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Monday, 18 April 2011

Did MTV Just Pay Big Bucks for Plagiarism?

Posted on 08:42 by thor
This week MTV announced a pilot for their fall lineup, "Underemployed". The comedy pilot, created by the creator of “Dirty, Sexy Money” is set to shoot this fall. To followers of the web series, "Funemployed", the "Underemployed" description seems oddly familiar.

ReelChicago reports “The comedy is about five 20 something college grads and best friends, who go through a series of odd jobs and low-paying gigs as they attempt to start their careers.”

"Funemployed", the Web Series created by a group of Savannah College of Art and Design alumnus, follows five 20 something college grads and their best friends as they go through temp jobs and low-paying gigs to start their careers.


Craig Wright’s series is oddly similar to the YouTube series. The new MTV series has even been described as “a single-camera comedy” and Wright has talked about how the short form comedy makes sense for TV. Nothing gets much more short form and low budget than a YouTube series. "Funemployed" is well into its second season.

Wright’s description could be easily taken as a total coincidence, if not for the setting. Most television series exist in New York, LA, or in a fictional, no name town. When they are set in Chicago, it becomes a deliberate decision. "Funemployed", the YouTube series starring Ted Evans and Kate Carson-Groner, is set in Chicago. You can find the series at FunemployedChicago.com or by looking up FunemployedChicago on Facebook.

As for visibility? Was it possible that Wright even saw "Funemployed?" "Funemployed" has been featured on the tosh.0 website, Spike.com and a video starring the cast, uploaded to the FunemployedChicago Youtube account this February got nearly 450,000 views after it was featured on G4.

One of the creators, Kate Carson-Groner, had this to say about the unlikely coincidence.
"Obviously there are tons of people in similar situations to the characters in Funemployed. We're used to discovering other shows, plays, and webseries that explore the issues of being jobless after college. However, when we saw this show, shooting in Chicago, and read the description, we felt like it couldn't possibly be coincidental. One of the problems with expressing yourself via online media is that unless you already have money coming in, it's very difficult to protect yourself and your art. I hope that in this case our loyal and vocal fans will keep up their amazing support for Fumeployed."

They say that enough monkeys with typewriters could eventually, by chaos theory, create the complete works of Shakespeare. Is Wright’s show a blatant rip-off or a freak coincidence? These are the facts we have. I suppose if one of Wright’s actors does an odd-job as a mime, then we’ll know for sure.

Below is the teaser for "Funemployed". It's funny. You should check it out.




April 19 UPDATE: Read the ReelChicago follow up.
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