For those of you who haven't seen "Rejected," let me take a moment to describe it to you. The animated short begins with a brief story of the films creator, Don Hertzfeldt as he is asked to do a series of advertisements for the Family Learning Channel. It is explained that every single cartoon that he drew was outright rejected by the Family Learning Channel for reasons which can be seen in the cartoon as you watch it. This hysterical short doesn't have any narrative structure, no antagonist or protagonist, and really no story of any kind, at all. The video proceeds as a series of short commericals for both the Family Learning Channel and later as advertisements for products that Hertzfeldt was asked to draw advertisements for. Read more . . .
