You want to create your own political cartoons? There’s an app for that
posted at 11:52 am on October 18, 2011 by Howard Portnoy
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Back when The Simpsons was funny, Homer Simpson in one episode is taken to a Jonestown-type retreat where prospective inductees are shown an “orientation” film. Everyone appears enthralled by the propaganda except for Homer, who tells his captors “when I get bored I make up my own movie.”
If you are fed up with politics as they exist in the real world, a new free online application will give you the chance to make up your own movie featuring the pols of your choice. Called GoAnimate, the app provides you with a debate stage, a cast of characters, and a behind-the-scenes animation engine that will convert your script and voice-overs (via your computers mike) into a Flash movie.
That there is likely a market for this app is suggested by the popularity of Bad Lip Reading, which syncs pure gibberish to videos of selected pols mid-speech.
Gary Lipkowitz, GoAnimate vice president of corporate development, is quoted by The Blaze as stating that the purpose of the site is
to provide a fun mode of expression for the masses. Candidates and pundits are constantly talking at us, and people are trying to shout back in social media, but most of the tools are just text. So we launched this project to provide rich media feedback tools—to empower everyday people to turn their comments into commentary—whether they’re responding to the debates, campaigning for a cause or recreating key political moments.
I perused the site and couldn’t find the particular actor I was looking for to star in my own movie. At least I can take solace in the fact that from time to time he provides his own real-life comedic relief.
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