > God (and Rick) we only have to endure you 5 times a day. > > > > > > Hey Geezerfreak...nice to hear your voice here again. > > > Not that it's relevant, but your post reminded me of > > > a little-known slice of "TM Americana" that many TMers > > > may not be aware of, even though it was created by that > > > Beacon Light Of Sattva himself, David Lynch. > > > > > > It's a cartoon series called "The Angriest Dog In The > > > World," and it's brilliant, in my opinion. David only > > > had to draw the strip once. Then, since it tends to > > > only appear in weekly papers like the L.A. Weekly, all > > > he has to do each week is email the editors the dialog > > > he wants inserted into the "thought balloons." (Or, in > > > this case, the "bark balloons.") > > > > > > The artwork itself never changes. The Angriest Dog > > > himself (or herself...hard to tell) is in all four > > > frames stretched out to the length of its chain, > > > pulling on it constantly, as if trying to get loose > > > and wreak havoc upon all that has made it angry. > > > All day, every day, for years now. In the fourth frame > > > it's night, and the dog is *still* pulling against its > > > chain, even in its sleep. (I think that this may be > > > Lynch's subtle reference to "witnessing" during sleep.) > > > > > > The dialog in the "bark balloons" is almost irrelevant, > > > even though it changes almost every week. All it does > > > is provide a "context" for the dog's anger, although > > > clearly none is really needed. The words in the "bark > > > balloons" merely provide an outlet for and an excuse for > > > the anger itself, which is everpresent (again, in my > > > opinion, a clear reference by Lynch to the eternal and > > > universal nature of pure consciousness). A few times > > > during the years I lived in L.A. and saw this strip > > > there every week, Lynch obviously got busy and forgot > > > to send in any dialog, and the strip ran without them. > > > And it works just as well without the "bark balloons." > > > The basic concept is in the original illustration -- a > > > being so constantly in the grip of its own anger that > > > pretty much *everything* is seen as an excuse to bare > > > its teeth and bark. > > > > > > Anyway, even though it's probably not relevant to > > > anything here on FFL, I thought I'd remind you of the > > > strip, since as I remember you live in SoCal, and thus > > > might still be able to see it in the L.A. Weekly from > > > time to time. > > > > > > http://davidlynch.de/angry.html > > > > > > May it bring you a smile... >
