tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post4525574230148100154..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Powwow Shades of GreyRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-84164893489539794982012-07-27T14:59:50.433-07:002012-07-27T14:59:50.433-07:00For more on the subject, see:
http://indiancountr...For more on the subject, see:<br /><br />http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/07/20/ryan-mcmahons-innovates-with-powwow-shades-of-grey-twitter-fiction<br /><br /><b>Ryan McMahon Innovates With ‘Powwow Shades of Grey’ Twitter Fiction</b><br /><br />Aboriginal comedian Ryan McMahon is trying another method in this emerging genre—one that attempts to preserve the gimmicky qualities inherent in the Twitter fiction form. On July 5th, the Ojibway-Metis comic from Winnipeg, Canada began tweeting <i>Powwow Shades of Grey</i>, a spoof on E.L. James’ bestselling erotic trilogy, <i>Fifty Shades of Grey</i>. Set against the backdrop of a weekend powwow somewhere in Indian country, McMahon’s first-person narrative follows a young man in his quest to sleep with Glenda Old Crow, a no-nonsense Native woman who wears Coors Light t-shirts, cutoff jeans and a scowl on her face that says <i>“don’t fuck with me.”</i> No, this isn’t mommy porn, but rather a Twitter tale infused with raunchy humor and nuanced portrayals of a slice of contemporary indigenous life.<br /><br />Since it started two weeks ago, <i>Powwow Shades of Grey</i> has been developing into a series of plot-driven chapters emerging from McMahon’s Twitter feed (@RMComedy). Those tweets are then packaged as installments using the curating site Storify. The platform, widely used by journalists and bloggers, is intended to preserve real-time social media moments in which selected tweets, videos, photos and the like can be organized to tell a linear story. McMahon’s microfiction may represent the first time the site has ever been used to publish a Twitter novella. A spokesman for Storify said they can’t recall this happening ever before.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.com