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Reviews for "Baghdad Basketball"

A great cartoon, but..

On a personal note, I didn't dig the blatant stereotyping. Yeah, it's a joke and yeah, you're making fun of the media's portrayal of blacks and Iraqis, but pointing the finger at the media is the oldest trick in the book. Media shmedia. The media shows us what we want to see. Sad but true. And this cartoon functions as a form of media, so that would mean that you're making fun of yourselves? Not quite.

I'm no fan of the NBA nor do I agree with basketball players pursuing thuggish rap careers more intensely than they chase loose balls. So you'd think that I would've found this more funny than offensive, but that wasn't the case. It's just too heavy handed. I've seen your other cartoons, and they have the same style.

This is far from a flame, though. It's a review. So, that being said, (and on a technical note), I feel that your comedic timing is off at certain parts. Either the one-liners are said too quickly or you don't give enough of a pause between funny segments. That kind of bam-bam delivery keeps the audience constantly on the defense, always trying to stay alert for the next joke without being able to fully enjoy the after-effect of the previous one. The drawings are top-notch, but I would recommend more "camera angles." This one didn't suffer from that problem as much as the Cheeleading one did. Sure, these guys are all behind a bar/counter, but if they turn to eachother, it's ok to switch perspective. That adds to the moment, instead of keeping the audience at a static distance. For your climax, I don't think killing off the American team (though they be "rogue thugs") with an Iraqi suicide bomber was the best choice for a climax. Especially since it looked like he even may have survived. That's a fitting end to some kind of films, but not a comic one.

All in all, good luck with your series and your website. Hope your time here at NG gets you the kind of attention your work deserves.

4/5

Republicans suck

That wasn't overly funny.
The humour was well thought out, but I didn't laugh.
The suicide bomber was almostfunny

REALLY FUNNY BUT STILL RACIST

funny but a little bit to much racism and to saphrix the world would be a better place without racist bastards like u should just go to hell

could be better

instead of getting my boxers all in a knot like a lot of other reviewers have, I'll just say this

i think it would've been better/funnier/more politically accurate had the iraqis actually fronted a team, and then bring in a suicide- bomber subsitution later

heh

well i originally saw this on albinoblacksheep and from that point i new it would appear on newgrounds, and as follows comes the opinions of the viewers here becuase all things political and realating to current crisis ussually spark such avid viewpoints. First of all, I erge you all to refrain from reviewing this flash from a point of view that would be from bias. REVIEW THIS FLASH BASED ON HOW IT IS be honest but dont give it a 0 and back it up with reasons like, "ppl are dying out there, this is not funny, go to hell" act mature, your going to have to eventually in life might as well start with newgrounds.