When looking for an example of a “remix,” I wanted to try to find something different than just a mash up of songs, like GirlTalk or SuperMash Bros. I decided to look at videos on YouTube, and came across “David After Drugs.” I think this video is a good example of how someone can make a short work, (whether it be music, video, a play) that is very funny, but only because of the original work that came before it. Before “David on Drugs,” a dad posted “David after Dentist,” a short video of his son in the back seat of the car, genuinely confused by his feelings after being “drugged” at the dentist.

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Because youtube allows amateurs to share their work or just funny home videos like this, people all over the world now know about David’s post-dentist escapades. When they got tired of laughing at the real David, people decided they would create their own remix of “David after dentist” to appeal to different audiences, and play off the original content. “David after Drugs” is just one of MANY examples.

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Standing alone, this video may be funny … but really, a large chunk of its humor comes from the fact that we know it is mocking / remixing the original video of a six year old child, post dentistry.