Yellow Cake

[TheSchmuck2]

don't resist, or the man will kill every last fuckin one of us.

[ElementAndrew99]

Yellow cake the home of VIETNAM Did anyone here even get the reference of that famous picture?

[CandleLightStudios]

More people need to see this. Yellow cake represents oil. The cats represent fat cat business who profit from the little guy. I saw this as a parody of western and euro foreign policy towards other countries. The blood shed will only continue until people unplug and wake up to reality.

[jlmadill]

This was so fkcing funny I lost my mind! Please, please., more!

[TheHeardHouse]

negative than yours exclusively so my sadistic bitch can look a little better than you Hu..

Because I do want a better life HU, and that is why I never called you a friend because at the end of the day that is the best way for people not to become enemies which is the most sober and serious word one human can call another...

Because this fuckin cartoon like joke has gotten so rotten, that all our sadistic bitch social warrior has to do is come out wearing two shoes and the crowd will go wild.

[TheHeardHouse]

which is my economic reality, my basic assessment is that it is more likely than not-not possible-for economic reality to be transferred like our lives turned into the most pathetic fuckin cartoon in the world and leverage does work both ways...

But there used to be plenty of differences between what my country used to be and yours with the down side of freedom being a major positive for each and every individual human being over here but in the land of reality even that is far more...

[TheHeardHouse]

Because from your vantage point HU, with this government -and the most shameful administration in US history - focused on increasing its destruction so they don't slip on the next step of what has become a downward acceleration of utterly shameful and exponentially growing -but permanent- incompetence, there would be almost nothing better for your people to leave this sadistic joke as it is...

...but that is contingent on the most basic level of reality holding because one below that...

[TheHeardHouse]

Noble peace prize President,

Were they looking for this sh sh sh shit for brains...

Don't know whether you should laugh or dry HU, because Barbra says there is nothing "rotten" going on at CIA or DOD because the core is the filthiest and most sadistic in the world exclusively so the skin looks in tact when it bubbles up...

[teleny2]

Hasn't anyone talked about uranium *yet*??

Yellow Cake is the ore that they refine for bombs!

[Latvietis96]

That was awesome.

[Zareste]

So you're making an independent film! Will the subject be 1) Money 2) Work 3) War? You have 30 seconds to decide before writing the script.

[gretschmesaboogie]

@Zareste So you're writing a youtube comment! Will the subject be 1) Valid criticism 2) Not funny shite.

Yeah, those indie guys should just ignore the most pressing issues that society faces and make stuff like MTV and Hollywood makes! I like that stuff better (I don't).

[Zareste]

@gretschmesaboogie So the only subjects you can think of are 1) MTV material 2) war.

You're fucked.

[Evolutiousness]

very nice. Geat. How long did you have for that?

Greatings

[tacticaltrigger]

The Cats were the Russians and the mice are the eskimos. Yellow Cake is taco bell. Seriously, no else got that?

[killroy456]

the ripping sound i heard... was my innocence

[XaerQwickBlade]

You can say its the USA are the cats, and that the mice are nations being mistreated by them, as thats your right, but I personally am not so sure. While the cats did enjoy the product that came from the mice, please note that the mice WERE paid and compensated. The corruption came in when the mayor, rather then taking care of the needs of his people with that money, hoarded it for himself. The actions that follow (the bomb and retaliation) were a chain of events as reaction of hotheaded people

[doglessliberal]

@XaerQwickBlade you're phenomenally evil/stupid.

[MikeG4287]

Nick Cross is the man for 2 reasons: On point social commentary- most importantly the ending, and responding to Krionite...

I don't know if this pattern will ever change. I'd love to ban all the bullshit on TV that distracts the Western public from being informed about atrocious/exploitative western behavior- but that would make me tyrannical. Who's to blame? Do people have the right to be ignorant?

Fuck it... I'm just gonna go watch some Ren and Stimpy.

[Apocol0id]

I think everyone needs to see this video. You did a great job, Ncross. Its a profound statement, and a terrific style.

[Tamerlane101]

this applies to a cycle that is far from new. But it is exemplified by modern examples of this. I wouldn't say just the USA, but a whole cast of nations that rely on the work of smaller ones.

[caffeinamonster]

Excellent work, i liked the drawing style (i´m a young cartoonist) and the story...keep doing excellent things

[leanarkoreta]

cats = EE UU

mouses = LATINOAMERICA 

[Thorbie]

I don't see this as being about oil. For one, oil isn't stolen between countries it's sold. I see this as being about how tyrannical government results in people getting killed. Governments make decisions like these to take away the rights of its citizens to benefit itself.

[kernal53]

@Thorbie but the cake was sold. I think it's a commentary on how the global west exploits the rest of the world and how from that system of oppression and exploitation terrorism is born (i think it's a metaphor for 9-11 and the war in afghanistan).

[Thorbie]

@kernal53 It looks like the baker leader did profit from the cake, but it was basically stolen. There was money changing hands, but it obviously was not based on a market price, but through coercion. I think to say this is what the west does to the middle east is a weak link, since this is not what's done with middle eastern oil. It's sold voluntarily and the suppliers are protected by an oil cartel to keep prices relatively high. I don't think it fits the situation.

[Thorbie]

@kernal53 ...I still think it's about how power corrupts and leads to the misfortune and oppression of a nation's people. The leader of the bakers became just as bad as the cats which attacked them. He basically took away his people's freedom in order to supposedly protect them. To me it's just about corrupt leaders and how it leads to totalitarianism and oppression.

[MrKampfkoloss]

@kernal53 Jep would say so, too. Poor little Mice.

[balma]

freedom of speech? I don't think that somebody so educated and creative like Mr Croos, is goona waste time banning a comment from youtube. Anyway, any youtube comment will cause to the earth implode and explote at the same time.

Thanks a lot for our hard and serious work Nick. Your art goes beyond the rest. It talks for itself, is interesting and very remarkable...

[krionite]

@balma If you take a closer look, I made a comment just after where I said "Sorry. You're right. My bad, he deleted it himself, just like you said =) ".

[krionite]

@balma If you take a closer look, I made a comment just after where I said "Sorry. You're right. My bad, he deleted it himself, just like you said =) ".

[BluTrilobite]

This sums up how things are here on planet earth perfectly. If we can't get want we want, we'll just invade and kill everyone in another country until we do. And life goes on as usual. (-_-)

[windos95]

"Don't drop that shit!"

[fnogyrabyore]

@windos95 lmfao

[bedavelli]

I don't see the connection, if any.

[charliebell01]

what if we replace the yellow cake for Oil? The war is really about oil!

[saainnigampen]

Avatar the cartoon version? :)

[rdlbr]

@saainnigampen hi! it's USA cartoon version... Cats are US and yellow cake it's all US wants in otlher countries.

[opaz79]

great video, luckily the ottoman empire was destroyed in the aftermath of ww1 so the muslim turks can no longer invade and abuse europeans

[krionite]

Sorry. You're right. My bad, he deleted it himself, just like you said =)

[Killallhippiesnow]

This doesn't illustrate western imperialism at all. We gave the negroes civilization. They have benefited more from us than we have ever benefited from them.

[johanspiiike]

@Killallhippiesnow lol could you be more racist? That's pretty disgusting.

[Killallhippiesnow]

@johanspiiike Discusting? I just state facts. Africa acquired its greatest wealth in the 60s. The decay came with the decolonization. Before white man introduced Africa to civilization, negroes lived in terror. Constant wars between tribes and enslaved by arabs. No justice system, but "the law of the jungle". Africa wasn't a paradise before whites entered, like the movie suggests. (Learn from South Africa or Rhodesia what happens when negroes govern themself. It's chaos!)

[krionite]

I wonder what martindeserresweasel wrote that made ncross delete his comment.

Speaking of politics, I guess "freedom of speech" dont apply in this forum =)

[ncross]

Hi

As far as I know martindeserresweasel deleted their own comment. I don't delete anyone's comments. Say what ever you want.

[balma]

@krionite freedom of speech? I don't think that somebody so educated and creative like Mr Croos, is goona waste time banning a comment from youtube. Anyway, any youtube comment will cause to the earth implode and explote at the same time.

Thanks a lot for our hard and serious work Nick. Your art goes beyond the rest. It talks for itself, is interesting and very remarkable...

[Thorbie]

@krionite Freedom of speech only applies when there's state action. Youtube is a private organization and Nick Cross is not a representative of any government. lol. In other words it is impossible for Mr. Cross or Youtube to violate anyone's free speech rights. :P

P.S. Sorry I'm studying for the bar exam right now. lol.

[Skalitz]

Awesome work!!!

[Joelbitar07]

Great job mate!

Very educational in an easy and fun way.

This is something for the lower grade schools where imperialism and exploitation isnt really an easy subject to explain :D

[MrCauthon2]

WEll done.

[dubalizer]

A masterpiece!

[v8media]

Amazing stuff!!

[Tamerlane101]

This is how it is in history sadly enough.

beginning with soverignty, followed by an invasion, followed by exploitation and vassalage, which leads to oppression in the vassal. This eventually gives way to revolt in the impoverished vassal, followed by acts of terrorism. Then the larger empire invades, destroying the vassal.

[Zirobo]

I can see a very prevelant underlying theme...

[jessieilham]

SO good! Thanks Nick Cross!^^ I love waif of persephone too, but this might be a new favorite!

[ncross]

Thanks!

[celeptor]

I don't know why, but this film somehow reminds me of Animal Farm by George Orwell. It's just excellent.

[GothicRage778]

It's similar in a way now that I think of it :3

[kapufa]

@celeptor

i don't know whya, but this film somehow reminds me zhe USA. It's just sad...

[XsenordiazX]

genau so "funktioniert" Kapitalismus...

[DeHecken]

ich liebe diesen film.

er ist genial.

diese animationsart und dann der innere sinn.

noch nie so gerne 5sterne gegeben.

[sp4zzpp2]

So what to do?

Free Cake for all? Don't start eat mice?

[eugenealive]

Actually, yellow cake is oil. And the cats are USA.

That's how I understood this.

[LessepTrendTV]

@eugenealive Any rich western world country are the cats. Anyone who has access to a computer is one of whose cats! WE ARE THE CATS!!!

[YaHussaina]

sad... whatever happened to hope for the people resisting?! but, at least, they died a death of honor, of martyrs! voluntarily or otherwise!

so reminds one of the Israeli bombardment in Gaza ten months ago.

[Bullseye5477]

Yellowcake is used in the preparation of fuel for nuclear reactors, where it is processed into purified UO2 for use in fuel rods for PHWR and other systems using unenriched uranium. It may also be enriched, by being converted to uranium hexafluoride gas (UF6), and then undergoing isotope separation through gaseous diffusion or in a gas centrifuge. This produces enriched uranium suitable for use in weapons and reactors.

Yellowcake is produced by all countries in which uranium is mined.

[wmerydith]

This isn't referring to *that* yellow cake.

[GothicRage778]

no, but "Yellow Cake" was what gave nick cross the idea for the video :3