Good commentary, however, I think you're too critical of other comedians without actually trying to understand why they "believe everyone and everything can be made fun of". Bo Burnham also made a song abt this; called "Sad", and he explores how comedians' joke about the tragedies of society and why it's sociopathic, and it is a little bit, but it's not just "throwing your problems in your face". Obviously, comedy is supposed to be funny, it's social commentary through the lens of entertainment, so in my opinion, nothing SHOULD be off limits, because no one wants to listen to you talking about tragedy seriously, or they don't think they're important enough or qualified enough for it (kind of like Bo Burnhams comedy). I guess what I'm trying to say is you shouldn't dislike comedians for the harsh things they say, and be offended by it, if anything I think you should like them more for being honest about themselves and their opinions. Sorry for the long paragraph, I kinda get why comedians choose to joke about issues now.
Great video. So true about Bo being ultimately sympathetic. The market simply filled a need and now we are left with the internet, something we don't totally understand. We can use it to cope and connect meaningfully, as well as perform and watch the best parts of our lives, with contentment or anxiety. Or all at the same time. I don't really know honestly but I always have a lot to think about after watching Bo Burnham lol. Again great analysis!
Nice song and i never thought much about the meaning. Also bruh Chappelle is an extremely beloved comedian and simply calling him "bad" is just ridicualous.
Love this video!! I've always really loved this song too, it's always felt to me like it actually really respected and validated women, while being really funny. Love the tie in with Eighth Grade at the end too.
Same. I feel like he always has been, to the extent an edgy teen in the early 00's could be, but post-Eighth Grade it has definitely solidified how sympathetic he is.
Definitely because it’s she’s finally opening up and being honest/vulnerable. Goes back to the insta square ratio because the rest are silly posts but the new feeling stays
I’m trans and the trailer had given me the impression it was a coming of age, very new and refreshing and DIFFERENT mystery horror. I thought Maddie was unwell and I cheered for Owen for avoiding impulsive, scary, chaotic choices she presented. When she disappeared and her tv was burning, I thought there it is. The dad murdered Maddie, and this is about Owen discovering what happened to her. Then she came back and I thought, wow, this is very disturbing unreality content about not knowing what’s authentic or real around you, being told to distrust your senses by someone you love but who seems …off. Then Owen aged. Owen was still undeveloped, un-actualised, wheezing like he was slowly suffocating. I’ve always been very scared by the concept that I don’t know what’s real, so for a protagonist to actually be trapped in an unreality nightmare all along, despite how absurd, was terrifying to me. Even when Owen screamed for help, and all the people suspended around them like empty shells without a purpose, the viscera of Owen’s outburst shook me to my core. But it was also at this moment that something else was clicking together unconsciously. I felt like I’d been grabbed and shaken violently after thinking for a long time no one was going to grab me and do that. And I wanted to cry. Not from fear, but from the realisation something was deeply upset tingly wrong and I was only just catching up to that building poison I’d been sipping. I had my own bias of what I’d expect and it meant I was completely clueless about the literal narrative because I was so wrapped up in what was or wasn’t real in the space they existed in. Maybe I’m so disconnected from myself and from my own world to cope because I’m 10 years into transitioning and I’ve been forced by circumstance to be unable to get top surgery this entire time. Suffocating to death and numbing increasingly over time. The film disturbed me in a way I couldn’t verbalise because what it was saying was also humming through every scene like an un shown frequency. I’m out, and I’m transitioned partly. But I’m not actualised. I’m not living or alive in a way. And the total paralysis of Owen’s life is a current reality. Whew But regardless of
Barry jenkins down on his knees looking at all the criterion dvds, saying "this is embarrassing", looks like when a person has masturbated and they look down at all the mess, out of breath, feeling shame
The best people in entertainment are almost invariably the craziest and this video is absolutely unhinged. Also, I feel like there is nothing that couldn’t be improved with more Michael Shannon.
Gotta love the way my wife just walks 14 days pregnant and then easily spits out a baby during the night and then never mentions it again. 9/10, very convenient, wish it was same irl.
I think Wilhelm Dafoe must be a wonderful and nice person. But never trust anything he's in, it will disturb the F out of you. Even in the new spiderman he kills......
Watched it yesterday and damn this movie got into me deep. I know it's never too late, but I'm almost 39 soon and have no idea when I'm ready to follow Maddy to that grave.
For WAGTtWF, Jane Schoenbrun has said that it and IStTVG are two parts of a three part trilogy, each in turn dealing with different eras of the trans experience; the time before the egg crack for World’s Fair, the egg crack in TV Glow, and actually transitioning in the third movie. With that in mind, while I don’t connect to it in the same way that I do with TV glow, the lack of explicit transness in the movie does a good job of showing an uncracked egg’s longing for something deep within themselves with having any idea of what exactly it is that they want. Your videos randomly came up in my recommended section, and they’re really good! Can’t wait to see what you come up with next!
I knew going into Worlds Fair it was early into Jane’s transition so I guess it does make sense in retrospect that’s why I didn’t find it too strong. Maybe I’m just too far removed from my own egg crack moment haha. Regardless can’t wait to see what they do next since it was clear they have such a strong voice regardless. Thanks for your comment 😊
glad it resonated with you. a couple months later i feel much better- all the pieces of me have been put back together and this film changed me for the better.
This film left everything up for your own personal interpretation and maybe that's smart because people are just making this movie out to be whatever they want it to be and loving their own interpretation. The fact is, we don't know what the story even was (as the writer intended it to be) or what actually happened throughout and after the movie ended. We know nothing! =p Isn't that just lazy writing? Like: "We'll evoke emotions through colors and poetic dialogue but include no answers to anything that happens throughout the film!"
