This weeks’ seminar was strangely eye-opening; whenever I thought of a web-series my mind instantly thought of fairly average and straightforward series of short videos, and for some reason not factoring in any succession of videos uploaded to the internet, and forgetting of how many I actually watch. There’s an innate sense of freedom with web series; no strict rules on time, production value*, ratings or even restrictions of content due to a network constricted what can and cannot be shown. Thus, they can come in a myriad of forms and touch on countless topics in essentially whatever style they so choose. So today I thought I might share a favourite web series of mine, of which, whilst many disregard to be weird and fucked up for the sake of being fucked up, actually has a hidden meaning highly relevant to the topic of restriction and production of media over the last century. Whilst the deeper meaning is nice, the series is genuinely funny, being alluring in its odd styles.
I present, ‘Don’t Hug Me. I’m Scared’.

It’s a short series, consisting of only 6 episodes, so if anyone has the spare time, it’s worth the watch! (also every song will get stuck in your head for at least a week).