Monday, January 31, 2005
Shocked by South Park Creators
Back in 1999, before the Internet bubble had burst, Shockwave.com needed big name talent to create original content for their site. So they handed a $2 million dollar check to "South Park" creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker and gave them full control to create an original Internet cartoon. Perhaps givng Parker and Stone, the creators of Cannibal The Musical, Orgazmo, and Team America, wasn't such a good idea. Shockwave never released the cartoons."Shocked, TRIO's 30-minute original documentary, is a parable of the dot.com age. It reveals the story behind South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone's foray into the world of Internet entertainment. In 1999, burgeoning online entertainment company Shockwave.com, on the verge of going public, commissioned high profile talent to supply content. The company sought out Parker and Stone, and promised them full creative control to create 39 original animated shorts. The result was "Princess." Drawn in the style of a pre-school children's cartoon, "Princess" is about a lap dog who observes the adult -- sometimes very "adult" -- world around her. The sexual content was so extreme that production on the "webisodes" was halted early on and have never been seen in any medium." [Via trioplus.tv]
You can watch Shocked at http://www.trioplus.tv
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