makuris reblogged
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- naughty dog’s game design is outdated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