Reviews for Sketched - Therapy

[The-Angry-Haruist]

Beating a dead horse

Alright, alright, I'll admit this is an accurate portrayal of therapy, what with nosy recieptionists, idiot claiming to be a professional, and said idiot's certainty that your inner strife is because you want to take it in the ass.

But that can't save this movie from the fact that it's bland and criminally unfunny. Maybe it's because gay jokes lost their punch eons ago, but I found myself staring at the screen, shaking my head at the feeble, miserable attempts to intice laughter in me.

For what it's worth, the animation may not be mindblowing, but is well done and stylized a bit. That does justify some merit.

If you really get off on gay jokes, then hooray for you, this will be like an early birthday present, complete with terrorists. For people like me, who see gay jokes as one of the most overused themes on newgrounds, stay away.

sirjeffofshort responds:

Seems a little harsh, but it's your opinion so I can't really blame you for the way you feel.

I will however defend the piece against your reviews accusation that it is merely a gay joke. Amongst the many jokes in this short none of them were aimed at making fun of or exploiting the gay lifestyle. In fact every "gay joke" as you would call it was more an extreme representation of how therapists often times will try and assign a textbook definition to your turmoils before actually even taking the time to know you. In fact your review contains a more graphic and shocking depiction of the gay lifestyle than any single line in our entire short, and that's just the first paragraph. As for the terrorist, it was meant to show that the character clearly has issues he needs to deal with that the therapist is too blind to see. Like it or not the fear of terrorism is one that plagues many modern Americans, and again it isn't like we made an attempt to make jokes at anyone's expense, we weren't making 'stupid terrorist' jokes or any type of racial commentary. We tried to show a representation of an actual fear that plagues many people around the world. So again, I will defend that your dumbing down of these concepts to make a point in your review may not be entirely accurate. I can see as newgrounds (and the internet in general) is a bit of a breeding ground for mindless humor that it is very easy to scan this cartoon for similar jokes and label it as such, so I can't blame you for coming out of it as you have, I just think your labeling and generalization of its themes may have been a bit hasty.

That said, I can't help that you ultimately found our short not to your liking, and I would never try and blast you for your opinion (although, I do believe it would have had more of an effect if you made an attempt to phrase yourself like a constructive person rather than an irate critic). In fact I would say much the opposite, I really respect people who state their opinions honestly and constructively. I know I can take from your review, as negative as it was, that this was not your kind of humor and knowing that I would honestly like to see something that you would write or find funny. I don't mean that as the general response to negative reviews (you know the one "I don't see you doing any better") but I honestly like to study all aspects of comedy and keep myself well versed, so I would like to see something you DO find funny.

As my last point, please realize that not all of our sketches are the same, hence the reason we like to do sketch comedy, we can keep it fresh every short, so I would sincerely encourage you to check out some of our other or future work if you have time, perhaps you will find something there you like better.

[Markamannaz]

This reminds me of so much

The script and the animation were excellent, almost as much fun as the 'denial' game. All you have to do is say that you're not a (Sex-addict, whoremonger, drug addict, etc...)and the thertapist will say 'denial' as a result. And the funniest thing is that no matter how many times you say you are not something, the more 'in denial' it proves you are! Great fun for everyone!

sirjeffofshort responds:

Haha, sounds like fun. Thanks for the review man.

[Decocrap]

Good

You could do more with it write a sequel I will watch it

sirjeffofshort responds:

I usually try to steer away from sequels, but it may be something worth considering...

[omegared]

HAHA poor gay dude ;)

A realistic tale that could happen to anyone of us, but it just never should! The whole flash was really grounded in humor, no slapstick or randomness. It was overall the kind of humor that anyoe can write- two obsurd and strange people driving a normal dude up the wall.

The best joke was inside the closet! Kudos.

I really liked the way you animated your characters by seperating hands and arms! I'm just now getting into animation and I will honestly try making that work for my drawings :) so thanks.
The character design of the doctor was my favorite. And I thought you did well at drawing people and providing a realistic setting.

Overall this was pretty average though. And honestly, it is funny, and better than most of the straght comedies I see on NG, but that really doesn't say a lot, in my opinion.

It was good! But my type of humor lies more with the crazy random..

8/10
RB

sirjeffofshort responds:

Thanks for your review. I understand that it can't be everyone's taste, but at least you gave it an honest review so thanks again for that.

[Hellboy2010]

Any-hoozle

Lol, he looked at me funny but he is signing the waver now. This is great. This reminds me of some of the best comedy. Kind of like "The Life and Times of Tim" on HBO and Family Guy's awkwardness moments. Totally awesome.

sirjeffofshort responds:

Thanks. I actually haven't seen that show, but I've heard of it. I should probably check it out sometime. Thanks again for the review.