Clifton Childree’s Something Awful (NSFW)

Michael McElroy If you haven't read our profile on local artist Clifton Childree, you are missing out on getting to know one of the city's most inventive people. Childree's work is mostly done via film, for which he creates elaborate sets, recreating silent-era imagery laced with juvenile humor. Just so...
By Jose D. DuranAugust 22, 2008
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If you haven’t read our profile on local artist Clifton Childree, you are missing out on getting to know one of the city’s most inventive people. Childree’s work is mostly done via film, for which he creates elaborate sets, recreating silent-era imagery laced with juvenile humor.

Just so you can witness the extent of Childree’s perverted/genius thinking, here is a clip of his 2006 short Something Awful, which is mildly NSFW. Clip after the jump.

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Jose D. Duran is the former senior music editor of Miami New Times. His work has also appeared in publications likeVice, Billboard, and Spin. He’s earned numerous accolades including placing first for Weekly Newspaper Contest: Business Reporting from the Florida Press Association in 2020; placing third for the Writing: Light Feature from the Florida Press Club in 2019; and placing third in Weekly Newspaper Contest: Best Obituary from the Florida Press Association in 2015.

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