![]() In the video, a talking sketchbook encourages the protagonists to be “creative,” causing them to become violent and create gore-filled art. Their brilliantly creepy film, titled “Don’t Hug Me, I’m Scared,” went viral on YouTube. In 2011, two artists from the United Kingdom named Becky Sloan and Joe Pelling created a small horror/musical short in their free time. This show needs to locked up in a museum and cherished for years it's so creative and the TV show was awesome aswell bravo Becky Sloan, Joe Pelling, and Baker Terry.Warning: Gore and violence are mentioned in passing in this article. And oh my god when 12 year old me saw duck beating eaten alive I knew this was trauma but it was worth it. Duck was terrified by the big meat man and the spinach. You could tell by the start something was off. It was a masterpiece with how well it was created. He is punishing his child for letting his mind wander as yellow guy caught roy watching pixely women on a beach. He has turned every day to June 19th fathers day. They all live in this world of a children's show that's been corrupted by Roy, yellow guys father. The characters are red guy yellow guy and duck. They have such great designes and the puppet work can be compered to 'child's play' in its skills. The characters are so iconic and down right amazing. DHMIS tells a genius story that's so frightening funny and sad. Honestly it's brilliant the way it criticises new children content that's blinded by the money and fame with roy being the 'puppet master' behind everything. ![]() Its horror is initially blindsiding and it'll probably stick with you for as long as the piece's ear-worm of a song. In the end, this is a well-executed and highly interesting short film. The fact that the short becomes a horrific nightmare and ends on the sentiment of "never be creative again" is also emblematic of its biting social commentary. This is represented by the fact that the singing notebook constantly undermines the creative efforts of Yellow Guy, Red Guy and Duck (see the aforementioned "green is not a creative colour"). To me, this first film is about (beware mild spoilers for its theming) the way in which children's education - both television and the school system - doesn't really encourage creativity, instead providing a really closed-minded definition of it or steering people away from it altogether. At its heart, it's a dark satire of children's programming. Its colourful aesthetic and catchy song feel incredibly authentic, and the flick carefully hides its truly dark underbelly behind this seemingly sincere veneer of innocence. What starts out as a seemingly innocent kid's show soon descends into a barrage of uncanny imagery, shocking gore and subtly unsettling sentiments (such as "green is not a creative colour" and "let's all agree to never be creative again".) The piece is executed really well. 'Don't Hug Me I'm Scared (2011)' is nightmare fuel with a catchy tune. I see that the film has 12 million views on YouTube and, although I had never heard of it, I am not surprised that it struck a chord. ![]() It is very cleverly done because it is funny, spot on as a satire and really well made. The notebook gets what it wants as the three characters start to explore whatever comes to their imaginations, leading to some disturbing images and situations which very quickly take the cheerful little short out of the world of kids TV and into the dark world that lies inside. This song is catchy but also has some really great lines and moments – "green is not a creative color" being my favorite because it made me laugh and also reminds us that generally trying to "teach" creativity will just need to reinforce bounds rather than encourage freedom. This is the simple idea here and it is laid out to be a very convincing children's television show as the notebook sings about imagination and creativity in a very generic way. Three non-threatening puppets sit around a table while a singing notebook encourages them to be creative.
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