After Langston Hughes's poem "Suicide's Note" was machinima-ized I thought it added more meaning and enjoyment to the poem because it gave the poem a visual. Not only did it add a visual, but the song in the background was on the same lines of the poem which added another meaning. If I had read Hughes's poem by itself I would have thought it was kind of strange and very short. But by adding the clip and the song it created a new feeling and a new vibe to the poem. The tone of the poem remains true because it is just explaining suicide on a lighter tone. Hughes writes, "Asked me for a kiss", I think this makes it seem like the jumper was trying to do a nice thing for the river.
In Family Guy, when Stewie Griffin quotes Dylan Thomas's "Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night", the scene has some history and some intelligence. This helps because when people are watching and think it is just some dumb show with stupid stuff in it, the creators show some of their intelligence and you see it throughout Family Guy. They do a lot of dumb stuff, but often they add some intellectual quotes or comments to make the show more respectable.
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