Taiwanese animators imagine Rob Ford’s death in a creepy amount of detail
Someone at Next Media Animation has an eye for detail and an extremely dark imagination. Previous YouTube videos from the Taiwanese animation factory have made lighthearted fun of Rob Ford‘s various crack-related predicaments, but this latest one takes a decidedly more vérité approach. It imagines, in disturbing detail, Ford’s divorce and subsequent crack-related death following a 2014 election loss. Needless to say, this is not for kids. Even kind-hearted adults might want to spare themselves the sight of a CGI mayor keeling over after a hit of CGI crack.
The scenario alone isn’t what makes the video so jaw-droppingly bizarre, though; it’s all the creepily accurate details. There’s authentic-looking “Ford Nation” campaign literature, a fairly accurate rendering of Rob Ford’s house, his wife Renanta’s name is on the fake divorce settlement, and the animators even managed to approximate her face. Note, too, the other story on the cover of the Star-like newspaper at 1:48: “Lawyers set stage in McCallion inquiry.” The video isn’t funny, but the craftsmanship and research, combined with the total obliviousness to any notions of taste, is breathtaking. Please don’t end up this way, Rob Ford. It gets better.
No one wants it to come to this.
This is the worst thing I have ever seen…. i do not agree with his actions and what is happening in council but this is taking it way too far…he is a person too and has a family..would you want to see a video of how people think you dad or husband are going to die….Bad Taste.
Absolutely disgusting. The editor at torontolife.com that decided this crap should be promoted is a disgrace. I’ve never in my lifetime seen such uncivil behaviour towards a fellow human being as we’ve seen by the idiots who take joy from attacking this man. It starts with fat jokes and photoshopped heads on a shirtless obese body for a magazine cover (not Toronto Life) and progresses to dark fantasies of people losing everything and dying. Just horrible. It will probably end when one of you losers actually decides to do physical harm to the guy because you can’t control your impulses.
Now if they could only put this much talent to something productive instead… tisk tisk… shame on you.
“I’ve never in my lifetime seen such uncivil behaviour towards a fellow
human being as we’ve seen by the idiots who take joy from attacking this
man.” Hmm. Calling fellow councillors “a waste of skin” or using ethnic slurs against them. The smear against reporter Daniel Dale on Vision TV, which he has repeated elsewhere. The smear campaigns against other perceived enemies. When he said, “Do you want your little wife to go over to Iran and get raped and shot?” when a man asked him to stop behaving like a jackass at a Maple Leaf game. Swearing in front of school children. Talking about oral sex in a press conference. One could go on. Oh, no, never has anyone displayed such uncivil behaviour as has been shown the mayor in name only.
Please. You’re comparing a series of individual incidents to the massive, overwhelming, vicious and constant attack by a group of people, frequently ad hominem, against one man. You people have made mocking and attacking that man a competitive sport. It ain’t even close to comparable. You’re pathetic.
J esus C hrist! What kind of sick fck would make something like this? If Ford does die it’ll be because the voyeuristic parasites who won’t allow him a moment’s rest drove him to death. The blood is on his opponents’ hands.
Yes, nothing Ford has ever done warrants this level of political and media attack. You’d think that Ford drowned kittens to be worthy of this level of voyeurism and scrutiny.
They do. Like, all the time. It’s NMA.
I really dislike the man in terms of his policies and blatant disregard for democracy, but this is not okay, by any standards. I think we *collectively* need to work on our Ford addiction (see Keenan’s article in the Grid) and see if this actually is worth sharing. I honestly think seeing this upsets both pro- and anti- Ford, and further polarizes the debate…
Exactly. If only Ford had ever been in any way capable of showing understanding and compassion to anyone–libelling people, stealing from public coffers, abusing his wife, driving while drunk, showing up to public events in the duty of his office while drunk, sexually harassing staff….the list of his contemptuous activities goes on and on. He’s a massive affront to the city and the key to its decline. When someone contracts to abuse the office of public servant as he has, the public is more than within its rights to name the offences outright and to hold the Mayor up to scrutiny and criticism. And to imagine and criticize in any form whatever it is about his behaviour in office that warrants that criticism. That is our right as his employers. And if part of the fantasy of removing him from office involves this kind of creative vision, then so be it. Ford’s done a lot more harm to many more people than this little video will do. If he doesn’t like the fact that this is out there, he should never have run for office.
Ok… I’m just as horrified at the mayor’s behaviour as the next guy, but this garbage doesn’t belong on TL. What were you thinking?