hey chai, found some shit that aged like milk while digging around.
tl;dr evidently viv was aware of how animators were mistreated / uncredited during sausage party's production and spoke about how their hard work deserved support.
(all the below is circa 2016)
she made a bunch of sausage party fanart that she apparently "gave to a friend at Sony" who "knew some of the uncredited animators" and said they wanted people to "respect" and "admire" the hard work they put into the movie.
she wrote the following on the page of fanart...
additionally, viv made a video about her thoughts on sausage party, and she made some interesting remarks in the comments...
...i can't watch the video myself as i also don't want to hear viv's voice,
but here's some tid-bits from the transcript...
she's seen "all of family guy... all of south park... and all of drawn together..." and thinks drawn together is "the most offensive" thing she's seen to-date
the only r-rated content she dislikes is ren and stimpy's adult party cartoon. she thinks it is the "apex of shock value... has no reason to exist... is painfully unpleasant to witness... not funny... not well done... just complete and utter garbage."
sausage party's stereotypes "didn't bother" her bc "everybody in the entire world is equally made fun of," it's "so offensive it's no longer offensive it's just stupid," none of the stereotyping is "mean-spirited," and the stereotyping "serves a purpose in the setting"
she says that it's "not fair" for artists to be... "uncredited... expected to work overtime for no money..."
she talks about how sausage party was this company's first film and they were using a very small budget that they should've used more carefully, but it went to other areas that were not the animators, who were expected to work nearly for free and without proper credit (that all sound familiar?)
she laments how these animators put "such amazing work" into the movie and "really cared about it" and that she "can't imagine doing that and not being credited"
she talks about how the company probably wanted sausage party to be "as good as possible for as cheap as possible" but that "doesn't excuse" how they treated their animators.
"the animators sold this movie, without the animation this movie would not nearly be as good or charming"
she felt the sexual humor "wasn't as uncomfortable" as other sexual humor can be simply because the characters weren't humans
she generally *really* sucks sausage party's dick saying it's an "existential allegory" and "critique of religion" and "going to be part of history" (these are of course subjective opinions ppl may or may not agree on but since it's what she thinks i'm including it.)
God, I almost hate to admit this, but I actually really liked Sausage Party in a vacuum. It's nice looking, the character designs are worlds better and more distinct than what you'll find in most Disney movies, and it's a nice balance of South Park-esque raunchiness and some genuinely interesting existential stuff about life, religion, and the human condition.
But...no, it's not high art, and it's not going to be part of history. Any slim chance it had of being part of history was blown to bits by the disgusting, unforgivable way it treated its animators.
Watching it now, you can absolutely see how Vivzie attempted to follow its example in all things, from crudeness to commentary on religion/human nature. The difference is that Sausage Party doesn't pull its punches when it comes to the former and is at least sort of intelligent when it comes to the latter. The result is that even at its dumbest and worst, it has a better understanding of what it's doing and what it's trying to be than Vivzie's stuff.
In the end, the only thing Vivziepop succeeded in taking away from Sausage Party was how to treat the people working for you.
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Upcoming projects for Michael:
2023:
Black Mirror season 6 - June 15th
COMMAND Z - July 17th ONLY on https://extension765.com
Barbie - July 21st
The Adults - August 18th
Under the Boardwalk - October 27th
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off - November 17th
Dream Scenario - December 1st
2024:
Life & Beth season 2 - February 16th
Sacramento - In Post-Production
Christmas Eve In Miller's Point - In Post-Production
Sausage Party: Foodtopia - In Production
A24’s Jonty - Currently in Pre-Production
The Phoenician Scheme - Production begins Spring
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