Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Vicent Dooley ... "invent destiny"

The web video, with its developing conventions and aesthetics, hasn't really impressed me so far. Web series have a penchant for going after a particular demographic (like Lonelygirl) with such gusto that the internal references are obtuse and the characters and plots are, well, kind of boring. In other cases, such as the many video series at crackle.com, they're so poorly acted and scripted that they're painful and embarrassing to sit through like half-baked failed television pilots.

This web series looks more promising. The first video is funny and well written. The lead actor is really creates a character here and has a great sense of comic timing. So, let's meet Vincent, inventor. From California...

More videos are at the YouTube channel for the series.

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