Comments on: A short movie about Die Antwoord, in their native habitat http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/a-short-movie-about.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Poet http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/a-short-movie-about.html#comment-893195 Poet Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-893195 He was answering the question about RELATIONSHIPS Sean, his child came up only as an offshoot of the original question. Let me translate as best I can, "Fucking relationships get in the fucking way of my fucking career" "We are fucking great parents but fucking lousy fucking lovers". He was answering the question about RELATIONSHIPS Sean, his child came up only as an offshoot of the original question. Let me translate as best I can, “Fucking relationships get in the fucking way of my fucking career” “We are fucking great parents but fucking lousy fucking lovers”.

]]> By: kib http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/a-short-movie-about.html#comment-894219 kib Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-894219 So white trash tourism is okay when it's foreign? I keep waiting for Joaquin Phoenix to apologize to Letterman for this non-joke. Honestly, even if the music wasn't just a bedroom mish-mash of old rap tropes, even if these short films weren't clearly mockumentaries, even if there was a kernel of truth to the up-from-the gutter story, who gives a fuck? If you're going to create a meta-wise poke at something, at least endow the character with a redeeming quality. And making fun of fake rapper success stories? Man, rap music does that on its own every day. I'm as sick of this as I am of fucking steampunk. We get it; it's new but it looks old. Love the blog! Keep up the good work! ;) So white trash tourism is okay when it’s foreign? I keep waiting for Joaquin Phoenix to apologize to Letterman for this non-joke.
Honestly, even if the music wasn’t just a bedroom mish-mash of old rap tropes, even if these short films weren’t clearly mockumentaries, even if there was a kernel of truth to the up-from-the gutter story, who gives a fuck? If you’re going to create a meta-wise poke at something, at least endow the character with a redeeming quality. And making fun of fake rapper success stories? Man, rap music does that on its own every day.

I’m as sick of this as I am of fucking steampunk. We get it; it’s new but it looks old.

Love the blog! Keep up the good work! ;)

]]> By: hassenpfeffer http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/a-short-movie-about.html#comment-893197 hassenpfeffer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-893197 Feh. Can we get a story or two about the Kronos Quartet? Feh. Can we get a story or two about the Kronos Quartet?

]]> By: davidasposted http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/a-short-movie-about.html#comment-893204 davidasposted Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-893204 Oh I know what it means generally, but thanks for the translation. I was just asking if the single frame inserted toward the end of the clip showed a tattoo on his penis, or if instead he simply wrote it in ink. It would be an ironic statement to appear on that part of the body as a tattoo, if not a bit painful to inscribe. Oh I know what it means generally, but thanks for the translation. I was just asking if the single frame inserted toward the end of the clip showed a tattoo on his penis, or if instead he simply wrote it in ink. It would be an ironic statement to appear on that part of the body as a tattoo, if not a bit painful to inscribe.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/a-short-movie-about.html#comment-893465 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-893465 Hip-hop has always been about theater. No one in the community will tell you that, though. "Keepin' it real" sounds better than "Keepin' it reasonably believable, while simultaneously expanding your consciousness." I mean, Tupac attended Baltimore School for the Arts for fucks sake. Hip-hop has always been about theater. No one in the community will tell you that, though. “Keepin’ it real” sounds better than “Keepin’ it reasonably believable, while simultaneously expanding your consciousness.” I mean, Tupac attended Baltimore School for the Arts for fucks sake.

]]> By: MrsBug http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/a-short-movie-about.html#comment-893978 MrsBug Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-893978 :snicker: I keep waiting, patiently, for the Boinger staff to say, "It was a joke!". :sits back down to wait: :snicker: I keep waiting, patiently, for the Boinger staff to say, “It was a joke!”.

:sits back down to wait:

]]> By: Sean Blueart http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/a-short-movie-about.html#comment-895003 Sean Blueart Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-895003 Antinous, I thought I was right on, and I respect your judgement about it. I'll do a better job making sure it's more substantive and fitting next time. Thanks for the response. Antinous, I thought I was right on, and I respect your judgement about it. I’ll do a better job making sure it’s more substantive and fitting next time. Thanks for the response.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/a-short-movie-about.html#comment-893217 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-893217 Who gives a cock alert without the exact time? Ur doin it rong! Who gives a cock alert without the exact time? Ur doin it rong!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/a-short-movie-about.html#comment-893477 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-893477 two of my good friends from South Africa watched all the videos and told me that "yolandi is definitely for real.... Ninja, totally fakin" two of my good friends from South Africa watched all the videos and told me that “yolandi is definitely for real…. Ninja, totally fakin”

]]> By: robulus http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/a-short-movie-about.html#comment-894247 robulus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-894247 Not your cup of tea, then? Not your cup of tea, then?

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/a-short-movie-about.html#comment-894253 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-894253 Oh, was that tea in the cup? I thought it was bile. Oh, was that tea in the cup? I thought it was bile.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/a-short-movie-about.html#comment-893234 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-893234 Actually, <i>wat kyk jy?</i> means, "what are you looking at?", and is a phrase you might hear in a bar just before waking up on the floor with a broken jaw. <i>Wat pomp?</i> means "what's happening?", or "what's pumping?", and has a slightly friendlier connotation. And yes, "wat kyk jy" is, in fact tattooed on his piel. <a href = "http://www.imagebam.com/image/c78efd98894654">NSFW link</a>. Actually, wat kyk jy? means, “what are you looking at?”, and is a phrase you might hear in a bar just before waking up on the floor with a broken jaw. Wat pomp? means “what’s happening?”, or “what’s pumping?”, and has a slightly friendlier connotation.

And yes, “wat kyk jy” is, in fact tattooed on his piel. NSFW link.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/a-short-movie-about.html#comment-893239 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-893239 Either you get it or you don't, most honest artistic expression I've seen in quite some time. Glad to see them getting props finally. Waddy Jones has been at it for years, look inot the form what he has been doing, then maybe you will understand the effort and the art. Either you get it or you don’t, most honest artistic expression I’ve seen in quite some time. Glad to see them getting props finally. Waddy Jones has been at it for years, look inot the form what he has been doing, then maybe you will understand the effort and the art.

]]> By: Gendun http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/a-short-movie-about.html#comment-893241 Gendun Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-893241 The growing popularity of Die Andwoord is the worst thing to happen to the US since the attack on Pearl Harbor. Granted, the death toll is lower, but the geopolitical implications are staggering. The growing popularity of Die Andwoord is the worst thing to happen to the US since the attack on Pearl Harbor. Granted, the death toll is lower, but the geopolitical implications are staggering.

]]> By: PaulR http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/a-short-movie-about.html#comment-893242 PaulR Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-893242 Hear, hear! Actually, I'm beginning to suspect that Happy Mutants LLC has shares in Die Antwoord. Oh, and in United Fruit Company. Hear, hear!

Actually, I’m beginning to suspect that Happy Mutants LLC has shares in Die Antwoord.

Oh, and in United Fruit Company.

]]> By: Ted8305 http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/a-short-movie-about.html#comment-893250 Ted8305 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-893250 I'm just waiting for Die Antwoord to headline at the next Gathering of the Juggalos. Then the Happy Mutants will road trip there in a (banana) yellow colored art-bus filled with steampunk paraphenalia. It'll be fokken awesome. I’m just waiting for Die Antwoord to headline at the next Gathering of the Juggalos.

Then the Happy Mutants will road trip there in a (banana) yellow colored art-bus filled with steampunk paraphenalia. It’ll be fokken awesome.

]]> By: Sean Blueart http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/a-short-movie-about.html#comment-894285 Sean Blueart Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-894285 My last comment questioning the quality of Mr. Ninja's alleged joke wasn't posted. I'm guessing it was because I used the "N" word, though I thought the context was clear. If it was in fact a censorship to protect the integrity of the thread and not a technical snafu, I say; I guess transgression is reserved for the venerated bad-asses. My last comment questioning the quality of Mr. Ninja’s alleged joke wasn’t posted. I’m guessing it was because I used the “N” word, though I thought the context was clear. If it was in fact a censorship to protect the integrity of the thread and not a technical snafu, I say; I guess transgression is reserved for the venerated bad-asses.

]]> By: Sean Blueart http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/a-short-movie-about.html#comment-893263 Sean Blueart Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-893263 Exactly. Are you ready to step into that kids shoes? I'll take responsibility for my statement by saying, I wouldn't want to be that kid. Speaking as a career artist well trained in criticism; I believe I'm open to all forms of expression, and I do get the occasional value of transgression. When the expression becomes a direct form of opression, especially to an innocent, like his child, I stop handing out credibility and honesty passes. He clearly said that the child was an accident and his career mattered more. Exactly. Are you ready to step into that kids shoes? I’ll take responsibility for my statement by saying, I wouldn’t want to be that kid.

Speaking as a career artist well trained in criticism; I believe I’m open to all forms of expression, and I do get the occasional value of transgression. When the expression becomes a direct form of opression, especially to an innocent, like his child, I stop handing out credibility and honesty passes.

He clearly said that the child was an accident and his career mattered more.

]]> By: robulus http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/a-short-movie-about.html#comment-894287 robulus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-894287 Oh God not this again. Oh God not this again.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/a-short-movie-about.html#comment-894288 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-894288 There's no exemption for what you loosely refer to as context. If it's in a book/film/etc. title or part of a substantive quote as well as being <i>precisely and critically</i> on topic, it's allowable. I think that those criteria have been met about once in slightly under a million comments. There’s no exemption for what you loosely refer to as context. If it’s in a book/film/etc. title or part of a substantive quote as well as being precisely and critically on topic, it’s allowable. I think that those criteria have been met about once in slightly under a million comments.

]]> By: Ted8305 http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/a-short-movie-about.html#comment-893275 Ted8305 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-893275 @Sean Blueart, I agree with your take on what was said in the interview. I wonder how much of Yolandi and Waddy's act is for real. I wonder if, like many musicians, they exaggerate how hardcore they are as part of the act. Or, in the words of KRS-One: MC's act like they don't know. @Sean Blueart, I agree with your take on what was said in the interview. I wonder how much of Yolandi and Waddy’s act is for real. I wonder if, like many musicians, they exaggerate how hardcore they are as part of the act.

Or, in the words of KRS-One: MC’s act like they don’t know.

]]> By: Shane http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/a-short-movie-about.html#comment-893531 Shane Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-893531 I've enjoyed the music that's been posted from these guys, but, wow, this video just took the whole sheen off the thing. Whatever we say now that means "jumped the shark"... I think that's what happened here. I’ve enjoyed the music that’s been posted from these guys, but, wow, this video just took the whole sheen off the thing.

Whatever we say now that means “jumped the shark”… I think that’s what happened here.

]]> By: The Mudshark http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/a-short-movie-about.html#comment-893789 The Mudshark Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-893789 Something else from SA for a change: This is a video of Teba Shumba, a.k.a. the original social worker, who rocked Vienna with his crew on tour this summer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tq3YC_IzAM Some of the nicest people I´ve met, too. Although I like Die Antwoord, I´d spend my evening with them rather than ninja anytime. Something else from SA for a change: This is a video of Teba Shumba, a.k.a. the original social worker, who rocked Vienna with his crew on tour this summer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tq3YC_IzAM
Some of the nicest people I´ve met, too. Although I like Die Antwoord, I´d spend my evening with them rather than ninja anytime.

]]> By: knodi http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/a-short-movie-about.html#comment-893286 knodi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-893286 You wonder how much is manufactured/acting? Here's a clue: Ninja's real name is "Watkin Tudor Jones", and he used to do motivational-speaking rap in a three-piece suit. <blockquote>Waddy has released several albums under different guises (including the Sibot-produced The Fantastic Kill and Markus Wormstorm-produced promo-only EP "Emmanuel Rothchild - My Favourite Songs" and "Markus Wormstorm Is Not Gay"), and expanded into graphic art, stuffed animal making, and other aspects of his creativity.</blockquote> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watkin_Tudor_Jones You wonder how much is manufactured/acting? Here’s a clue: Ninja’s real name is “Watkin Tudor Jones”, and he used to do motivational-speaking rap in a three-piece suit.

Waddy has released several albums under different guises (including the Sibot-produced The Fantastic Kill and Markus Wormstorm-produced promo-only EP “Emmanuel Rothchild – My Favourite Songs” and “Markus Wormstorm Is Not Gay”), and expanded into graphic art, stuffed animal making, and other aspects of his creativity.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watkin_Tudor_Jones

]]> By: Mazoola http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/a-short-movie-about.html#comment-893294 Mazoola Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-893294 It's like a South African cargo cult built around a <i>Trailer Park Boys</i> boxed set. It’s like a South African cargo cult built around a Trailer Park Boys boxed set.

]]> By: Bryan http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/a-short-movie-about.html#comment-893296 Bryan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-893296 I am thrilled to have learned we are in the fucking future! I am thrilled to have learned we are in the fucking future!

]]> By: irksome http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/a-short-movie-about.html#comment-893298 irksome Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-893298 Your obsession with this one band is becoming a mite unseemly. Your mother and I are getting worried; perhaps it's only a phase but still, let's talk. Your obsession with this one band is becoming a mite unseemly.

Your mother and I are getting worried; perhaps it’s only a phase but still, let’s talk.

]]> By: nerdler http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/a-short-movie-about.html#comment-893302 nerdler Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-893302 This seems appropriate: http://i.imgur.com/et8TF.png This seems appropriate:

http://i.imgur.com/et8TF.png

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/a-short-movie-about.html#comment-893312 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-893312 Dude, the whole thing's probably becoming somewhat real for them at this point coz they're pushing the act so much! It was probably fun in the beginning, but it's losing its novelty really quickly. Their trashy inspiration is waning. Zef is just trashy image and ankle deep trashy culture... they can't showcase it more than they have, especially as empty theatrics for sake of theatrics. I will hand it to them tho, I can't imagine anything zeffer than the vibe and backdrop Die Antwoord has projected in their videos. They really have redefined "zef" to the extreme of it's usage. Regardless, they've almost fully lost their shock value already. What's new. :P -- Fokken piele julle etters! We'll see how far it goes... PS. Yolandi, you're something else liefie! Stazz |Joburg, RSA Dude, the whole thing’s probably becoming somewhat real for them at this point coz they’re pushing the act so much! It was probably fun in the beginning, but it’s losing its novelty really quickly. Their trashy inspiration is waning. Zef is just trashy image and ankle deep trashy culture… they can’t showcase it more than they have, especially as empty theatrics for sake of theatrics.

I will hand it to them tho, I can’t imagine anything zeffer than the vibe and backdrop Die Antwoord has projected in their videos. They really have redefined “zef” to the extreme of it’s usage.
Regardless, they’ve almost fully lost their shock value already. What’s new. :P

– Fokken piele julle etters! We’ll see how far it goes…
PS. Yolandi, you’re something else liefie!
Stazz |Joburg, RSA

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/a-short-movie-about.html#comment-893318 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-893318 Mixing elves, AND rap! I'm impressed.. Mixing elves, AND rap! I’m impressed..

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