Animation Magazine - Issue #26 November 1993
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They call him Mister Lawrence — a moniker that began as a joke but then stuck with the 24-year-old animator.
By day Doug Lawrence directs (and provides voices for) Nickelodeon's series Rocko's Modern Life but nights and weekends are occupied completing independent animated projects such as Looks Can Kill, about a stripper who gives new dimensions to the term heavy artillery, and A One Story House, about a house that is violently allergic to people.
While not quite ready for prime-time, these personal projects are not designed just to shock. "I'm really concerned with doing something that hasn't been seen before, but I've seen things in animation that I would never bother doing because they're too perverse," he says, citing excessive blood and gore.
Unlike many, Lawrence even sees some value to working within network standards. "The first thing that pops into your head is usually the easiest to do, usually the sick joke or the gross joke," he adds. "A lot of people will disagree with me, but I think if you're forced not to do certain things, you sometimes come up with better things, something a little more refined and a better gag — just funnier."
BONUS: Mr. Lawrence's "Looks Can Kill" Short
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