In this weeks assigned readings two pieces stood out to me. The first being Leishman's retelling of Red Riding Hood. I have come across different literature pieces or even video games that have retold fairy tales and I always enjoy them. This piece was no exception because it breathes new life into a story. Obviously, in terms of graphics it was extremely similar to Deviant because of it being the same author. This piece was much different then Deviant and not nearly as frustrating. I knew the ending was going to be much different than the original story, but was not expecting such a curveball. One unique aspect of this piece that intrigued me was when Red is sleeping you can witness her different dreams which are trippy to say the least. Something that agitated me was how short the piece was compared to Deviant. Even if it was just a couple more scenes it would have expanded the meaning of the piece and the viewer could have gotten more out of it.
I would like to briefly touch on the pieces that we looked at from Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries. The pieces were extremely vibrant which definitely kept my intention, but the flashing screen was hard to handle after a long period of time. Even though the stories were unique and different, it agitated me that none of them really seemed to have a central meaning. Of course, I may have missed something, but it seemed like a bunch of gibberish to me. Some people may complain about some of the vulgarity, but I really liked it. Rarely do you read a piece of literature in college that has vulgarity in it. To me, it gave me a sense of realism through the piece as if an average person produced the work. Realistically, the majority of people swear so it was a nice change of pace compared to the uptight and politically correct dialogue of other works.
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