Sunday, August 31, 2008

'RAG'GING TO RICHES SHOWS ! !


53 comments:

man in painting said...

Friends..
REALITY SHOWS..
With all the drama, emotions and short cuts to success mantras with memories of traumas associated...
funny and tragic at the same time..
MIP

Mampi said...

More tragic than funny.
I wish there was some control over them.
Nicely depicted.
A wholly new aspect of the MIP coming forth for the last three posts.
I m missing your poems though.

Indrani said...

You drew this?
So true and well depicted.

(btw how is the little one doing?)

Rajesh said...

hee...hee....U r truly a Man In Painting...how can u think on these lines??? hee..hee...well depicted...gr8 going MIP

P.S: Blog and its layout updated :)

starry said...

so true,I am done with all these reality shows.

Usha Pisharody said...

Perfectly captured the show, the sobs, the satire is put on display so well!!!

Hats off! Three in a row.. all of them really wonderful!

RiverSoul said...

Really well drawn, MIP:)
:)
Truely well portrayed.
:)
The reality tv franchise has grown surreal. Too tragic and dramatic to be called reality.
It must be renamed to UNreality tv.

Rushabhh Gandhi said...

Heya... I loved your comment on Shruti's blog about drinking..

YOu dont drink coz i dont drink directly from Yamuna too!!!!
A very strong point said..!!!!

Jo said...

I love the faces... you're right... funny and tragic at the same time. ;)Did you write poetry back then?

aria said...

the characters depicted are eloquent with their expressions.. poignant and apt take on reality shows.. and the title is great too..
loving this series of your sketches.. looking forward to more.. :)

deepsat said...

Very true!!

Your drawings capture the true sense of things with a good helping of humor!!

;-))

P said...

Yeah, there is more drama in a reality show than there is in a drama..thanks for your comment :)

How's Baby B doin'?

Roopa said...

I do love your puns MIP :). They are innately funny and you hit the nail on the head all the time.

Keshi said...

haha @Tragic!

Keshi.

Rakesh said...

hehehe where do u get these cartoons from

AshenGlow said...

Heh... Yeah ragging.. seriously.. such a pain. Now for the viewers as well.
Wonder when the age of reality shows will be passe... Or is it already?
*Yawn!*

Solitaire said...

Ugggh!!!
Reality shows.....

Heart'n'Soul said...

eh...well captured MIP

the partcipants andthe judges are all cartoons...pun unintended

too much of drama... i bel... spoils the whole purpose

Sashu... said...

absolutely wonderful! satire at its best! loved it :)

Shruti said...

whoa!! Sassy satire...
too good...

Gingerbread & Me said...

:) :) :)
And that is why I never watch reality shows!!!

gypsy said...

good one...

:)

polona said...

hahaha... i HATE reality shows but this is funny albeit in a sad way!

Fantasies of a Lifetime said...

You really are good at this :) Wonderful depiction :)

Priya said...

U said it all MIP.

Unknown said...

hehe that was soo cooll.. niceee :)

Rakesh Vanamali said...

Superb! A true description of how reality shows are far from reality and more often than not a successful irritant!

Ur works easily rank the league of an R.K. Laxman!

Devika Jyothi said...

The Agony, despair, grief..
the snobby judges, chic anchor -all well portrayed...

but aren't we also creating a future generation of 'know nothings except singing and dancing'?

painful scene, yet you need a shakehand!
welldone!

vanilla sky said...

apt depiction!
more than talent and all that, its uglyness personified in most cases,with all sorts of dirty dramas

Debasish Patra said...

so so true, splly the 'Ragging' part !!

Keshi said...

come and collect ur award!

Keshi.

Cynic in Wonderland said...

very, very nice!

Dali eh?

man in painting said...

@mampi..
When I started blogging, it was just an effort to practice "watch everything with out names and symbols"...Literature was the least possiblity..But very few came to watch the painting those days..still I was contented..
Cartoonig,"poetry"..everything are efforts...
Am i becoming a part of this space..a strange sense of belonging is beginning to develop
When movement take over, i cease to be a painting.
and that is a tragedy because the sacredness of uniqueness of another evergreen forest in the brain will become civilized..
what shall I do mampi?

man in painting said...

@indrani
Yes...
thank you..
She is going to beat Phelps!
Swimming swimming swimming..

man in painting said...

@rajesh
thank you..
will read it today..

man in painting said...

@starry nights
They are all unreal
@usha ji
Thank you
happy you liked it..

man in painting said...

@river soul
true..
it is all drama...
@rushabh
it is true..
A deeper understanding of our self is necessary..
about everything.
wishes..

man in painting said...

@jo
It is a good question..What will we call those strange way of arranging words.. Some fireworks done by neurons..when stimulated by certain patterns.. It is real and unreal..Unreal to a person to somebody who dosen't know this symbols.. unreal to somebody who have another set of conditioned patterns..
I tried to just stare at the world ..like somebody already dead.
without desires, without meanings...
but it also creates patterns..structures, conditioning..I doubt myself.If i move along the world I cease to be a painting...
Even If i go back and correct the errors that i have typed just before...i become attatched , conscious and my capacity to "watch" IS GONE.. dESIRE CREEPS IN..and all the cravings of life will start to enter into that part of my brain called"the man in painting"
i am fading..
MIP

Anu said...

MIP,
I agree, too many people are pinning their entire lives on these shows.. good one.. btw tagged you

crasiezt said...

Hahaha very nice!
I hate these shows man..and my mom loves them..whatever..

Pinku said...

hey this is awesome...funny and just what I felt about these shows...

man in painting said...

@aria
will try my best..
thank you..
@satish
thank you..
@priya
she is fine
swimming season begins
Thank you
@Roopa
Thank you.
Happy you liked it.

man in painting said...

@rakesh
I just draw,scan and post..
@ashen glow
True
@divkiran
true
@Sashu
Thank you
@Shruthi
Thank you

man in painting said...

@moggie mom
True..Thay are always boring
Thank you
@d sinner
Thank you
@Polona
Thank you
@fantasies
Thank you

man in painting said...

@priya
Thank you
@ani
Happy you liked it!
@rakesh
Flattered!
yet it is a pleasant feeling
Thank you
@Devika
Dancing and singing is good
But competitions...
thank you

man in painting said...

@Vanilla
True
@Debu..
It is ragging most of the time bu the Rich and Famous..

man in painting said...

@Keshi
honoured!
Thank you so much

man in painting said...

@cynic
Lol!
Yes dali..
@anu
i will do it..
i know you will give me more time..
@Craziest
Thank you
@Pinku
Thank you

Think Tank said...

really there should be a statutory warnin about these shows...won't lead you anywhere

Salil said...

@MIP:
That was one hilarious picture. Good job.
I read that reality shows have become tragic and 'unreal'. I saw only two episodes ever of any (un)reality shows in my life and I decided never to see them again. I haven't done many bad deeds in my earlier lives that necessitates me watching more :-)
Keep them coming.
Cheers,
Salil

man in painting said...

@salil
thank you salil
lol
MIP

nitin said...

haha! really funnny - true as well :) i see ur toons, all 3 of them.. simply amazing.... keep it up!!

cheers!
nitin

man in painting said...

@nitin
thank you..