I haven't watched the show, but the topics you talked about and the questions you reached were very intriguing. I watched the whole thing. What do we do when we sad? It is a question I think any of us have to answer on our own as one answer would not satisfy the other. I can't say I know the answer for myself as clear as I would like. Though, your video helps me think about it. Thank you for your video and your thoughts.
I remember watching this film as a kid late one night in the 90s and I loved the almost liminal atmosphere throughout, especially the feel of his workplace
ive watched this show 6 times over and over again, and everytime i learn something new. the last episode i took into heart because my grandma told me something similar before she died. i get remembered of her everytime i watch that episode. I appreciate the midnight gospel so much.
Something to satisfy your Ben Stiller/director fix, would be to check out “Escape At Dannemora”(2018). Seven episodes based on the real life prison break (is Stiller on a break-out theme?). Streaming on Paramount +.
Excellent overview and insights. One of my most favorite show seasons ever. Adam Scott's portrayal of Mark was so devastating, and much I could/can identify with. As you mention, Ben Stiller, and the amazing supporting cast and writing ... what a show.
Thanks for this video Andrew and for your honesty and vulnerability in sharing your personal experience with sadness, angst and longing in this life. Glad you are here watching with us and I for one am definitely cheering you on!
You have an amazing talent for voice over. I truly enjoyed watching this and your commentary on one of my favorite shows. Please continue producing these the world needs more of these and less TikTok dances!
You can never stop trying, that's the purpose of life. Thank you for such a thought provoking and intimate analysis of Severance. Much like with you, the show left me pondering similar life questions. How would I manage if I lost my wife like Mark S? I would be absolutely irreparably broken. My heart would be shattering into an infinite amount of pieces. How would others see me? As raw and as transparent as I could possibly be, which is how I live now. That isn't always the best for everyone's ears. But pure human emotion cannot be ignored. I connected with Mark's character because I too have experienced loss in many ways. The one thing I have learned in the process and during the journey; is that you can never stop trying, that's the purpose of life. Once we stop trying, we die.
If real, I'd choose not to sever, despite everything that I've been through. When you're sticking out a difficult shift at work, knowing what you have at home, who you are, what you are, is the ultimate carrot on a stick no company could hope to replace. Sacrificing that knowledge ultimately leads to rediscovering it. You can't scoop out your soul and still expect to function just the same.
I wondered why Dylan would take a job like this when he has a kid, but I’m wondering now if he’s a single parent and it’s the only way he can provide for his kid, or alternatively, he doesn’t have full custody of his kid so maybe the job makes waiting for the next visit easier.
That was a great video - thanks! There is an interview with Dan Erickson where he talks about how Ben Stiller recognized that the core of the Mark character, and the core of the show, is pain, sadness, and loss. And how Ben then guided the show away from the surreal Terry Gilliam type script into the Severance we know and love. They also say that Severance is a very INTP/INFP show, and your closing thoughts are very similar to what is discussed in "The Productive INTP" book by Paul Peters. I'm not sure if Dan is an INTP or ENTP, but the influence of INFP Ben ensures that the show is very Introvert oriented.
I just finished my third viewing and came to youtube and found your video, great work and subbed. I think Nathan 100% punches down, the most extreme version of that in this particular show is when he basically BROKE the guy in the raising canes/inheritance episode. While re-watching it tonight I nearly was brought to tears. He seemed like a nice person that might have some substance abuse problems and they sent him directly into a simulated torture chamber. He quite literally just abruptly leaves the show and the entire time you could tell in the simulated 'Raising Canes' restaurant he was buckled on drugs and extremely anxious. This episode went to far for me personally and truly felt like torture. You could argue that it was ultimately a bomb, because the person just LEFT the show and sent Nathan on a wild goose chase to find him at a carnival (probably because hes so made at nathan he thinks hes a clown) to eat sweet treats to only have his phone die and never ever speak to him again. Great show but that one definitely had me feeling weird about all of this. It's one thing to toy with someone like from the first episode or the simulated mother, but you're playing with some real fire and psychological warfare on that canes dude. I still watched it because it is fascinating but the entire time I was crushed.
I want to follow up that the reason why the show is good outside of the obvious reasons is quite literally the 1st episode. Where he takes a subject and forces him to confront his greatest fear. And the show from that point just progresses to be more and more outrageous. It's a fantastic piece of work, the madness grows to the point of where you start questioning reality through out the show and I think that this is Nathans goal, this is HBO and a multi-million dollar production, they didn't just shoot this stuff and put it together randomly.
Need to tighten up your very clear talking points and misunderstanding, when you say things like I don't really understand Nathan nor do I care to look into it (despite the fact you just put together a 10min video based on him and his show) all while getting INSANELY introspective about it and follow that same exact sentence asking if we're watching a magic trick, tells everyone with half a brain that you are a A) Really into it or B) Regurgitating what you already saw others say about the show. Not down with that at all, the flow the logic all of it.
@@andewr all good, Joe Frank was compensated after suing them; and it seems the writer barely ever worked again after that. Despite the drama, I agree the movie's great.
Just came across this series. I finished it, and all I can think is what if I had went my whole life and passed away having never experienced this perfection?!
