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How Glass Onion Calls Out Capitalism || Rian Johnson’s newest Benoit Blanc story, “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” has been all the rage since it was released on Netflix. And while everyone is talking about how Glass Onion uses Edward Norton’s character Miles Bron as a way to criticize Elon Musk, the story of Glass Onion and capitalism -- especially with its group of disruptors and how to truly cause disruption -- is the very root of the Knives Out mystery, and I explain how!
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How Glass Onion Calls Out Capitalism | READUS 101LaRon Readus2023-01-11 | The first 1,000 people to use the link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: https://skl.sh/laronreadus0123
How Glass Onion Calls Out Capitalism || Rian Johnson’s newest Benoit Blanc story, “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” has been all the rage since it was released on Netflix. And while everyone is talking about how Glass Onion uses Edward Norton’s character Miles Bron as a way to criticize Elon Musk, the story of Glass Onion and capitalism -- especially with its group of disruptors and how to truly cause disruption -- is the very root of the Knives Out mystery, and I explain how!
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#glassonion #glassonionaknivesoutmystery #knivesoutWhy DCEU Aquaman Isnt White | READUS 101LaRon Readus2023-12-27 | Why DCEU Aquaman Isn't White || With the sequel probably being the last time he plays Aquaman, Jason Momoa did something very special when he starred in Aquaman 2018. Portraying a non-white Aquaman in the DC Extended Universe added a lot more depth to the character in a way that a traditionally white Aquaman never could’ve done -- especially with Aquaman vs Ocean Master -- and caused lots of people to see how much of a hold Americanization, white victimhood, anti-whiteness and even white supremacy had on DC Comics. And I wanna show how.
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References & Resources The Invention of the White Race, Volume 2: The Origin of Racial Oppression in Anglo-America by Theodore W. Allen amzn.to/3D5H8Zf
The Cross of Redemption: Uncollected Writings by James Baldwin amzn.to/3PItO4F
Excelsior! The Amazing Life of Stan Lee by Stan Lee and George Mair amzn.to/3RVV3cK
Justice League - Q&A With Jason Momoa (Arthur Curry/Aquaman) by Andrew Germishuys https://www.samdb.co.za/blogs/blog/2017/10/17/justice-league-qa-with-jason-momoa-arthur-curry-aquaman/
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics | Full-Length Documentary | Warner Bros. Entertainment
How did the Nazis Construct an Aryan Identity? https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/how-did-nazis-construct-aryan-identity
Patrick Wilson talks playing Orm - Aquaman Exclusive Interview (2018)
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#aquaman #aquamanandthelostkingdom #dccomics youtube.com/watch?v=xWMoBzz7r_MWhy Poison Ivy Tried to Change the System (Harley Quinn) | READUS 101LaRon Readus2023-12-06 | Why Poison Ivy Tried to Change the System (Harley Quinn) || While Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn show in season 4 of the Harley Quinn animated series that they are NOT the perfect example of healthy queer relationships, their separate story arcs take the cake. In the case of the former, it’s Poison Ivy vs the establishment and displaying the struggles she goes through as she tries to change the Legion of Doom from the inside out as its new CEO. So here’s how Poison Ivy’s character development in Harley Quinn season 4 shows us that can never work.
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Taking A Break! (An Important Channel Announcement) || Due to renovations happening at my current housing situation, I won't be able to release any videos during November 2023. And with videos I've released in 2023 receiving way less views than before on both Readus 101 and Readus 201, I need your help in getting the views and engagement on those videos up so the algorithm can promote them. Also, if you can, I'd greatly appreciate your financial support on Patreon so I can continue to pay rent and utilities when its time to move back into my place and release new videos in December 2023!
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#castlevania #castlevanianocturne #castlevanianetflix youtube.com/watch?v=BnhOcJUrRQkWhat REALLY Happened to Detroits Brightmoor (Barbarian 2022) | READUS 101LaRon Readus2023-10-04 | What REALLY Happened to Detroit's Brightmoor (Barbarian 2022) || The horror movie Barbarian 2022 takes place in Brightmoor, a blighted neighborhood in Detroit that -- according to how Barbarian explained it -- was heavily affected by Detroit's White Flight; white American migration based in racism and classism thanks to the era of redlining. So while Barbarian explained the events that lead to its story, I want to focus on how Detroit's White Flight impacted the actual neighborhood of Brightmoor that's featured in the Barbarian movie instead of providing a typical Barbarian movie review. Both what it got right, and especially what it got wrong.
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References & Resources The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein amzn.to/3L9Q1W9
The Race Card: How Bluffing About Bias Makes Race Relations Worse by Ricard Thompson Ford amzn.to/3tiIGxF
#barbarian #barbarianmovie youtube.com/watch?v=B_nCOf0qfWMReal World History RUINED The Little Mermaids Moral! | READUS 101LaRon Readus2023-09-20 | Real World History RUINED The Little Mermaid's Moral! || Disney’s 2023 live-action remake of The Little Mermaid -- despite personal gripes -- impressed me with the direction they decided to take Halle Bailey’s Ariel. So much that it felt like they realized the change gave them the perfect opportunity to do a better job addressing racism, race relations, bigotry and intolerance than their 1995 insulting retelling of the life of Pocahontas without degrading real-life people or an entire race of people in the process. And Disney would have succeeded in achieving that goal with this remake of The Little Mermaid, if it weren’t for one important factor...
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#thelittlemermaid #disney #disneyplus youtube.com/watch?v=BYm66ylgg70How Redlining Shaped Communities (They Cloned Tyrone) | READUS 101LaRon Readus2023-09-06 | How Redlining Shaped Communities (They Cloned Tyrone) || Netflix’s “They Cloned Tyrone” introduced a lot of people to The Glen -- one of many impoverished black neighborhoods in Atlanta, Georgia. And for a lot of African Americans that live in neighborhoods like The Glen -- aka the hood and ghettos -- They Cloned Tyrone has elements in its sci-fi blaxploitation that paint a great picture of its history with redlining and segregation, and even how it’s been affected by the likes of public school systems, sex work and the war on drugs.
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References & Resources The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein amzn.to/3L9Q1W9
Dark Alliance: The CIA, The Contras, and the Cocaine Explosion by Gary Webb amzn.to/3qZoG2i
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How THE BLACKENING Critiques Social Alienation || In this video, I talk about Dewayne Perkins’ 2023 horror comedy, The Blackening, and the commentary it makes with its satire focused on social alienation among African Americans: Who among us has the right to decided if you're not black enough, and are they black enough themselves?
With things like internalized racism, the concept of whiteness, and oppression playing a factor when it comes to black folk responding to the social alienation they experience from their black peers, The Blackening and another satirical comedy focused on blackness are great examples of black social alienation that should be take seriously.
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#theblackening youtube.com/watch?v=zdhShr0Hco4Jordan Peeles Get Out: Invasion of the Body Snatchers Done RIGHT | READUS 101LaRon Readus2023-07-10 | Jordan Peele's Get Out: The White Invasion of the Body Snatchers || Jordan Peele’s Get Out is a great addition to the horror genre started by 1956's Invasion of the Body Snatchers, because it highlights its roots to whiteness instead of the anti-communist propaganda it originally tried to be. So I explain how Invasion of the Body Snatchers better reflects the evolution of whiteness to Americanization, how it uses racism, systemic racism and respectability politics to claim both the bodies and cultures of black people and other people of color, and how Get Out acts as reclamation for the loss of individualism body snatcher horror represents.
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#supermariobros #supermariobrosmovie #supermariomovie youtube.com/watch?v=bFKdiK_vRJsHow Queer is The Little Mermaid? | READUS 101LaRon Readus2023-05-10 | How Queer is The Little Mermaid? || The Little Mermaid, Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale about a mermaid princess, is a story about queer yearning that heteronormativity allowed Walt Disney Studios to market to girls. But with The Little Mermaid 1989 bringing on board Howard Ashman for its music, the Little Mermaid gay audience forming as a result solidified the Disney queer millennial fanbase that would spawn from the Disney Renaissance. So here’s how the queer yearning of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid worked hand-in-hand with the heteronormativity of Walt Disney Studios
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References & Resources: The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen amzn.to/42mdtq5
My Dear Boy: Gay Love Letters Through the Centuries by Rictor Norton
#thelittlemermaid #disney #ariel youtube.com/watch?v=7aSYzK6VaxYHow King Shark Became A Queer Icon (Harley Quinn) | READUS 101LaRon Readus2023-04-26 | Start speaking a new language in 3 weeks with Babbel! Get up to 60% OFF your subscription here: http://bit.ly/3ll41Cl
How King Shark Became A Queer Icon || In DC's Harley Quinn King Shark could be seen as queer as early as season 1. Then the DC animated universe movie Justice League Dark: Apokolips War came out, and the reveal that King Shark dated John Constantine in the movie was the talk of the internet, making some look at King Shark through a queer perspective. So I see if King Shark’s queer icon status is legitimate by exploring if Harley Quinn’s King Shark has his character and development relatable to the gay and queer audience members that have since claimed him
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References & Resources: Ties That Bind: Familial Homophobia and Its Consequences by Sarah Schulman amzn.to/41TTaQ8
Click here to see why I have a problem with the way the DCEU depicts Kryptonians! youtu.be/GReaxEVbmeI
#harleyquinn #kingshark #dccomics youtube.com/watch?v=uIQBS4BHWu4The DCEUs Kryptonian Race Has A Problem | READUS 101LaRon Readus2023-04-12 | The DCEU’s Kryptonian Race Has A Problem || Man of Steel, the first film in the DCEU, features a take on Krypton and the Kryptonian race that made me question a few creative decisions regarding Superman’s origins. And after seeing what Man of Steel writer David Goyer took from Kryptonians in the comics and how he used it in the first Snyderverse movie, I think I know what it is about how the DCEU’s Kryptonian lore -- and how its changes affect Superman -- make me glad that the DCEU is getting rebooted
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#dceu #manofsteel #snyderverse youtube.com/watch?v=GReaxEVbmeIFixing The Batmans Copaganda Problem | READUS 101LaRon Readus2023-03-15 | Fixing The Batman's Copaganda Problem || DC Comics has a history of using Batman for police propaganda -- also known as copaganda -- in comics, movies and television, and Matt Reeves' The Batman starring Robert Pattinson isn’t exempt from this. But with the origins of police being linked to colonization, oppression, capitalism and white supremacy, there’s a way that The Batman Part 2 and The Batman Part 3 can fix how The Batman spreads copaganda and instead support the police abolition movement through a relatively new yet very popular organization in the comics.
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References & Resources: “The End of Policing” by Alex S. Vitale amzn.to/3ZI2nu6
“Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom” by Derecka Purnell amzn.to/3YFLYF5
00:00 Introduction 05:05 Basic, Upstanding Citizen Types 18:51 He’s With Me, Officer... 30:13 You Protecting This Guy, Jim? 50:04 It Could Tear The Whole City Apart 01:09:10 Conclusion
#thebatman #acab #mattreeves youtube.com/watch?v=kg7ZgyZ_b7AMy Dad The Bounty Hunter: The Dangers of Late-Stage Capitalism | READUS 101LaRon Readus2023-03-01 | Get Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/readus - Enter promo code READUS for 83% off & 3 extra months for FREE!
My Dad The Bounty Hunter: The Dangers of Late-Stage Capitalism || My Dad the Bounty Hunter, a Netflix Original Series, is a beautiful display of an African American family on an epic space adventure for children. But thanks to the story for My Dad the Bounty Hunter, Sabo Brok’s job as a bounty hunter is being forced to be looked at under the the same lens of late-stage capitalism that affects us in real life thanks to the true villain of the Netflix series making him a victim for simply doing what he enjoys
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References: “Consequences of Capitalism: Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance” by Noam Chomsky and Marv Waterstone amzn.to/3Z7B63K
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#MyDadTheBountyHunter #Netflix youtube.com/watch?v=B4jjbwrXAL0Why Race-Swapped Characters are Not the Whole Story | READUS 101LaRon Readus2023-02-15 | Start speaking a new language in 3 weeks with Babbel! Get up to 60% OFF your subscription here: http://bit.ly/3ll41Cl
Why Race-Swapped Characters are Not the Whole Story || The debate of race swapping popular characters, also known as racebending, and making an original character instead has been a hot debate among fandoms for years and has made it into modern media. However, what seems to be the main problem when it comes to race swapped and original characters is the amount of thought and concern from those who create them for film and television. And those race swapped characters in question are usually white creators.
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youtube.com/watch?v=M6HsAxqUtNkIm Making A New Channel! (2023 Channel Update) | READUS 101LaRon Readus2023-01-04 | I'm Making A New Channel! (2023 Channel Update) || I know New Year New Me is the saying, but this channel update and important channel announcement for 2023 takes it literally! Readus 101 is now the home for social justice and queer analysis in film and television, and I’m introducing a new YouTube channel called “Readus 201” for the new home for all of my movie and television critique, pitches, reviews, and rewrites! I’m also updating the Patreon and introducing a newsletter so you can be notified of everything I release when I release it!
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How Gay is Wednesday's Nevermore Academy? || Nevermore Academy, the school for outcasts in The Addams Family Netflix show “Wednesday,” contributes to modern-day mythos created by Addams Family Values by using Wednesday Nevermore Academy and its story to its allegory of being queer in a straight world that doesn’t want you. But in the case of Netflix Wednesday both succeeds and falls short in how Nevermore Academy handles the lgbtq allegory, while failing in how it handles actual representation.
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#wednesday #wednesdayaddams #wednesdaynetflix youtube.com/watch?v=fyhSdiIFeN0The Queer Yearning of Clawhauser (Zootopia) | READUS 101LaRon Readus2022-11-16 | The Queer Yearning of Clawhauser (Zootopia) || With the release of Zootopia Plus and the short "So You Think You Can Prance" letting Clawhauser express his queer desires through his adventure with Chief Bogo, the queer yearning of Clawhauser in Zootopia can be further explored for the queer audience that are already enamored with the two, including seeing the possible implications of how queer yearning plays a role in the movie, and fiction as a whole as a result.
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#zootopia #ZootopiaPlus #zootopia2October 2022 Q&A Livestream! | READUS 101LaRon Readus2022-10-27 | Join me as I answer questions, talk about the videos I released this October, and share with you all my ideas for what you'll expect to see in November!Jordan Peeles Candyman: The Horror of Inevitability | READUS 101LaRon Readus2022-10-19 | Jordan Peele’s Candyman: The Horror of Inevitability || Jordan Peele and Nia DaCosta’s 2021 legacy sequel to Candyman aimed to focus on the Cabrini Green gentrification after it dealt with segregation via redlining in Chicago, police brutality and heavy gang activity in the past. However, instead of making a better attempt to put the people of Cabrini Green in a better spotlight unlike Candyman 1992, Candyman 2021 decides to use the Cabrini Green gentrification as a device in order to focus on the racial violence and racial injustice that’s regularly shared among African Americans, and the generational trauma we all suffer from us constantly reliving it.
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#candyman2021 #candyman #jordanpeele youtube.com/watch?v=E17Nr8cxFtw&feature=youtu.beHow Debbie Made Addams Family Values EVEN GAYER | READUS 101LaRon Readus2022-10-12 | How Debbie Made Addams Family Values EVEN GAYER || When it comes to The Addams Family, Debbie Jellinsky -- aka The Black Widow -- became a beloved addition in 1993’s Addams Family Values, especially among Addams Family Values’ queer fans. But Addams Family Values already had a large queer following and a hidden message supporting the LGBTQ+ community within its story, with both Diva Worship and the camp surrounding Debbie’s character only adding to it. So how does Debbie’s role in Addams Family Values make the queer perspective of the film even more obvious?
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I Don't See Color: Where Bucky’s Apology Fails || When Bucky apologizes to Sam in The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, it received multiple reactions from different people. Especially individuals from Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s African American fanbase either didn’t think Bucky Barnes’ apology was enough, or didn’t think it was making the statement it thought it was. That’s because Bucky Barnes’ apology and the events leading up to it reflect a long history of racism and fictional revisionism in the form of the phrase "I Don't See Color," allowing African Americans to take it at face value.
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#captainamerica #wintersoldier #thefalconandthewintersoldier youtube.com/watch?v=TEJNAMtAoqQDisney’s Pinocchio Remake is GOOD, Actually! | READUS 101LaRon Readus2022-09-21 | Disney's Pinocchio Remake is GOOD, Actually! || The 2022 remake of Disney’s Pinocchio that’s on Disney Plus has been labeled terrible, a trainwreck, and insultingly bad by others who’ve seen it. But I decided to watch Pinocchio 2022 and follow it up with a re-watch of Pinocchio 1940. The results are that the changes made to the Disney Pinocchio we all know and love in this live-action Disney Pinocchio remake actually do the character more justice development-wise than his animated counterpart!
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youtube.com/watch?v=HCmfU6arFsQ&feature=youtu.beAugust 2022 Q&A Livestream! | READUS 101LaRon Readus2022-08-25 | ...Is Preys Naru Really a Mary Sue? | READUS 101LaRon Readus2022-08-17 | Is Prey's Naru Really a Mary Sue? || As the main character of 2022’s Predator prequel Prey, Naru has been labeled a Mary Sue character by a select group of individuals. Especially in regards to the Naru vs Predator fight. So I explain the origins of the Mary Sue trope, and cross-reference what it takes to make a Mary Sue character as I review the movie Prey, its story, and its ending to see if it's fair to label Prey’s Naru a Mary Sue character.
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#Prey #PreyMovie #PreyHulu youtube.com/watch?v=3XPN2PCsKDgLightyear: Zurg and Buzz Are BOOMERS! | READUS 101LaRon Readus2022-08-10 | Lightyear: Zurg and Buzz Are BOOMERS! || In Disney/Pixar’s Lightyear Zurg is revealed to be Buzz from an alternate timeline. But despite the backstory given with the scene, Lightyear’s Zurg reveal says a lot about Buzz and Zurg regarding where the character stands overall when it comes to sociopathic Boomer logic regularly associated with the Baby Boomer generation. Especially when considering the offspring of Lightyear’s gay character Alisha Hawthorne.
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I Need Your Help! (An Important Channel Announcement) || Long story short: my current housing situation is a bit of a mess, and I need your help and financial support on Patreon to help balance out the adjustments I have to make in order to continue focusing on Readus 101full-time. So I’m asking for everyone who watches to contribute to either the $1 or $5 tiers of my Patreon to help make this possible!
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#everythingeverywhereallatonce youtube.com/watch?v=8dpAdvLKY8cHow Id Change Scarlet Witch in Multiverse of Madness | READUS 101LaRon Readus2022-07-06 | How I’d Change Scarlet Witch in Multiverse of Madness || After WandaVision did such a great job at gaining a fanbase of gay men -- and just members of the lgbt community in general -- the use of Wanda Maximoff and her newly accepted role as the Scarlet Witch in “Doctor Strange: In the Multiverse of Madness” left much to be desired. And that’s mostly because Scarlet Witch’s role in Multiverse of Madness was as its main villain, despite the development she made in WandaVision. So I decided to rework Scarlet Witch’s role so that the reasons why we love WandaVision make it into the movie, while also bringing more lore from both her and Doctor Strange’s comic book mythos into the MCU.
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#DoctorStrange #MultiverseOfMadness #ScaretWitch youtube.com/watch?v=JKAUy2ma0gk&feature=youtu.beHeteronormativity: How it Stunts Queer Representation | READUS 101LaRon Readus2022-06-29 | Heteronormativity: How it Stunts Queer Representation || While queer representation in movies, tv and video games is as higher as its ever been, heteronormativity in movies, tv and video games is always present in trying to police how gay the characters are allowed to be instead of just giving the representation of lgbtq individuals the same equality as straight characters. So I break down exactly how heteronormativity stunts queer representation in film, television and video games, using The Mitchells vs. The Machines, The Quarry, and Q-Force as examples of what and what not to do.
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Ignoring the Sexualization of Race: Heteronormativity, Critical Race Theory, and Anti-Racist Politics by Darren Lenard Hutchison | Buffalo Law Review (Winter 1999) https://digitalcommons.law.buffalo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1348&context=buffalolawreview
youtube.com/watch?v=16uAiIlwpFU21 Reasons Why Johnny and Ryan Should Be Gay! (Sing 2) | READUS 101LaRon Readus2022-06-22 | 21 Reasons Why Johnny and Ryan Should be Gay! || Taron Egerton’s character Johnny in Sing can easily be looked at as an allegory for coming out as queer both with or without acceptance. And Sing 2 easily continues the allegory by introducing Johnny to the discrimination one finds in seeking lgbt community. So when a prominent background character -- a tiger named Ryan -- was introduced in Johnny’s story in Sing 2, I was surprised that they didn’t do anything with him despite Ryan CLEARLY being interested in Johnny. So here’s how I adjusted Sing 2 so that Ryan and Johnny can have more of an arc together.
#sing #sing2 youtube.com/watch?v=aQ9yUfMsEBsBatman Returns (1992): 30 Years Later | READUS 101LaRon Readus2022-06-15 | Batman Returns (1992): 30 Years Later || In celebration of the 30th anniversary of Tim Burton’s second Batman movie “Batman Returns,” I share my overall love for the 1992 Batman sequel and how much I appreciate Michael Keaton, Michelle Pfeiffer and Danny DeVito’s depiction of Batman, Catwoman and Penguin 30 years later
#Batman #batmanreturns youtube.com/watch?v=poaPP_3GbD4The Bad Guys: Wolf and Snakes Gay Awakening | READUS 101LaRon Readus2022-06-08 | The Bad Guys: The Gay Liberation of Wolf and Snake || Dreamworks' “The Bad Guys” is about a furry group of thieves that -- thanks to their leader Mr. Wolf -- experience a very interesting allegory of exploring queer themes against an assigned patriarchy that doesn’t favor them stepping outside their roles. And while the LGBTQ themes are present in only a metaphorical nature, the story of The Bad Guys can easily be seen as a queer one in regards to how two of its main characters, Mr. Wolf and Mr. Snake, tackle the metaphor of gay feelings, expression and exploration that is “goodness.”
#thebadguys youtube.com/watch?v=q2K4FcrIdcYHow to Grow Up: A Daniel Craig Era James Bond Retrospective | READUS 101LaRon Readus2022-06-01 | How to Grow Up: A Daniel Craig Era James Bond Retrospective || When it comes to James Bond, the Daniel Craig era was very unique; every one of Daniel Craig's Bond movies connected in order to tell a whole story that started with 2006’s Casino Royale and ended in 2021’s No Time To Die. Because of this, it’s easy to watch the Daniel Craig James Bond movies and see a consecutive theme in how he's portrayed. And considering Casino Royale is also the first James Bond story, themes of a man learning and embracing the hidden dangers of growing up (with the help of his mother) can be easily noticed throughout the Daniel Craig era. So here’s how to spot it!
#60YearsOfBond #JamesBond #danielcraig youtube.com/watch?v=nGzDHSVZbZAHow The Batman Spreads Copaganda | READUS 101LaRon Readus2022-05-04 | How The Batman Spreads Copaganda || With the release of The Batman streaming on HBO Max, we have yet another Batman movie from Warner Brothers and DC Comics that tends to promote “copaganda” - using media to highlight the importance of police via propaganda like Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy did before it. But when it comes to the copaganda in The Batman, it was easily avoidable to focus on once you learn what the police really do in their connection with systemic racism, oppression, capitalism and colonization via white supremacy, and which character in The Batman almost helped shine an accurate light on how the police - Gotham included - are rooted in all of it.
#thebatman #batman youtube.com/watch?v=24EJBku3pucOur Flag Means Death: The Gay Emancipation of Blackbeard | READUS 101LaRon Readus2022-04-06 | Our Flag Means Death: The Gay Emancipation of Blackbeard || Our Flag Means Death does a great job at tackling multiple queer characters and gay moments in ways that prioritize LGBT members in a narrative including pirates, adventure, and a well done kiss scene. But what really makes Our Flag Means Death gay, is its use Taika Waititi’s Blackbeard -- through his relationship with the main character Stede Bonnet -- to tell an allegorical story about how close-knit toxic masculinity is to internalized homophobia leading up to the kiss scene, and how one’s journey of emancipation can be more difficult than it seems.
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Vox Machina: The Problem With NO MERCY PERCY! || When it comes to The Legend of Vox Machina’s season finale, the problem with Percy De Rolo - or No Mercy Percy as fans of Critical Role’s Campaign 1 call him - is how his animated form is both parallel and perpendicular to another character famous for seeking revenge on her own terms. And in keeping that comparison close while watching season 1, I noticed that No Mercy Percy’s Legend of Vox Machina arc made me aware of a few more things regarding male-lead revenge stories, versus female-lead revenge stories.
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There are plenty of great anthology series streaming everywhere. But does “The Boys Presents: Diabolical” have what it takes to be one of the next great animated anthology series? I take a look and see for myself!
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Subscribe to READUS 101 for all things superheroes, movies, television, and comics! youtube.com/readus101?sub_confirmation=1TURNING RED Is My Coming Out Story! | READUS 101LaRon Readus2022-03-16 | TURNING RED Is My Coming Out Story! || When I watched Disney/Pixar’s “Turning Red” on Disney Plus, not only did I find this newest animation from Pixar absolutely stunning, but so much of the story of Turning Red reminded me of what I went through growing up queer and coming out as a black kid in a religious household. Now as an out and proud member of the LGBT community, I want to share my Turning Red coming out story by showing you the scenes that reminded me so much of both my struggles with my mother, and especially coming out to my father!
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#TurningRed #TurningRedMovie #DisneyPlus youtube.com/watch?v=XCNHr8xqIpUWhy Is PEACEMAKER So Good? | READUS 101LaRon Readus2022-03-02 | Why is Peacemaker So Good? || Peacemaker season one, the latest from James Gunn, is one of the best shows from DC Comics on HBO Max. And considering I wasn’t expecting Peacemaker to impress me with how dope it was, my surprise not only helped me understand why Peacemaker works, but also realize why Peacemaker is needed. And a lot has to do with how the show handles John Cena’s Christopher Smith after the events of Suicide Squad, the addition to White Dragon, and the new original character Adebayo.
#Peacemaker #HBOMax #TheSuicideSquad youtube.com/watch?v=NDQs0IrgVecThe Naked Gun: A Proper Movie Trilogy (Feat. @eddache) | READUS 101LaRon Readus2022-02-15 | The Naked Gun: A Proper Movie Trilogy || The Naked Gun trilogy -- the spinoff franchise from Leslie Nielsen’s “Police Squad” series -- set the stage for spoof movies and the future of spoofs and parodies as we know it. But out of all the Leslie Nielsen comedies, the Naked Gun trilogy also had the potential to be a proper movie trilogy despite it being a parody of police procedurals. So @eddache and I went over one of the best movie trilogies in comedy and explain how we can make Naked Gun a proper movie trilogy!
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#TheNakedGun #ParamountPlus #AProperMovieTrilogy youtube.com/watch?v=fsyJi675AY0A Goofy Movie: A Staple of Black Culture | READUS 101LaRon Readus2022-02-09 | A Goofy Movie: A Staple of Black Culture || When it comes to Disney’s “A Goofy Movie,” the movie follow-up to Goof Troop has been a cult classic with millennials who grew up in the 90s. But black millennials relate to A Goofy Movie so much that they both declare that A Goofy Movie is black and that A Goofy Movie is black culture. So since I can only speak for myself, I want to explain why black millennials love A Goofy Movie through how I personally related to its story and themes.
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After watching Episode 1, I was intrigued by how the series uses a ragtag band of misfits to subvert traditional underdog tropes. In this video, I explain how the series does this in a new and refreshing way.
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Subscribe to READUS 101 for all things superheroes, movies, television, and comics! youtube.com/readus101?sub_confirmation=1Why Gay Men Love WandaVision | READUS 101LaRon Readus2022-01-26 | Why Gay Men Love WandaVision || Marvel Studios’ first Disney Plus show WandaVision has gained a solid LGBTQ following since its 2021 release, to the point where queer men have given Elizabeth Olsen’s Wanda Maximoff -- aka Scarlet Witch -- Diva Worship status. So I want to explain why gay men consider MCU Wanda according to queer theory and the history of diva worship, how relatability plays a factor in why gay men love WandaVision, and how its both good, bad and perfect regarding how the show reflects both the desires and struggles of queer culture and livelihood.
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#MarvelStudios #WandaVision #ScarletWitch youtube.com/watch?v=JE96IF-NfacMirabel and Bruno: The Black Sheep of the Madrigal Family (Walt Disneys Encanto) | READUS 101LaRon Readus2022-01-19 | Mirabel and Bruno: The Black Sheep of the Madrigal Family || Walt Disney’s Encanto has given us a way to explore the meaning of being the black sheep of the family through Mirabel and Bruno. So I go over both Mirabel and Bruno’s development over the course of Encanto and explain how they can both be black sheep in the same movie, and how them both being the black sheep of the Madrigal family allows them to play off of each other in order for Encanto’s lesson and the moral of the story to be as effective as it was.
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#Encanto #EncantoMovie #EncantoDisney youtube.com/watch?v=S6F2yDVa3KIEternals: Ikaris Betrayal Explained | READUS 101LaRon Readus2022-01-12 | Eternals: Ikaris’ Betrayal Explained || A lot of people have demanded a reason behind Ikaris’ betrayal ever since they saw Marvel Studios’ Eternals. So I want to prove how Ikaris’ betrayal doesn't mean that Ikaris is evil by explaining his character analysis with the concept of character alignment. I explain how the Eternals' character alignment plays a huge factor into their machinations, and thoroughly explain why Ikaris betrayed the Eternals.
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#Eternals #Ikaris #MarvelStudios youtube.com/watch?v=IYzse3gHzMIAll The Upcoming Movies Im HYPE For In 2022! | READUS 101LaRon Readus2022-01-05 | All The Upcoming Movies I'm HYPE For In 2022! || Out of all the upcoming movies coming out in 2022, these anticipated movies have me hype to (safely) head back to theaters. So here are 9 of the upcoming Marvel, DC, horror, and animated movies I can't wait to watch in 2022!
00:00 Intro 03:34 Knives Out 2 05:36 Prey 08:51 Scream 11:35 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One) 13:42 Doctor Strange: In the Multiverse of Madness 16:59 The Batman 20:43 Black Adam 24:06 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 25:02 Nope 27:25 Conclusion
All 9 Spider-Man Movies Ranked! (Worst to Best) || With the release of Sony and Marvel Studios’ “Spider-Man: No Way Home, I decided to take another look at every movie starring Tom Holland, Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire, and rank all 9 Spider-Man movies with them from worst to best according to my tastes and preferences in storytelling, character and tone!