Self- Writeousness
IRL Writer Roasts Writer Movies
updated
00:01 How I heard about this story. Hint: It's Pae Veo's Fault. And by that I mean, "Go watch his videos when you're done with *this* one, please.
01:25 The Library of Babel's daunting in-story size and rubbish concentration
03:05 Existentialism in a nutshell
04:16 A no-good very bad pick-up line / joke that philosophy majors will get but are excused from finding funny
04:50 A brief biography of Jorge Luis Borges
05:42 Why I ultimately love The Library of Babel
Links to Pae's (longer and objectively better) videos on the same subject:
*Borges: Library of Babel/summary and analysis*
youtube.com/watch?v=na0vJSPLeUQ&pp=ygUecGFlIGF0dGVudGlvbiBsaWJyYXJ5IG9mIGJhYmVs
*Borges: Library of Babel: Tautology and Infinity*
youtube.com/watch?v=nhbCG5so6Wg&pp=ygUecGFlIGF0dGVudGlvbiBsaWJyYXJ5IG9mIGJhYmVs
Also, if you want to read "The Library of Babel" for free - and let's face it, if you're one true love is philosophy, you could probably use all the free stuff you can get - here's the address for where I read it:
*The Library of Babel PDF*
https://sites.evergreen.edu/politicalshakespeares/wp-content/uploads/sites/226/2015/12/Borges-The-Library-of-Babel.pdf
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#philosophy #jorgeluisborges #existentialism #existentialquestions #themeaningoflife #babel #philosophers #criticalthinking #philosphicalthought #wisdom #theabsurd #BorgesLiterature #nothing #itmatters
#BorgesQuotes #BorgesInspiration #BorgesStories #BorgesAnalysis #BorgesWorks
00:00 The set up: Gaslight and other concepts born of fiction
01:58 TV writers vs. Everyone else
03:15 What the "Friend Zone" is (according to VSauce)
03:37 Who's responsible for popularizing the "Friend Zone"
04:51 Criticism of the "Friend Zone"
05:52 How the "Friend Zone" could be good, actually
06:31 Why the "Friend Zone" is an objectively stupider concept than "Gaslight"
07:53 Friendship is awesome and scarce
09:15 Friendship with romance potential vs. "Friend Zone" material as illustrated by Jane Austen
11:17 Why there's blame to share amongst the genders for the damage caused by "Friend Zoning"
Mr. VSauce's probably superior video
youtube.com/watch?v=IGK2KprU-To&pp=ygURdnNhdWNlIGZyaWVuZHpvbmU%3D
Casually Explained
youtube.com/watch?v=-xPjsTyS4lY&pp=ygUdY2FzdWFsbHkgZXhwbGFpbmVkIGZyaWVuZHpvbmU%3D
The compulsory Wikipedia article
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friend_zone
Emma 1996
youtube.com/watch?v=tysKHLahFFM&pp=ygUZZW1tYSB3aXRoIGthdGUgYmVja2luc2FsZQ%3D%3D
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#friends #friendzone #gaslighting #gaslighter #gaslight #emma #janeausten #popculture #90s #sitcom #vsauce #mrrogers #television #tvhistory #jordanpeterson #90s #fictionfriday
00:02 A quick rundown of Oscar Wilde
00:23 The tomb of Oscar Wilde
01:05 A plot breakdown of Salome as Wilde wrote it
02:34 Salome compared to other Wilde works
05:01 Salome's mom
06:00 Some themes in Salome
08:20 Salome as illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley
08:57 Salome the silent picture of 1923
10:27 An overture to Salome as directed by Al Pacino
10:43 Explaining political art with sex toys, Broadway, and other random media
12:57 Salome as a political satire (?)
15:38 Herod and Salome's parallel cruelty streaks
16:18 What makes this Salome's show, and what we can learn from "that woman"
Sources I perused for this video include but are not limited to...
*The Female Gaze - The Journey of Oscar Wilde's SALOMÉ through ADAPTATION*
youtube.com/watch?v=XFf7oms5D3s&pp=ygUVc2Fsb21lIGJ5IG9zY2FyIHdpbGRl
*Words About Words - A Look at Oscar Wilde's Salome*
youtube.com/watch?v=Yz9TJCXolgo&t=1236s&pp=ygUVc2Fsb21lIGJ5IG9zY2FyIHdpbGRl
*Salome 1923*
youtube.com/watch?v=BkMq_Cs3OUs&pp=ygULc2Fsb21lIDE5MjM%3D
*Salome 2013*
youtube.com/watch?v=jP2_BXfOSX4&pp=ygUQc2Fsb21lIGFsIHBhY2lubw%3D%3D
*How We Made It |Why We Build the Wall in Hadestown - National Theatre*
youtube.com/watch?v=KwoQxMP_G3c&pp=ygUXaGFkZXMgdG93biBidWlsZCBhIHdhbGw%3D
#oscarwilde #quotes #doriangray #thepictureofdoriangray #oscarwildequotes #hadestown #politicalsatire #pridemonth #politicalart #alpacino #malegaze #feministart #aubreybeardsley #ritahayworth #victorianliterature
Just...one of these models is more likely to change lives for the better than the other one, that's all.
00:01 Not an attack on The Monomyth. No, really!
01:29 Where the author's journey began: Maureen Murdock
02:31 Where the Heroine's Journey begins (you have no idea how much restraint it took not to entitle this chapter the Heroine's Cycle Begins)
03:59 Where the Hero and the Heroine's paths diverge
07:19 The Quest: Volume II
12:06 Pyramids vs. Circles
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#BookRecommendations #maureenmurdock #HeroJourney #MythicalQuest #SelfDiscovery #Storytelling #JosephCampbell #HerosJourneyUnveiled #Mythology #Monomyth #MythicStructure #HeroicAdventure #JourneyOfSelfDiscovery #Quest #MythicalHeroes #LegendaryTales #Archetypes #MythicNarrative #MythologyExplained #EpicJourney #SelfActualization #femininestrength #feminineenergy #jordanpeterson
The answers may surprise you.
01:18 The question of the day
01:22 Some ground work (the psychology of comedians)
04:46 What it *really* means when people joke about suicide
05:39 What to do when someone jokes about suicide
07:38 "Good" suicide jokes vs. "Bad" suicide Jokes
08:49 Anger turned inward
09:30 Anger turned outward
09:51 A telling reveal
12:05 Two kinds of people who laugh at suicide jokes
12:52 Some comedies featuring themes of self-harm
14:04 A survivor's tale
17:32 Some parting shots
If you want to check my work (which I would 100% recommend. Would *I* trust me to tell me about something this important and get it right), here are as many sources as I can remember:
A Visit to the Rape Room: Who Sees Humor in Sexual Assault?
psychologytoday.com/us/blog/beyond-heroes-and-villains/201409/visit-the-rape-room-who-sees-humor-in-sexual-assault
George Carlin on Rape from 1990's "Doin' it Again"
youtube.com/watch?v=nCGGWeD_EJk
John Stewart interviews George Carlin
youtube.com/watch?v=nCGGWeD_EJk
"Passive Suicidal Ideation: What It Is and What You Can Do"
psycom.net/depression/passive-suicidal-ideation
"How to respond when a friend jokes about suicide"
mic.com/life/is-a-friends-suicide-joke-cause-for-concern-just-dark-humor-19164756
"Robin Williams and Why Funny People Kill Themselves"
cracked.com/quick-fixes/robin-williams-why-funny-people-kill-themselves
Suicide Joke Source
upjoke.com/suicide-jokes
Anecdote about Mel Brooks
irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2023/03/13/mel-brooks-ive-tried-to-get-even-with-hitler-by-taking-the-mickey-out-of-him
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#suicidalawareness #suicidalthoughts #suicidaltendencies #gallowshumor #suicidehotline #comedyandtragedy #irony #sarcasm #sarcastic #comedians #cryforhelp #suicideprevention #suicidehumor #suicidejokes #mentalhealthawareness #comedians #depressionrelief #darkjokes #darkhumor
01:26 Origin of the soulmate concept
04:12 Origin of the word "soulmate"
05:17 What "Soulmate" meant to the 20th century
07:37 The right and wrong ways of approaching soulmates today
My cunning plan in making this video is not - I repeat *not* - to imply that soulmates suck or that you're silly if you believe in them. It is to share the origins of the soulmate myth, why I think Plato may have thought it was more giggle-worthy than a way of life, and the importance of soulmates as the concept positively or negatively effects our relationships today.
If you're interested in checking out the work of giants on whose shoulders I stood to make this video, here are as many acknowledgements as I can think of at the moment:
Zeus animation drawn by Emily Hubley for "The Origin of Love" in Hedwig and the Angry Inch:
youtube.com/watch?v=_zU3U7E1Odc&pp=ygUSdGhlIG9yaWdpbiBvZiBsb3Zl
The bit about Samuel Taylor Coleridge and the Romantics:
britannica.com/biography/Samuel-Taylor-Coleridge
The articles from The Conversation and the BBC from which I nipped various quotes:
bbc.com/worklife/article/20220204-why-people-still-believe-in-the-soulmate-myth
theconversation.com/whats-behind-the-belief-in-a-soulmate-113906
And...um, I don't remember what I got from here, but my phone tells me I looked at them while in the research process, so I'm including them:
brides.com/what-is-a-soulmate-5097403
themindsjournal.com/origin-of-soulmates-greek-mythology
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#philosophy #plato #theromantics #soulmate #soulmates #valentinesday #valentines #greekmyths #greekmythology #valentinesdayspecial #soulmates #love #relationshipgoals #mythofsoulmates #realitiesoflove #truelove #relationshipadvice #dating #soulmateconnection #trueloveexists #loveandrelationships #relationshipmyths #loveadvice #relationshiptruths #lovetips #findinglove #relationshipexpectations #lovefacts #relationshipmythsbusted #lovequotes
Well, for viewers inclined to seek them, here are some inappropriate answers:
00:02 This video is a bad idea
00:15 Why we're doing this anyway
01:04 The Inciting Incident
02:50 Why incest, Fellow Fiction Writers?
03:17 How it is used in Game of Thrones
04:12 How it is used in The Blue Lagoon
05:24 Used ironically in Django Unchained
06;14 (but un-ironically in Gone with the Wind)
07:29 Hamlet also exists
08:11 Halloween 6 vs. Genesis 19
10:19 ...and what it all has to do with Rocky *Horror* Picture Show
In case you're curious, this video contains clips from Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975, Halloween 6 1995, Shock Treatment 1981, Blazing Saddles 1974, Game of Thrones (whenever episode the clip is from. That book / series is doing fine without my piddly citations, and I can't be bothered), The Blue Lagoon 1980, Django Unchained 2012, 1939, Hamlet 1948, and Sodom and Gomorrah by a thing called REVELATION STATION (not to be confused with Conjunction Junction, I guess) 2022.
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#songoficeandfire #riffraff #halloween6 #gonewiththewind #djangounchained #oedipusrex #rockyhorrorpictureshow #forbiddenromance #taboos
00:09 Smarter people's thoughts on Dickens
00:36 Plot summary part 1
02:03 Trotty's Tripe and parallels to Oliver Twist
02:51 Plot summary part 2
04:41 Why this silly story matters to me this particular year
Well, it's Dickens Season again (like Duck Season only different).
This time, we're taking a look at The Chimes wherein we find that both the rich - like Scrooge in an earlier work - and the poor like Toby Veck get haunted during the holiday season but for different reasons. Also, despite my cheating a bit and bringing this video out in time for Christmas, it is actually a Dickens New Year story, probably for thematic reasons.
In case you're interested in the art and artists from whom I cribbed many notes in the making of this video, feel free to check out the animated clay version of The Chimes:
youtube.com/watch?v=GpbmI5MCW2c
...and the audio book to which I listened:
youtube.com/watch?v=242hReqDkL0
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#literature #christmasreading #BookRecommendations #charlesdickens
The journey toward learning it actually took me through a half dozen Bram Stoker short stories and our cinematic heritage (compliments of Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein).
00:24 Where the vampire vs. Werewolf feud tends to turn up
00:58 Where the internet thinks the feud came from
01:10 The oldest werewolf story I know
02:06 I say some nice things about Bram Stoker's short stories
02:25 Summary and thoughts about Dracula's Guest
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#dracula #halloween #vampirestory #universalmonsters #abbottandcostello
Well, this time, I made Margaret's fans do it: youtube.com/watch?v=_BMH7IB3slg&t=614s
On a personal note, I'm at a bit of a loss for where to take the channel, but I kinda love the songs we make up together, so if you think we can have fun doing more of that, please - oh - please - comment with your 5 words and stay tuned :)
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00:38 Why Christian Fantasy is a tough sell
02:04 A very brief history of Christian Fantasy
02:54 Tolkien's abstraction of Christian Themes
03:31 The Biblical precedent for fiction as a teaching tool
04:07 Who are these books actually for?
05:44 Deja Vu vs. Jamais Vu
06:21 The assortment of other Christian Fiction
07:09 What makes fantasy special?
07:30 Where should fiction authors draw the line?
08:39 Some pretty good CS Lewis quotes
If by chance you'd like to check out Ms. Fischer's article and anything I might have missed (or accidentally taken out of context. I can't blame you. I certainly wouldn't trust me)...
au.thegospelcoalition.org/article/write-christian-fiction-specifically-fantasy
Also, for a seriously good read, check out the source of a lot of folks' bangin' Lewis quotes. I can't tell you how many articles get written every day by ghostwriters coasting on this one writer's excellent work:
scribd.com/document/428976775/C-S-Lewis-On-Three-Ways-of-Writing-for-Children-pdf#
By the end of this video, you may or may not have a new perspective on the Christian themes in the Lord of the Rings or the Chronicles of Narnia, but our glancing blow at the history of Christian fantasy may bolster your confidence toward Christian fantasy. Or send you running far from it, because the volume of Christian Fantasy criticism from Christians with no chill is possibly the most frustrating phenomenon I've seen in authordom (and *I* write stories about trans princesses).
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#narniaedit #thechroniclesofnarnia #thelionthewitchandthewardrobe #lucypevensie #jrrtolkien #lotr #cslewis #narnia #middleearth #christianfiction #johnbunyan #christianfantasy #christianlife #aslan #christianbook #christianbooktuber #danbrown
00:01 Save the Cat
00:30 Truman Capote vs. Cat vs. Hollywood
01:16 The Manic Pixie Dream Girl
02:00 Comparing Breakfast at Tiffany's (-es)
02:36 No one writes characterization like Capote
03:07 A prelude to racism
03:24 Contrasting Breakfast at Tiffany's (-es)
03:38 Gayness in the text
04:09 How old is Holly again? Yikes years old. Got it.
04:31 What year is it, again? 'splains a lot.
05:55 Yikes City, USA
06:33 Mr. Yunioshi
08:01 The cat that needs no saving
10:01 Where the video should have ended.
10:21 Why is there a birdcage in Holly's apartment?
11:54 Other things
12:37 How Capote describes the Manic Pixie Dream Girl
13:03 Capote's tough love for the protagonist
14:14 Fern Gully being the best thing ever
By the end of this video, you may or may not agree with my assessment of Holly Golightly as the original manic pixie dream girl, or that Blake Snyder's Save the Cat rules apply to ancient works by Truman Capote. But I hope you see things like the Breakfast at Tiffany's birdcage and the rewriting of the Breakfast at Tiffany's ending in light of themes from the book and possibly worthy of scrutiny under the lens of feminism.
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For a long time, I thought Shakespeare's sonnets were somewhat less amazing.
Here's a video about what changed my mind and why it's important to release this video during #pridemonth
00:01 An honest question
00:22 My questionable history with the sonnets
01:11 What makes a sonnet a sonnet
02:39 Some weird history on the sonnets
04:14 So are they sonnets gay or what?
In case you'd like to check out my paltry-but-sincere research, here's the ThoughtCo article as described:
thoughtco.com/the-shakespearian-sonnet-2985265
...as well as my exchange with Mr. Gregory Maupin at Kentucky Shakespeare whose Q&A was slightly too thoughtful to waste:
"It’s difficult to judge whether the sonnets of Shakespeare are The Best, what with de gustibus non est disputandum and all (literally the only useful Latin phrase I remember, so I thought this first question was a perfect spot for it to establish, you know, Expertise), but they’re by far the most famous and easily the most impressive to carry around in your pocket if you want to impress Marianne Dashwood. But Donne’s are nothing to sneeze at, and Keats, Shelley, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Borges, Neruda, Cummings, Denis Johnson, Christina Rossetti…it would be difficult to argue that they hadn’t all read Shakespeare’s though—even Donne—but particularly if you’re asking on behalf of students, there are certainly others easier to unpack. But if you’re going to reckon with sonnets, Shakespeare’s have to be reckoned with, and reckoning with them does deliver.
I’m no expert on pedagogy, but I think starting with the words themselves is the way to go. Then the form. I’m a big fan of the comically huge edition edited by Stephen Booth in the late ‘70s and his notion that they were intended to be heard every bit as much as the plays were (or at least that hearing them is an exciting way to engage with them, because unless you’ve memorized the poem you’re hearing, you can be surprised by it line by line).
That said, the iambic pentameter/fourteen lines/rhyme scheme angle is very helpful for some students, I think. Choice of words and how the thought unfolds over the course of the poems is entirely entwined with the specifics of the form. As someone whose neurodivergences have always connected with structure almost as strongly and emotionally as content, there’s a case to be made for, as you say, the math.
My answer is as earnest as your question. The case for the gayness of the sonnets has definitely been made; gay-est, I don’t know. I go with Twelfth Night for that, but again, de gustibus. This is where I have to put in the caveat that’s important to me as an artist, though: we know almost nothing about Shakespeare’s biography and what with the human brain requiring a narrative we love to fill in the blanks. Some do it with inane conspiracy theories; some do it by assuming the plays and poems are autobiographical. We know nothing about the circumstances of the writing of the sonnets. Were they deeply personal? Commissioned? Intended for public consumption? Intensely private but somehow leaked for money? “From” Will? In character? Some messy combination of all these? We’re unlikely to know. I think it is fair to say Shakespeare’s own empathy was so vast that it’s difficult to tell what was personal to him and what was an attempt to wear the shoes of others. At some point I guess we’ll have to let it be enough that he wrote a set of poems (and plays) about human emotion and romantic love in a way that still connects to a just implausibly large percentage of people no matter their own romantic specifics. So, love being love, they’re all over the spectrum, as they ought to be. Is that a long enough non-answer for ya?
Sonnets are a great start for students precisely because they’re short. You can talk about one or two for half an hour or an hour and get the hook into a class. #18, #29, the dark horse #121 if you want a really potentially queer one (though it should land with anyone feeling judged, so…anyone). I’m skewed by my own experience and performance interests, though, so my own tack is first to see/hear a good live production, and if that’s unavailable, a good film of a live production, and if that’s unavailable, a good film, period, then an audio performance, and only after at least one of those, to try to read the play. A novel, say, is a house in and of itself, but a playscript is just a blueprint. It always felt unfair to me to expect students to know how to read a blueprint at that stage. Let them see how many vastly different houses can be built from it. THEN take a look at the blueprint and see how that works. My own favorites are Twelfth Night, Winter’s Tale, and Tempest..."
Also, for great dissections of individual sonnets, your new best friend on YouTube might be youtube.com/@TootightLautrec
#literature #poetry #shakespearesonnet #shakespearequotes #shakespeare #shakespeareinlove
I ain't here to hurt those folks' feelings.
Ain't here to *validate* their feelings either.
00:36 Summary of the Pygmalion Myth
01:13 Some worthy adaptations
02:36 Summary of Pretty Woman (as somewhat less worthy adaptation)
03:56 Comparing Pretty Woman and My Fair Lady
05:07 What sex workers be like
07:12 Henry Higgins vs Edward
08:06 The very worst part of Pretty Woman
08:38 Martha says something nice about Prince
In case you're curious, here's the full Hercules clip:
youtube.com/watch?v=P1nCDOFtd08
...and the Between the Lions' Pygmalion:
youtube.com/watch?v=HRRkhVXl_-Y&pp=ygUbYmV0d2VlbiB0aGUgbGlvbnMgcHlnbWFsaW9u
Included in this video are a Pymalion summary (the myth as told by Ovid), A Pretty Woman summary, some comparisons to a rather good film / play that came between the two called My Fair Lady, and a rather snarly review of Pretty Woman in my capacity as a recovering jail nurse and a woman whose prettiness is-- patronized sufficiently enough for me to have hard opinions about stuff. I also say the first and only nice word I expect I'll ever say about the Artist formerly known as Prince. So tune in for that, I guess.
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00:01 What the Sam Hill is happening.
01:20 The song
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I disagree, and here is my best shot at explaining why:
00:01 "Music rules, lyrics drool," says the composer.
00:35 Replacing every lyric ever with the word, "Poop" to see if the composer notices.
01:49 Beauty and the Beast is Awesome
02:23 But check out *this* part of the score
03:05 Not an isolated incident
03:21 How Beauty owns this score
03:55 What this all has to do with lyrics?
05:20 An invitation to help me write a song
So there's no shortage of excellent Beauty and the Beast music reviews, but I'd like to focus on the exceptional musical storytelling as it works in conjunction with Howard Ashman's dazzling lyrics (with a keen interest in "Tale as Old as Time" as it appears multiple places in the score. Trust me. It's seriously cool).
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I don't believe I've done this quite as good as C'est Kevvie and others, but it's lovely to see you here :)
In case you're curious and want to check my work, here are some of the notes I cribbed from in compiling this video:
Fairytale Theatre: youtube.com/watch?v=KzDs8Ogz3_0&t=437s
Gunpowder Fiction and Plot: youtube.com/watch?v=_OEK6AoH4jo
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#BookRecommendations #transgirlapril #bannedbooks
00:13 Lesson 1
00:52 Lesson 2
01:32 Lesson 3
02:37 Lesson 4
03:20 Lesson 5
04:12 Lesson 6
04:44 Lesson 7
Naughty fantasy stories to keep the publisher's lights on by:
*Folklore that F***s by I.C. London*
amazon.com/gp/product/B0BZF9DCC3/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_2?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1
*Multiple Loregasms by I.C. France*
amazon.com/gp/product/B0CN4SQLMC/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_3?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1
If you want to check out the results of this experiment in paper and ink, check out the naughty story collection described here:
amazon.com/dp/B0BZF9DCC3/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2GC6RXHJAVB9M&keywords=%2210+tawdry+tales%22&qid=1679939432&s=books&sprefix=10+tawdry+tales+%2Cstripbooks%2C166&sr=1-1
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00:37 Synopsis of the premise
01:56 Comparing different Nemo and submarine adaptations
03:59 The character of Nemo
04:27 Nemo as an imperialist
05:28 Heavy-handed themes off the port bow!
05:51 Disney vs. Book
07:08 Author vs. Nemo
09:15 Final thoughts and a killer Ray Bradbury Quote
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00:55 Disagreement among Halloween fans
01:20 Why I don't think Laurie and Michael should be siblings
02:43 Some differences between Michael and Phantom
03:18 Michael could have killed Laurie (and didn't)
04:04 The Phantom tie-ins
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Piece of cake-- right in the face.
However, once again, King Solomon was wrong, and there is no such thing as an ill wind that blows no good. For details on how the lack of reading material got me writing again, please - oh please - check out the video.
And should you get bored with my content and be interested in excellent related videos that are somewhat shorter, check out my girl Latisha's channel:
youtube.com/watch?v=i1Taa_em8WY
Also, in case you're curious about the music on this particular video, it belongs to an exceptional artist in the YouTube library called @QuincasMoreira
youtube.com/channel/UCL1zFMJb0sthwdAlGjGbdyg
The reason it felt important to highlight this artist is that while in Brazil, I heard a word that was familiar to me after seeing it in the music library more than once: Beijaflor. It is Portuguese for "hummingbird" and literally translates to "kiss the flower."
Isn't learning fun? I think it's fun.
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I critiqued a thing and did my best to not muck things up when chatting about a classic as it might relate to my darling gay and trans friends.
Also, I accidentally did a lie.
I looked up the Australian Twelfth Night (featuring Geoffrey Rush, by the way: youtube.com/watch?v=9VuuPhAp-ig ). I knew quite well it was shot in 1986, but for some reason, 1988 came out of my face while on camera.
My apologies.
00:56 A little history on Twelfth Night
01:44 Twelfth Night Synopsis
03:24 Some straight subtext
04:58 Gay and Trans attitudes in 1601 / 1602
06:09 Shakespeare and gender attitudes today
If you'd rather not take my word for the junk I said in the video (you don't trust me, eh? I like that. I respect that), check out some of the semi-academic stuff referenced in the video:
Theatre Talk with Stephen Fry:
youtube.com/watch?v=r7pNrvbp1UY
Charles, Casey. "Gender Trouble in Twelfth Night". Theatre Journal. Vol. 49, No. 2 (1997):
https://www.academia.edu/86805213/Gender_Trouble_in_Twelfth_Night
(also, I nipped the "No work during the Twelve Days of Christmas" from a Lucy Worsley Christmas documentary a couple years back. Alas, she's been a busy lady since then, and I ran out of stamina to seek out the Christmas special thingy in which she chats about binding the spinners' spinning wheel with holly to discourage her from sneaking in work during the holidays, but I swear I didn't pull that out of thin air)
In case you're curious what all's in this sucker apart from a more-or-less trustworthy Twelfth Night summary, I'd say there's room for a trans reading of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, but I struggle to see how anyone could see it as anything else. Other (smarter) people with Twelfth Night Analysis under their belt, might disagree with me, but if Steven Fry is to be believed, not only were cis-hets expected to laugh at Twelfth Night's Globe Theatre premiere, Shakespeare had every reason to believe they would laugh their pantaloons off.
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00:01 The Short Version
00:19 A little history / A tasteless joke at Chekhov's expense
01:18 Symbolism of the cricket on the hearth
02:03 How Rankin / Bass and Disney approach animated crickets
03:27 The Plot of the Book (part 1)
04:34: The part where I say nice things about Dickens
05:10 Dickens and Disabled Characters
05:56 The Plot of the Book (part 2)
06:46 The Rankin and Bass Madness
10:13 A message for those who get sad at Christmas
The book is Dickens-tastic, but few awesomely bad holiday films capture the WTF-i-tude that is Cricket on the Hearth 1967. We got girls going blind from broken hearts, we got childhood sweethearts bobbing up and down on pieces of pie, and we have an embarrassed Roddy McDowall as the titulary cricket and narrator.
If you'd like to check out the Dickens original and the absurd Rankin Bass film, both are available for free, right here on YouTube:
The Silly Movie: youtube.com/watch?v=TSCoeu6HMxE
The Audio Novella: youtube.com/watch?v=SrHDl4pZMWw
Should you be interested in Dickens Fest itself, here's the one I went to:
kyrenfaire.com/dickens-christmas-festival
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youtu.be/gqdjhqpW3SE
youtu.be/XYgWZQB3go
So if you are a reader or lover of cinema who has hitherto been unaware that you deserve much, much better from your stories than the same old hero with a slightly different face, this video is for you.
All glory laud and honor to Maggie Mae Fish for covering this topic in better detail and more citing of sources than me (links to her videos below)
youtube.com/watch?v=Q9zR4lWyVN8
youtube.com/watch?v=ET4BJIdZKa0
Should you want to learn more about The Heroine's Journey (first popularized by Maurine Murdock: Student to and early challenger of Joseph Campbell), here's a link to one of many worthy websites that cover it:
storygrid.com/heroines-journey
... and if it's a concept that's new to you, I'd highly recommend checking it out. The knowledge that The Heroine's Journey exists has legitimately changed my life for the better.
00:24 The Hero's Journey in a nutshell / Joseph Campbell (the nut, I guess)
01:23 Some issues with The Hero's Journey
03:11 The part where the rant usually goes
03:32 Life vs. Art vs. The Hero's Journey (spoilers: The Hero's Journey is the not-winner)
04:11 How The Hero's Journey may have killed GOT, Quicksilver, and Zod
04:47 What might lead to better stories henceforth
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#HeroJourney #MythicalQuest #SelfDiscovery #Adventure #Storytelling #JosephCampbell #HerosJourneyUnveiled #Mythology #Monomyth #MythicStructure #HeroicAdventure #JourneyOfSelfDiscovery #Quest #MythicalHeroes #LegendaryTales #Archetypes #MythicNarrative #MythologyExplained #EpicJourney #SelfActualization
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00:25 Post-Mary Poppins Disney
01:38 Changes for the movie
01:52 Bedknobs and Broomsticks Movie-to-Book Comparison
03:37 A phenomenon called "Cosmic Creepus."
04:31 But why Nazis?
06:05 Controversial opinion time
09:25 a brief musical homage (RIP Angela Lansbury)
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youtu.be/Y3CAYoiwhk0
#literature #BookRecommendations #halloween #angelalansbury #videoessay
The movie on the other hand...
00:01 This Lair of the White Worm review in a nutshell
00:22 Objective facts about the book
00:54 The movie and the book as (fraternal) Twins
01:00 The virtues of the book
01:27 The book vs. the film
04:35 Time to talk about the racism
05:42 A Yikes-cicle built for 2: Stoker vs. Lovecraft
06:02 How Lair of the White Worm could have been better
06:43 That really interesting McGuffin from the middle of the book
07:39 A big, scary kite
08:06 The most unsettling part of the movie (for me)
The internet tells me Hugh Grant in Lair of the White Worm is an embarrassed High Grant, but I think it's a thing of beauty, as is Young Peter Capaldi in Lair if the White Worm. Also, I didn't know at the time I made this video, but the Lair of the White Worm song - the ballad of banging exposition - is based on a genuine English ballad about a careless noble who threw a tiny worm down a well, then buggers off to war and returns to find ND the worm has grown. It's kinda awesome.
(Also, thank you for bearing with me and any hideous spelling errors you encounter. I lost my proof reader more than a year ago, and since then, I tend to wear my illiteracy on my sleeve)
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#literature #halloween #horrorstory #bramstoker #halloween
youtu.be/cizfQ3MO8uM
(Also, thank you for bearing with me and any hideous spelling errors you encounter. I lost my proof reader more than a year ago, and since then, I tend to wear my illiteracy on my sleeve)
00:47 Setting the scene
01:26 Consistency among adaptations
03:19 Why Virginia feels sorry for a murderous ghost
03:45 A Quest for Salvation and The Garden of Death
04:23 That which makes the is book like and unlike Dorian Gray
04:41 An clumsy attempt at queer reading an ostensibly straight Oscar Wilde story
08:00 Some dopey outtakes
In case you find yourself smitten with the premise and want to absorb the story for yourself, it is available in audio book format right here on YouTube:
youtube.com/results?search_query=the+canterville+ghost+book
(the movies are available here as well, but I legit feel like you can find them quicker in search than I could copy and paste links here. You're smart and technologically inclined. I've always liked that about you)
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youtu.be/bj9UHjZBBy8
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youtu.be/mPA1Nr6YhAg
Anyway, Fantastic Mr. Fox as translated into film language impressed me really hard but especially with how much it reinforced a particular theme for me (see video for details)
00:27 The boring history part
00:38 Why Fantastic Mr. Fox's movie is objectively awesomer than the book
01:00 Random nice thing about the book
01:15 The gist of both stories
01:37 Where the movie branches off
01:55 What's the real book-to-movie connection, here?
03:22 The characters' actions (and why visual storytelling is the friggin' best)
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youtu.be/4chxxCB3jmc
So here's a kinda-sorta product review of Reedsy's automatic plot generator that no one asked for.
Should the goings-on in this video look like the kind of cheap entertainment your writing buddies and you need for decompressing at the next retreat, it is available for free at blog.reedsy.com/plot-generator
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00:05 The part where I gratuitously quote myself on camera.
00:21 Observations about the book
02:00 The activism of the author (which is basically good)
03:04 The part where I make a scene
05:03 The part where I try to justify my nutty stance
06:25 Deciding the book itself is basically worth reading
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1. Tag some fabulous friends who also may want to do this tag and #standwithtranskids
2. Tell us about some books on your TBR pile featuring a trans / non-binary character or nonfiction about trans / non-binary stuff.
3. Recommend a favorite book / show / movie featuring a trans / non-binary character.
4. Everyone has their own journey and no one demographic is a monolith. Recommend a book with a journey (however you define that)
5. None of us knows everything – even about our own identities – especially since we’re not a monolith and each have our own journey – what is a book that taught you something either about yourself or the world around you?
6. When things are hard in the world or in our lives, sometimes there are things we can do to help center and refocus ourselves, to bring joy, to keep us going, to keep living, resisting, being our authentically amazing selves. What are things you do to center yourself or find joy?
7. What’s your walk-on music – or your feel at home in your body music?
youtube.com/watch?v=AZnt-0fEiT0
youtube.com/watch?v=sVz82s3TIfA
8. Finding mentors, people of wisdom, or heroes can be another way to help us navigate life. Who are some of your mentors? Can you share something they taught you or inspired you to learn more about?
9. Who are some out trans/non-binary booktubers, instagrammers, authors, actors, etc who you’d like to shoutout?
- C'est Kevie: youtube.com/c/CestKevvie
- Leo Bancroft: youtube.com/c/LeoBancroftBooks
- Philosophy Tube: youtube.com/c/thephilosophytube
- Elliot Page: imdb.com/name/nm0680983
- Kat Blaque: youtube.com/c/KatBlaque
- Contrapoints: youtube.com/c/ContraPoints
- Tootight Lautrec: youtube.com/c/TootightLautrec
- Dani Banner: youtube.com/c/DaniBanner
-Jessie Gender: youtube.com/c/lostrekkie
10. What are some organizations you’d like to shout out for supporting trans kids/trans folks?
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Also, behold, proof I paid attention that one time when my *own* lit teacher was talking.
(Also - also, thank you for bearing with me and any hideous spelling errors you encounter. I lost my proof reader more than a year ago, and since then, I tend to wear my illiteracy on my sleeve)
00:13 The second questions to ask when judging a book
00:58 Justifying the answer in meaningful ways
01:41 2 more questions (for over-achievers and persons trying to pick fights in class)
02:30 What makes a book *appear* non-universal?
02:56 Is this relevant to anything other than high school?
04:08 In short...
04:42 An unexciting-but-sincere message to clean erasers by for those who stay after class.
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00:28 Some book-ish details that made it into the movie
01:00 Writer grieving writers like P.L. Traverse
01:30 Why the book needed some pre-movie TLC
01:43 Mary Poppins as the antagonist (?)
02:00 Mary Poppins as a Slytherin (?)
02:25 Mary Poppins is dark AF, y'all
03:43 I shall stay until the wind changes
04:12 Final-ish thoughts
04:40 Post-jingle goofing off
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#literature #bookrecommendations #marypoppins #videoessay
youtu.be/cfySzZhPrlU
Yes, I know. It 's fun to cringe at Bella Swan quotes and criticize Bella Swan's role in a very silly franchise, but suppose we look at why we hate Bella Swan for one literal minute and see if we can maybe shift our collective focus to something more productive.
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youtu.be/p4Q30xrWWdA
00:09 A glancing blow at literary history
01:08 What movie makers tend to miss
01:30 Oscar Wilde is both brilliant and lazy with dialogue because...
02:57 Gay text and subtext
04:14 A Summary / Analysis of The Picture of Dorian Gray's First Act
04:59 Biblical Allusions to Dorian Gray King Solomon (?)
06:02 Body Dysmorphic Disorder or "Martha's weird medical hypothesis"
06:46 Dorian's guilty conscience
07:17 Dorian's grim conclusion
07:37 The real horror is not what Dorian thinks it is
09:00 Host acts strange for about 16 seconds
A link to the Mayo Clinic description of Body Dysmorphic Disorder is below in case you'd like to check that out:
mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/body-dysmorphic-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20353938
...as well as links to a couple free online versions of The Picture of Dorian Gray:
literature.org/authors/wilde-oscar/the-picture-of-dorian-grey
youtube.com/watch?v=R_asD_uF0Cw
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Should you prefer to take the word of a gal who's been at this way longer than I have and with way more style, check out Aphrodite Lee's channel:
youtube.com/c/AphroditeLee
00:01 Questionable justifications for the video
00:45 Reason 1 Spontaneity
01:30 Reason 2 Foreplay
02:27 Reason 3 Choreography
02:54 Reason 4 Other people's Pleasure
03:32 Reason 5 Empowerment
04:22 Post-Outro Silliness
Naughty fantasy stories to keep the publisher's lights on by:
*Folklore that F***s by I.C. London*
amazon.com/gp/product/B0BZF9DCC3/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_2?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1
*Multiple Loregasms by I.C. France*
amazon.com/gp/product/B0CN4SQLMC/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_3?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1
And because I reckon the publisher wants me to, here's a handy way to find books by I.C. London:
amazon.com/dp/B09SF5HY2L?binding=kindle_edition&ref_=dbs_s_ks_series_rwt_tkin&qid=1656432754&sr=1-1
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00:01 Buy the power of Grayskull
01:12 Toy Story and Brave Little Toaster
01:43 Frickin' Victorians, Man
02:00 Regan Era Toy-Marketing
02:35 Word of the Decade was Power
03:00 We as Millenials were supposed to fix it
03:22 How our failure can help future generations
04:09 Some kick-ass books to expedite future goodness
If any of the books sounded like future favorites to be sought and collected by and by, the books by name are--
The Groucho Letters
Good Omens
Biting the Sun
American on Purpose
The Lord of the Rings
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#BookRecommendations #nostalgia #millennials #heman #90s #80s #cartoons #transformers #craigferguson #grouchomarx #goodomens #lotr #damnmillenials
youtu.be/Detg5OjMG7k
00:30 Why Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was way cooler than is OC
01:51 Things I didn't hate
05:33 Holmes and Watson as Teaching Tools
07:03 A Case of Identity (Sherlock at what I *hope* is his worst)
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00:24 The Fig Leaf Campaign
01:30 The Problem with Prudes
02:03 The Knowledge-based Solution
02:39 The Etymology of "Pornography" and "Erotica"
03:17 The Artist's intimacy with art
03:49 A sex worker's perspective on pornography / erotica distinctions
04:21 How pornography *can* be inclusive and affirming
05:03 What this all has to do with writers
05:38 Erotica vs. Romance
06:06 Questions to ask when assessing a work for eroticism
Naughty fantasy stories to keep the publisher's lights on by:
*Folklore that F***s by I.C. London*
amazon.com/gp/product/B0BZF9DCC3/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_2?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1
*Multiple Loregasms by I.C. France*
amazon.com/gp/product/B0CN4SQLMC/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_3?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1
And some less than fantastic puppetry (my stage instructor would kill me. On the astronomical chance you see this, sorry, Ms. Steele)
Should you want to know more about the Urban Justice Center as clumsily-but-sincerely mentioned in this video, here's the address at which I found them:
swp.urbanjustice.org
There are other organizations out there who do both similar and great work, but these are the folks who impressed me the most.
If you don't trust me (and who could blame you) / want to read up on similar materials to see if you come to a different conclusion, here are as many sources as I can remember using:
etymonline.com/word/pornography
etymonline.com/word/erotic?ref=etymonline_crossreference
psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evolution-the-self/201104/what-distinguishes-erotica-pornography
philosophytalk.org/shows/erotic-vs-pornographic
medium.com/lessons-from-history/vaticans-fig-leaf-campaign-ac86884b87a9
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fig_leaf
(um, I actually found what look to be some more comprehensive sources *after* I made the video. Sorry about that)
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Whether or not this song made your day or ground your proverbial gears, I'd like to implicate my accomplices like the petty criminal that I am:
Amalgamation, Hiccup
Margaret Pinard:
youtube.com/channel/UC315Rc3qIIC77BW4-lHObVw
Cerulean, Canopy, Warlock
J.D. Estrada Writer:
youtube.com/channel/UCgwnLN0q3ewrxEkvOLI4o5Q
Nutmeg, Chamber
Gunpowder Fiction Plot:
youtube.com/channel/UCWyPjOR4heQ9urvB3eOZJOw
Glitter, Linen, Catawampus
Lindy's Magpie Reads
youtube.com/channel/UC2RvKmaWUzInOnrdPdbITCg
Helium, Moonless, Astrolabe, Saturdays
Randal Eldon Greene:
youtube.com/channel/UC4cOjye-hWsra33QGYF4x_A
Nomex
Hey Y'all Listen Up:
youtube.com/channel/UC2RvKmaWUzInOnrdPdbITCg
Vindaloo
The Nihilist Geek:
youtube.com/channel/UCEeh_PeMzA0DjjZ-IJe8Oog
Scan(s), Flower(s), Key(s)
Joey Paul:
youtube.com/channel/UCoLY_2z60ip93GKmCGcb4Fw
Unexhausted, Flippant
Attention!
youtube.com/channel/UC_7IPEXaZuRlPeE90dFSDbw
(also, a semi-honorable mention to Author Emilee Harris who sent in some sensational words but not quite in time to be identified at the scene of the crime:
youtube.com/channel/UCMVCmvkoFJQRqsRPhf61QCg )
00:01 The context of the crazy lady's song
00:52 The crazy lady's song
04:55 Official close of the video
05:11 Random post-video half-witticism about the 90s
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Some of it concerned books.
If you heard the name of all around better YouTuber, Margaret Pinard and want to know more--
youtube.com/c/MargaretPinard
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Had feelings. Thought they might help someone.
All glory, laud and honor to DSLRguide and the video that inspired this one (may the Lord smite us with money):
youtube.com/watch?v=xm7awfl6hYA&t=106s
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youtu.be/6MRBWKLUwdA
00:35 Historical context (as I remember it)
01:03 The career of LM Boyd
01:34 What it all has to do with this video
01:47 Excerpts from the book (and occasional half-witticisms from me)
05:17 Embarrassed reflections on how little we fact-checked back in the day
05:41 Why a little distraction may be good for your psyche
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00:01 The customary juvenile quips
00:28 Pen name defined (kinda)
01:40 Ghostwriting defined (kinda)
02:25 My publishing faux pas, or the inciting incident for this video
03:09 The result, so far
If you have the inexplicable yearning to investigate the brand for which I am one of a couple ghostwriters, below (should be) a link to same:
amazon.com/dp/B09SF5HY2L?searchxofy=true&binding=kindle_edition&qid=1646304705&sr=1-1
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00:01 An incendiary preamble
00:21 Some historical context featuring Dr. Freud and Mr. Stevenson
01:20 Adaptations and some consistencies between them
01:51 The transformations
02:27 The significance of Hyde's appearance
04:56 The spoiling
05:05 How that spoiling affects the reading of the book
06:08 Why Dr. Jekyll kinda sucks
08:24 A tiny change that would have made him suck less
09:00 How both Nutty Professors fix this
09:53 How an underrated master ends a movie
If you'd not yet read the story of Jekyll and Hyde as penned by Robert Louis Stevenson, it is available here:
literature.org/authors/stevenson-robert-louis/the-strange-case-of-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde
And should you be in need of a 12 step program or the literature thereof...
http://www.markfoster.net/rn/oxford/bigbook.pdf
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youtu.be/GKOfG6LKlz0
Also, story time featuring one, weird-ass literary rejection from my querying days.
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