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January 8th, 2008

“Still Stupid”: A Y’all So Stupid Exhibit with Devin Flynn

Contributed by: El Douche A
Posted in: Special Events

“What the fuck was that?”
“I almost had a seizure.”
“Wow! 2 bad acid makes me dismember the naighberhood [sic] animals.”

These are a typical batch of viewer comments posted on Devin Flynn’s Y’all So Stupid series. And they speak to the breakneck experience of watching one of Mr. Flynn’s shorts: a lot comes at you in a short amount of time. Before you can focus on the UFO taking a dump on a mountain, there’s already a brain-eating zombie crawling out of the ground, followed by a strobe-lit pair of eyeballs floating towards you in some weird K-hole tunnel. And then you laugh and wriggle around in your seat nervously before getting blasted with the next overwhelming image of insanity.

Sure, it’s “trippy” and “drug-induced” and it seems to make viewers want to shave their heads or whatever. But there’s also a lot of loving detail and brilliant imagery crammed into every frame of Y’all that can easily be overlooked. So, we decided to slow things down a bit, and go back through the past six episodes to pick out our favorite stills. Only the most visually arresting ones that could be framed and hung in a gallery without any mention of a Super Deluxe or the Internet or continuous play options. And on top of that, we bugged Devin to give us a word or two about each one. And he did.

Love the face on the pipe. Do you believe in Animism? Rastafarism?
Objects know. But you don’t know what they know. That’s what I think, you know what I’m saying? Furthermore, Haile Selassie I is roughly an anagram for “door stopper” in The Hall Of Mirrors in Versailles. And “rasta” is “door stopper” in patois (Doh-Ra-Sta-Pa).

One of our favorites. Where is this guy? What’s he saying?
Up a butt. He is a texture scientist and enthusiast. His terminology is used exclusively in the field of T.O.U.C.H. (Textural Obfuscation of Universal Categories). The H is silent. I really need to shove him up somewhere else soon. He has loads of tools.

This is a crack jumbo, right? What was the inspiration?
This scene is a direct re-enactment of a dream I keep having over and over again.

Ooh. This is sexy. Westworld inspired?
Stepford Wives. I gotta get one.

And your favorite still from episode 1?
Chupacabra! Do you think this little dude was running around the city dressed like a Jawa and he just thought, “Why not foil sting operations?”

Beautifully disgusting. Thoughts?
C’mon. Haven’t you ever felt “Less Than Fresh?”

Love the punk who’s so punk, he doesn’t give a shit his brains are being eaten.
Like my friend Christy Karacas would say, he’s just “psyched about stuff that rules.”

What is this from? Is it a psychic vampire?
It is based on a puppet show I was doing using available human anatomy I had lying around my apartment. Do you hear something?

Ah, yes. The party table with all the party favors. Thoughts?
None were used. No. Not a one.

Episode 2 personal fave?
The Pizza Pueblo with the Favela Beat Basement Bar. Roaches only. Don’t front. You know you wanna try Strawberry Zima.

This one’s easy not to fully appreciate cuz it goes by so fast. But ’tis an amazing sight.
Thank you, but it is quite simple, innit? A gorilla fucking a giraffe, innit? Up in it.

There’s just so much messed up shit packed into this shot: mannequin, homeless guy lover with Adidas jacket, Hump Dump…
I’ll take it from there. Uh…corpse tied up in a Glad bag way back in the corner, homeless/bottomless dude with a Ralph’s plastic shopping bag hat, some suspect wadded-up paper towels, and for a millisecond, you can see the mannequin has a…er…hole down there.

The infamous microbe taxi argument. Is it based on your experiences in NY?
Those cab drivers are primadonnas, man.

The most violent Y’all bit thus far. And what a nicely composed image. Do you hate cops?
Well…they hated me first.

So, what’s your favorite still from episode 3?
To me, this is a nicely packed…uh…I mean, decomposed image. You got a friggin’ delicious pile of L.A.P.D. bacon in the foreground, and then none other than C. Hill in the house to appreciate it for us.

Another great title sequence. Brain swellers and yellers.
Physiognomy. Look it up, dummy. I did.

Wow. These pits look great. Clearly, you love animals, don’t you?
I myself am an animal and a lover.

A fine example of some of the abstract design-y stuff we love in your work. Thoughts?
Nope. Again, no thoughts were used in the making of these segments.

C-Stilt, the crumping party clown on parole!! Where the hell did this guy come from?
Watts, fool! Lil’ Haze’s twizded origin will be revealed soon…

Episode 4 favorite?
C’mon, folks. Don’t be afraid. Check out Butt-Thirsty Bob’s Boof Bar. Try our Barstool Bidet!! BOOF IT!!

Yet another amazing title sequence. Who did the music? Have you always wanted to chop Charlie Brown and Fred Flintstone’s heads off?
That’s Borbid Torpor. They are evil and tuff. B.T. is the state of being in a Bored Morbid Stupor. Take the B.T. Express! As far as Fred and Chuck, I had no choice. They have committed crimes against our humanity too great to ignore. Look at Me! Not to mention Chip and/or Dale. Don’t even get me started!!

Stoned-out guy in a rainbow-hued vortex eating his own bullshit. Might this be a dig at hippies?
Naw, it’s just about liars and cooking and k-holes. He just happens to be wearing a tie-dye because now you can buy them in 3 packs at JCPenney’s. But I have taken a bold and unapologetic stab at hippies in episode 7. I hope it will suffice.

We love all the morphing pieces you do and wanted to include this one as an example. Is it a vagina? It turns into an archetypal pyramid thingy, doesn’t it?
Well, you’re seeing stuff, and that’s what those scenes are for. People see what they want to see in them, and in turn, I guess I draw what I want to draw in them.

Who knew they make Cacahuananche hair goop? Explain that character, por favor.
Cacahuananche is nature’s answer to hair. He’s clean, mean and on the scene. But usually a little late cuz he wants to make sure he looks good when he beats that ass. Him and God are tight now, especially since he recently opened his own male hygiene dojo. Come through. We would be happy to show you the ways of the Dragon.

And, of course, your bestest one from episode 5?
One man’s poo is another man’s hair.

Sky Slapp! Love the rainbow backgrounds. Inspired by your time in L.A.?
Are you implying L.A. is G.A.Y.?

This is based on that Dodge recall stuff a few years back, right?
Hoodge! That and just wanting to see SUVs ignite, y’know?

We just liked this one.
EggDrop is over-hard.

This one’s truly amazing. It should be cover of your laser disc set. Haha.
Laserdiscs are played. Get it? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Finally, your numero uno still from episode 6 is…
This scene. It was expensive. Not only did we have to order those custom bouncy castles, that rare Puerto Rican Elmer Fudd Pinata, and the living room cage, but we also had like 25 kids, two professional krumpers and a female impersonator.