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The Rise of the Minisode

By James Parker

Boston Phoenix | July 31, 2008

I spent 25 minutes with the Minisode Network on YouTube, and realized: The minisode is its own thing, a kind of minimal, calligraphic rendition of the original story, rather illuminating in the spareness of its strokes.

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Tags: TV, YouTube, Minisode Network

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