Meet Groucho Dean: A Retro Icon for the Digital Age
What happens when you mash up the cool, suave charm of James Dean with the sharp, comical wit of Groucho Marx? You get Groucho Dean, a retro-inspired persona navigating the absurdity of social media perfection.
This short animation hilariously explores our obsession with likes, shares, and curated identities – all through the lens of Groucho’s picture-perfect yet comically contrived digital life.
Living in the digital age,
Groucho Dean felt truly alive,
‘Coz now he has an identity,
That is curated and contrived.
With an ostentatious profile
That’s designed to be admired,
A presence that’s picture-perfect,
And completely homogenized.
Thanks to social media,
He does authentically exist:
The suavest man you’ll ever meet,
Charismatic with charm and wit.
So follow him now, love and like,
His existence will be complete.
For without such validation,
He has no digital heartbeat.
