Some people think that uncreative writing is exactly as it sounds. Something that is completely boring and repetitive that has no meaning towards writing. Our group in our digital humanities class at Pitt-Johnstown tried a form of uncreative writing. We transcribed four different youtube videos using google hangout. We used a Beyonce, Liam Neeson, Lady Gaga and Weird Al interviews. We then put it together in a poem form of what we heard from the videos. One may say that this is complete Plagiarism, I disagree completely and so does University of Pennsylvania professor Kenneth Goldsmith, who teaches a complete class on uncreative writing. Just like us, he gives the class the instruction to transcribe a piece of audio. His reasoning that this isn’t enough is because you miss the messiness of speech such as pauses and accents, it's not plagiarism it's repurposing.
DON’T SAY THAT!!
I JUST WANNA LAUGH!
i just wanna laugh...
“BEYONCE!”
Oh beyonce, don’t say that if you don’t mean it...
THAT MAKES ME SO HAPPY!
that makes me so happy… you saying that makes me happy
Bound to happen...
IT’S BOUND TO HAPPEN!!!
I FEEL IT MAN! !!it’s magic! Do you feel that!?
WOMAN!
it’s just bound to happen...
CONNECTION!
it’s a connection!
man-woman connection!
we gotta talk
we gotta talk
I DRESSED UP FOR YOU!
“I dressed up just for you!”
GOOD JOB!
might as well dress up
I SAW OBSESSED!!!
OMG IT WAS SO MUCH FUN!
it was so much fun
WHEN YOU PUNCH HER IN THE FACE!?
i’m so obsessed!
THE HEADBUT!?
A KICK IN THE HEAD!
kick in the head
grunt
kick her in the head!!
I HEARD A GRUNT!
what about the headbutt!?
lot of grunts...
ESPECIALLY ON VALENTINE’S DAY! ;)
LOVE IS JUST IN THE AIR!
YOU’VE DONE IT AGAIN!!!
you've done it again...
you've done it again...
Great, another great one...
she gave me my driving lessons!
she did?!?!
she gave me my first driving lesson.
driving home...
“One day your gonna be the biggest action star..”
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT?!
have you ever been in any accidents?
i’ve never been in any accidents...
i remember this:
I hit a deer
it was....scary
I WAS ON THIS HARLEY!
harley davidson...
LIkE BRBRBRBRBR!!!
it was scary i was on this harley davidson
LIKE 6 MILES AN HOUR!
26 miles per hour...
Did you bruise the deer?
HEY! watch it buddy!
DID YoU SWERVE?!
Front paws over the handlebars!
FRONT PAWS WERE OVER THE HANDLEBARS!
THE DEER WAS OVER THE HANDLEBARS!!!!!
i hit the deer and at one point the deer’s front paw
LIKE A SCENE FROM ET
I USED TO DREAM OF BEING A STAR!
lincoln grew up across from there
they sing in the shower!
she knew i was going to sneak out
she knew I was going to sneak out
SHE DECIDED TO CHAPERONE!
smart bit of parenting...
there was no stopping me!
there was no stopping me!
THERE WAS NO STOPPING ME!!!!!
my mom was really supportive
i have a lot of rejection
I'd be this for a long time
I feel grateful to be here
david letterman….
thank you!
MY MOM BROUGHT ME HERE TO CBS!!!
smart move….
when i got fired at NBC my mom brought me to CBS
Everybody in showbiz
a very bad one
I was a very bad one
i used to flirt with everybody
I USED TO FLIRT WITH EVERRRYYBODYY!
I flirted with everyone….
i used to flirt with everybody
IT DIDN’T GO SO GOOD IF THEY WERE ON A DATE!
didn't work well if they are on a date….
why you lookin at my man like that
why you looking at my man like that
WINKY FACE ;)
that’s when the soup goes in the lap!
i knew you’d make it
i knew you'd make it
i knew you’d make it
what!?
I JUST WANT YOU TO ANSWER ONE MATHEMATICAL qUESTION
A simple formula
what is the mathematical formula!?
what is it?
ITS ITS ITS EASY!
what is the mathematical formula...nevermind
it’s easy!
THE FORMULA
FIRST OF ALL
the formula is simple
YOU HAVE KNOW IDEA WHAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT!
you have no idea what you’re talkin’ about!!
you have no idea what you’re talking bout….
SHIT!
Shit
uhhhh shit….
last year?
when was the last time you were delouced!?
HOW MANY TIMES CAN YOUR RHYME?!
breaking my heart
medical chart
POST MODERN Art
back to the start
LIGHTING A FART
blue light special at kmart
JEALOUS MUCH!?
blue light special each day at kmart
jealous much?
WHY WEREN’T YOU AT THE AWARDS TO GET YOUR OSCAR!???
afraid of a sock puppet?!
WERE YOU AFRAID A SOCK PUPPET WAS GONNA KICK YOUR BUTT!?!
were you afraid a sock puppet was gonna kick your butt..?
thats too bad...
have you two patched things apart or is the rap war still going on?
he think you’re a real excellent rapper.
HE THINKS YOU’RE AN EXCELLENT RAPPER FOR HIM TO POOP ON!
you’re an excellent rapper….
for him to poop on.
Throughout the poem, you see many different types of gramatical errors, typos and even misquoting of the video. For the purpose of the blog we thought it was important to show the authenticity of our actually work. This activity took our group four minutes. I encourage you to take a group of friends and try this it's a fun exercise that will help you understand the difference between repurposing and plagiarism.
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