The Bottom Line
- Very interesting concept.
- Funny parodies of subject matter and characters.
- After one episode, jokes get old.
- Very crude, adult humor.
Description
- 2 discs.
- Featuring Adam Carolla as Spanky Ham.
- Rated TV-MA!
- Commentary by cast and creators.
- Uncensored and extended episodes.
- Never-before-seen original content.
- Deleted scenes.
- Censored/uncensored game.
- Karaoke sing-along.
Guide Review - "Drawn Together" - The Complete First Season DVD
The characters themselves are parodies of well-known cartoon types, like Princess Clara, who is a combination of Disney's Ariel and Belle and all those other lead females in Disney movies. Another character is Foxxy, who's a tough black woman torn almost straight from "Josie and the Pussycats," except that she seems to like Princess Clara a whole lot.
This is a very un-PC show, allowing these messed up characters to act like the evil twins of the characters they're based on. The reality TV set up gives these characters chances to prove their stereotypes are true, insult each other, and basically make you feel guilty for ever loving reality shows, anime, "SpongeBob SquarePants" and other staples of American pop culture.
Though the concept is very clever, the jokes get old fast. After one or two episodes, the situations seem repetitive and very predictable. After a while, the jokes are just punchlines without much set up, and even then they're not that funny anymore.
Yeah, "South Park" is raunchy and un-PC, but it sometimes has heart, and the characters, though crudely drawn, aren't one-dimensional. The characters in "Drawn Together" are, but on purpose. But even on purpose, it gets old.
The extras are fun, mainly the karaoke sing-along and the censored game.
