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[neechees]

Video essays by poc:

• India and its UNFAIR beauty standards
• Everything culturally wrong with Mulan 2020
• The Wind can GTFO (a Gone with the Wind breakdown)
• Memento-- telling a story in reverse
• That mysterious "S" thing we used to draw
• Indiana Jones -- a primer on racist film tropes
• Reality show secrets: was MTV'S "my super sweet 16 100% real?
• Why Aquaman Sucks (the commodification of the polynesian body)
• "Black sounding" names and their surprising history
• Let's revisit the fashion in the Aladdin remake
• Train to Busan: how to kill a character

[bifurious-rex]

i watch a lot of video essays lol. some of these are other videos from channels mentioned before.

• Breakdown of True Femininity and Black Girlhood in Media
• TOXIC: The Problem w/ Men
• African Spirituality on Screen Part 1: TV Lied to You About Voodoo
• Holes and the Prison-Industrial Complex
• WAP and the Spectacle of Sexual Liberation
• You Probably Don't Have "Black Friends"
• Sofia Coppola: The Politics of Pretty
• Girlboss: Odd Politics in Pose
• Cultural Inspirations in ATLA Book One: Water
• How Bruce Lee Changed Martial Arts Cinema Part 1
• Beauty is in the Eye of...the Colonizer?
• Cultural Appropriation: Who Gets a Pass?!
• We've Outgrown the Ugly Duckling Transformation
• Throwback Breakdown: Atlantis is Better than You Remember

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[disco-lizardd]

saw a lot of these going around so i’m sharing some of my favourite video essays

• the power of the vampire myth
  
• dracula - understanding your shadow
  
• rapid personality change and the psychological rebirth
  
• the most disturbing painting
  
• the nightmare artist
  
• how midsommar brainwashes you
• before bauhaus: how goth became goth
• “how soon is now?” - the b-side that defined the smiths
  
• how david bowie said farewell (twice)
• thin white duke: david bowie’s darkest character
  
• how middle earth shaped classic rock
  
• the mastery of magdalene
  
• the silence of the lambs - dissecting a scene
  
• david lynch: surrealist of americana
  
• physical injuries in film: never a flesh wound
  
• how david fincher uses pop music
  

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[beygiselle]

video essays i love and think about a lot (mainly in relation to pop culture):

• aaliyah, britney & the apathy of lifetime “biopics”
• baby phat enterprise:  how kimora lee simmons pioneered 2000’s fashion
• whiplash vs. black swan — the anatomy of the obsessed artist
• born sexy yesterday
• parasite — the power of symbols
• hilary duff, lizzie mcguire, and the teen idol pigonhole
• why this font is everywhere
• it’s time to talk about the r@cism in dan schneider’s shows
  
• a legally blonde fashion analysis
• ghost singing: jennifer lopez’s stolen vocals and songs
• the late capitalism of kpop
• jennifer’s body and the horror of bad marketing
• let’s get sad: a last of us video essay
• video vixens got paid like rappers
• how midsommar brainwashes you
• beyonce’s voice is changing (part one, part two, part three)
• explained: smoking and the voice
• here’s what we missed on glee
• how one netflix movie broke the entire internet
• naughty dog’s game design is outdated
• jeffree star faked everything about… well, everything
• how we failed megan fox
• mariah carey’s voice
• token black girl: how tyra banks vs. naomi campbell was orchestrated by the industry
• colorism in your favorite black sitcoms
• that 80s show and the limits of nostalgia
• ‘us’ and the american dream: what it means
  
• unraveling the madness of kanye west
• life is strange: the worst best friend

[bhmay]

may i add:

• what people get wrong about climate change
• the very creepy issue surrounding millie bobby brown
• the social network - ten years later
• the adorkable misogyny of the big bang theory
• the epidemic of passable movies
• ellen’s fall from grace
• stalking for love
• abduction as romance
• the problem with disney’s movies in one word
• pewdiepie and the rebranding of white nationalism
• vaping: a lesson in irony
• stranger things, belligerent romance, and the danger of nostalgia
• the us medical system is still haunted by slavery

[rroomforrerrorr]

may i also add a few:

• Sherlock Is Garbage, And Here’s Why
• In Search Of A Flat Earth 
• Parasite’s Perfect Montage   
• How Aladdin Changed Animation (by Screwing Over Robin Williams)
• The Engoodening of No Man’s Sky
  
• The Trouble with the Video Game Industry
  
• Judaism and Whiteness in Wolfenstein
• “Bad Graphics”
  
• Cringe
  
• The Speed (and Stillness) of Being Online
  
• Superposition: The Genre of Life is Strange
  
• CTRL+ALT+DEL
  
• Weighing the Value of Director’s Cuts
  
• YouTube: Manufacturing Authenticity (For Fun and Profit!)
  
• The Art of Storytelling and The Book of Henry
  
• How To Steal Like Wes Anderson
  
• Edgar Wright - How to Do Visual Comedy
  
• Wall-E as Sociological Storytelling
  

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[ilumark-deactivated20220205]

everybody's sharing their favourite video essays lately so here's some of mine if anyone's interested (mostly about film!)

• the true color of 'moonlight' 2016
• lady gaga is performance art
• in the mood for love: picture worth a thousand words
• a monstress comes of age: horror & girlhood
• futurama retrospective | a turbulent past
• legacy, chronicle & every other reimagining of the craft
• parasite's perfect editing
• what happened to japanese horror?
• the lovely bones is scarier than we remember
• romanticizing entities
• why the music in cats (2019) is worse than you thought
• how hollywood stole scary movie from the wayans
• jennifer's body and the horror of bad marketing
• why do all these influencers have the same face
• the cult of dr phil
• the adorkable misogyny of the big bang theory
• sick lit and the romanticisation of terminal illness
• the judy companion
• the problem with auto-tune
• how the music spoils sweeney todd (and why that's a good thing!)
• the bizarre modern reality of the simpsons
• capitalism, poverty, and ratatouille
• the nun - everything wrong with modern horror
• 100+ years of halloween costumes: a history
• horror books have lost their identity
• why is cats?

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[neechees]

favorite video essays:

• Why the Shining is terrifying
• Why Perfect Blue is Terrifying
• The VVitch explained
• What makes a movie scary?
• Decolonizing Games
• Everything ACTUALLY wrong with Silent Hill 2: Revelation
• The naked Lady that changed the rules of art
• Rogue One vs Star Wars: the fault in our Star Wars
• Sandra Bullock & the White Savior trope
• Why the costumes in Little Women did NOT deserve an oscar
• Why the music in the live action disney remakes is worse than you thought
• Coco's feel-good oppression
• Disney Princess: reality through fantasy
• Pan's Labyrinth: the disobedient fairytale
• The mythology of Princess Mononoke

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[beygiselle]

hey, take some more video essays. (part one)

• how tiktok makes you feel ugly
• a relaxing critique of animal crossing new horizons
• the 27 club: mental illness and art
• talent belongs to the beautiful - how media manipulates your tastes
• lindsay lohan: the rise of a starlet ( part one, part two )
• the unrealistic beauty standard is deadly
• how beauty brands failed women of color
• the devil wears prada style analysis
• the beauty standard between men and women
• what happened to all of the black children sitcoms?
• a deep dive into ‘aesthetic’ youtube
• dan schneider’s wife aka hungery girl exposed
• why black people hate justin timberlake
• janet jackson: the underrated legend
• erotica: madonna’s career ending album
• the cracked reality of the ACE famly
• the lovely bones is scarier than we remember
• lady gaga is performance art
• why rappers are the new rockstars
• colorism and violence: what really happened to 3lw
• the real ellen - the bitter truth behind the daytime icon
• pretty privilege: beauty standards, bimbo effect and free scones
  
• from fame to shame: shane dawson’s story ( tw for racism & pedophilia )
• you’re not relatable anymore
• the beauty community: racism & toxicity
• a goofy movie and the power of nostalgia
• music that defined the 2010s
• heathers, jawbreaker, & the timelessness of killer cliques
• deep cuts: society & queer horror
• pinterest aesthetics, fatphobia & whitewashing
• tiktok vs black creators: if you hate us just say dat
• the “blaccent”; nonblack creators key to fame
• ghost singing: who was really singing on michael jackson’s posthumous album
• judy garland: the end of the rainbow
• marilyn monroe: living blonde
• the downfall of the singer cassie
• this teen idol manipulated everyone
• how frenemies reveals a mental health misconception perpetuated by the internet
• legacy, chronical, & every other reimagining of the craft
• it’s not a coincidence, it’s colorism
• evil queens: a gay look at disney history
• the authenticity of lana del rey