Monday, February 8, 2010

Parent's Vice

Link to Us: http://snipr.com/parentsvice

As promised in the previous weekly poll, we are going to introduce to you one of the most prominent Internet Meme of all time, "David After Dentist". Now what is this Internet Meme all about? Well, it all started with an innocent kid named David DeVore, who was going to have a surgery to remove a tooth.

According to his father, David was rather nervous before the surgery which is very normal considering how young he is and his father decided to videotape him before and after the surgery to calm David down. His father then uploaded the video on Youtube.


booba1234, David After Dentist, Youtube [Online] Retrieved on 6th February 2010.
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txqiwrbYGrs&feature=PlayList&p=B4DE001BAE99BE94&index=0&playnext=1


What happened there? Well, innocent David was given a sedative as a prescribed medication before the appointment. A sedative is a kind of drug that is used to reduce tension and anxiety but David seem to react in a funny way which in return attracted more than 37 million viewers on Youtube as they think it is hilarious and causing it to be the second highest viewed video in 2009 - behind "Susan Boyle's I Dreamed A Dream" performance in Britain's Got Talent.

Just like how a Internet Meme started, others began to release their own version of "David After Dentist" such as the remix version and started to spread it around in the Internet. An even ridiculous version was released which is "Chad After Dentist", featuring the well known Darth Vader from Star Wars.


blamesocietyfilms, Chad After Dentist, Youtube [Online] Retrieved on 6th February 2010.
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGTAnXqn9Jc&feature=player_embedded

After the amazing hits it had on Youtube, "David After Dentist" became so big till people starts to to produce customized T-Shirts which can be found in certain websites today. Some even captured certain parts of the video and attach a funny caption onto it. Just like the Lolcats Internet Meme. All in all, we felt that this Internet Meme is rather feeble and do not have the funny element in the video despite it attracting millions of viewers.

David After Dentist
Chris Menning, Jamie Dubs, Greg Leuch, yatta, Brad Kim & peeinears, David After Dentist, Know Your Meme [Online] Retrieved on 6th February 2010.
URL: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/david-after-dentist

Futhermore, there are a lot of criticisms pointed towards David's father as the critics think that his father should be more responsible and protective of this son given that he is still very young and was vulnerable at that time. Funny it maybe but his father should not be thinking that way. If he just videotapes David for this own family entertainment, then it is fine. But to go beyong that and upload the video on Youtube? Parents sure have some "good" sense of humour these days.

So, do you think it is right for parents to upload videos of their kid particularly if they are still very young and needs their parents care like David? Or do you think it is fine considering how the society's mentality or perception have changed in recent years? Share your comment and opinion with us.


References:
1. Chris Menning, Jamie Dubs, Greg Leuch, yatta, Brad Kim & peeinears, David After Dentist, Know Your Meme [Online] Retrieved on 6th February 2010.
URL: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/david-after-dentist

2. Sean Watson, This is "Real Life" David - "David After Dentist" Top Youtube Video of 2009 [Online] Retrieved on 6th February 2010.

3 comments:

Cindy said...

Oh no! The kid David, he is so cute and funny but I don't like his shouting part because too noisy.
This below part is very interesting. Don't you think so?
David: "why this is happened to me?"
Father: "It is because of the medicine."
(The medicine makes David look cute)

Jason, if you want to look more 'cute', probably you could try to have this medicine. (It's a joke!)

Jason said...

Overall, it is just plain weird and the shouting was caused by the drug but that part is funny. =)

Dentist Sunnyvale said...

David is so cute and funny. :) He made me laugh. :)

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