@Drawing Donuts Duwang is the fan-given nickname for what used to be the only English translation available of the fourth part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Diamond is Unbreakable. It is widely known for being a fairly poor translation of the original and is said to have been done by a single person in a very short amount of time.
I'd push back against this somewhat. There's a rather cowardly streak in contemporary art of creating art that says _nothing_. It's 'up to you!' to interpret what you want to take away from it. Often it's branded as counter-cultural and avant-garde, but in reality, it's empty. In this emptiness, it's marketable, consumable, lowest-common-denominator- it confronts people with nothing, so is readily appropriated by hegemonic corporate power. Rosencreutz did a great video on this- 'Financing Silence' (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Fly6nXhQI20.html) I mention this to _contrast_ this to Stauber- because Stauber emphatically does the _opposite_ of this. His work is SMOTHERED in implicit, didactic meaning. It _yells_ it at you- it's unignorable. Yes, he does not explain it metatextually, but that's not because ye lets the viewer 'interpret however they want'- it's because his art _speaks for itself_. You _can't_ interpret it however you want, because the author's intended interpretation is so blatantly spoken in the art itself. Not to say that this meaning is obvious- on the contrary, it's near exclusively obfuscated- but so too is a dark tunnel obfuscated. Despite this, for those adventurous to plumb it's depths, the tunnel can only lead them in a singular, intentional, direction.
My favorite part about this is how Abigail gently holds the fig while it unloads its emotions. Also that weird moan the old men keep making is so creepy, love it.
My understanding is that when the salt shakers say that "the fig said something horrible about Abigail" and she goes to the fig, the fig never says anything at her directly, which means technically the fig DIDN'T say anything bad about her. This means that the salt shakers made that up so that she would get immediately mad and silence the fig before it could speak the truth about her cooking show and the creeps who make and fund it.
I really like that the voice that speaks what they feel and seems to be the core of why "abigail" wanted to cook in the first place is a fig, one of the earliest cultivated foods by people according to what we currently know about anthropology. it could be a coincidence, but a fig seems like a very specific choice and something you wouldn't typically see in your kitchen, or even, say, your average cooking video on youtube or tiktok
One time I saw 1:04 in a nightmare and had to stop listening to this song. Today Is the first time I've rewatched it in a LONG TIME and I had forgotten until now. Thanks Jack stauber for making some of the best music that simultaneously scares the shit out of me and brings me great joy!!
Wait... YOU TOO?? I thought it was just me, but I never had nightmares about it. In my unconscious state I didn't think anything of it so I just forgot about it the next day- This comment brought back so many memories of when I watched Jack's channel all the time Thank you :)
@@sftmochii omg im happy to know I wasn't the only one!! Tbh my dreams used to be alot more frequent with what I was hyperfixating over at the time XD. Not so much anymore but, im happy this comment reached out to you!!!
Those creepy old men at the window make it seem to me that although poor Abigail is trying to run an innocent cooking show, the main demographic of her watchers aren't interested in the cooking aspect so much as the hostess herself.
This is definitely the most plausible theory, with the fig saying “your dream to cook is founded on misguided hopes”, as the camera zooms in on an old man in a photo staring at Abigail. And also, the money sliding under the door after the lyrics “pretty apron”. And also, the old man at the beginning making a binoculars gesture with his hands, which has a very stalker-y connotation.
My theory is that Abigail never liked cooking, and her dad always wanted her to be a cook so he trained her to believe she loved cooking. She starts a cooking show, and by now, she genuinely loves cooking and is very good at it. But everyone who watches it only loves her “pretty apron” (pretty body & face) and the fig is her inner feelings about all of this. The salt is her father/ family. The money is all the funds she gets from the show.
Yeah imma add something to this. The people who keep showing up randomly at the window are viewers of the show and her smashing the eggs is her frustration about the whole thing. Also shown by the fig. The smoke at the end is her going mad and burning the kitchen down . If I sound too invested in this whole thing it's just because I love to theorise on stuff like this
Even though this video is only a minute and 35 seconds, does anyone feel that it somehow gets longer as you rewatch it. When I first watched it, it seemed to go by pretty fast. On subsequent watches I was more in tune with the repetitive nature of the lyrics, the long pauses without words, and the off putting stares from the salt shakers, Abigail, and the creepy old men in the window. I dont know if this is a coincidence or not but the fig is the only one that does not stare either directly at the camera or even at Abigail. Its almost like he knows the truth of Abigail's predicament but he afraid to say it because he knows the repercussions (Abigail potentially taking her own life). He manages to sneak a peak in when he says PLEASE forgive me, possibly pointing to Abigail not being able to run from her intrusive thoughts/fears/doubts, any longer. Anyways, just an interesting thought I had. This video is art.
Fig: **being depressed** Salt and sugar cubes: yo Abigail, I think the fig be talking shit Edit (Oct 2021): I made this comment almost a year ago and I still get notifications for it- lmao
Abigail loved to cook and worked very hard to succeed as a chef. She was found by tv execs (the weird old men) who made more of a spectacle than a cooking show (colorful dinners, pretty apron). The show ironically isn’t really about the food, but it brings in lots of money. The old men watching her are the TV execs making sure she continues to do what she’s supposed to, and the food suffers as a result (sad fig). Even though Abigail makes good money, the show isn’t a true fulfillment of her dreams or representative of her accomplishments.
Honestly one of my favorite things is the way the lip quivers on the fig. It looks so genuinely pained, and seems so genuinely sad for Abigail. It's incredible the emotion Jack can put on a piece of clay fruit.
Does anybody else find it crazy that most of Jack Staber's videos are almost all about one to two minutes long but it feels like a full experience when watching one.
My therory: I think that abigail is being groomed into marriage with a older man as you can see that she has a younger face and looks like she about 20 while he is all wrinkled and kinda gross to look 40-70. Abigail wants to persue her life as a chef/cook but can’t given her abusive relationship with this older man making it hard for her to cook, the fig saying that “it cant serve any longer” are her true emotions. adding to this theory is that the fig said her dream to cook is all based on “misguided hopes” then shows the old mans face in her cooking photo. In the part where the fig is talking sadly while she is singing represents her life, sad but faking a smile or ignoring her sadness. Then the old man/men come up witch I believe are this abusers comments about her show/dream until everything stops and she quits her dream and settles down with this older man, holding her back from her dreams.
Abigail suffers with schizophrenia, she wishes she had her own show so she cooks at home and pretends while her grandfather watches over her in case she goes through an episode. He also gives her an allowance since he's probably her only legal guardian and functioning adult in her life. The salt represents her anxiety and the fig represents her depression. The talking with inanimate objects is the schizophrenia.
Abigail:*vibing* Salts:FIG SAID BE TALKING STOOPID STUFF TO U MA’AM Fig:*spiting out his feelings and stuff* Abigail:?👄? Me:boi fig spitting out his sweet lil words and u like boi wAt
Did anyone notice the crossed fingers in the background when the fig comes in at any moment of the video? Crossed fingers usually mean that a person is lying, so the fig might have lied about what he feels.
Actually, only shows it at the lines "that I can't survey any longer". So the misguided hopes are true, but he's lying about not surveying it. He might regret doing it, though. It explains many things for me
@soba Its not just female streamers for instance Robert pattson has been sexualized by his fan base since the beginning of his career. Granted it has gotten better for him but its still something he had to deal with.
I thought it was her dad trying to get her to do a useful career but she insists on cooking. She thinks he’s being mean but the fig was his actual feelings that she subconsciously knows.
@@reallifebartsimpson8829 I like that interpretation. Yeah, the fig feels like it more or less embodies the idea of a "concerned friend or family member" could be dad, could be a brother, a close gal pal, etc.
i had a dream last night this song got extended on jack's next micropop ep. after the reprise of the intro, we got another "the fig said somethinf horrible about you" and the fig talked about it seems like abigail missed cooking after some months passed and she left behind the show. then have a weird bridge part i forget how the rest goes but it was cool while also disturbing
Top 5 snitches: 5. My brother 4. Candice (from phineas and ferb ) 3. Julia 2. That kid at school THAT I ACCIDENTALLY KNOCKED INTO 1. *the salt shakers and those freaking sugar cubes*
Love the theories here. Vibe I get is Abigail's dream might be to have a cooking show or at least entertain, and there are people present who're just in it for looking at her body. They dehumanize her and are distant from the idea of innocent fun and sharing art with others. They also tip well. The fig being honest with her is her own conscience telling her that her dreams are pure but the hopes she for her cooking are not sustainable, but even in feeling that truth she continues to cook despite seeing the reality peeking in at her. If this is the case its about the death of innocence in a young adult.
I think this is the one. This has been in my head at least once per week for the past 4 years now. Every time there’s a moments silence ………”COOKING WITH ABIGAIL HAVING SUCH FUN”
It’s the fact that after the fig says his true feelings, Abigail starts reacting to the song lyrics. when it says “ walking around in a pretty apron” she frowns at the words before going back to that happy smile. And the fact her head is bobbing and leaning is almost as if she is getting lackadaisical and crushing the eggs. She is starting to care less and less about the cooking show. It’s not like people care, all they want to do is ogle at her
So theory time: Abigail is Claire. When she grew up, she decided to get into cooking due to her connection to the burger place advertisement across from her home. Eventually, she got a TV show and decided to go by Abigail on the show to create this character of herself (and because “Opal” was already taken by “Opal’s Burgers”). The producers are shown through the old men throughout the video that’s behind HER portrait of HER award (showing that the producers were the ones who gave her that reward in the first place) and the money being given to her by them. The salt shakers represent her three family members leaching from her business and disregarding Claire’s own doubts (which is represented in the plum within this video). Later, the show is shut down due to Claire either leaving on her own to leave her intoxicating family finally or because Claire got sick of everything and literally burnt the studio down.
Or this video could have merits on it's own instead of being tied to an existing one. Could you imagine if everyone refused to value Opal on it's own and instead said it's just some random callback to a different one? Saying "oh this is Claire" adds nothing to this short and is based on nothing at all, there's not a single hint within the video that it's Claire.
theory: gordan ramsay is making abigail cook for him and giving her some big boy bucks oh yeah and the fig knows the truth that’s great. this is honestly my fav anime
If the fig is meant to represent her inner feelings I think it’s very interesting how the fig “saying something horrible about her” is just the fig expressing its emotions.
I think it's way more likely that this video is an expression of the fear of money controlling your art than it is a literal story about a cook named Abigail. I mean, I don't know how Jack's mind works, but I really think you guys need to shift your perspective a bit.
The salt and the fig represent her feelings. The old men represent the greedy corporation she works for which runs the cooking show. There are things she doesn't like about doing the show, she feels like she lost the reason why she started in the first place. She feels exhausted. She feels like she can't speak up for herself and wonders if she should quit but instead she ignores her feelings. So she keeps doing it for the money and pretending to be happy.
I personally think the salt shakers represent the corporate as it says “purify the figs (her feelings) rot.” The old men represent the viewers I think that only watch her for her looks (“walking around in a pretty apron”) which ads to her unhappiness in her feelings.
Same and I think the fig actually represents her true feelings but the other things like the salt shaker is her pushing those away and continuing the show or it's the greedy corporation keeping and forcing her to continue and pushing her true feelings away
This is such a fabulous video! Stauber is able to create a great sense of dread and wonder in less than two minutes, with more than a third of it being the fun façade of the tv show. The use of musical tones is fabulous at expressing the presence of some darker forces at work. Such a fun and creative piece!
im pretty sure this is not sexual at all. Its just noticing how seemingly innocent shows/personalities are the product of corporate formulas. Abigail's cooking show isnt dependent on her cooking dream, just the money she generates.
This theory seems possible! Because the old guys could actually represent the bosses behind big corporations. If this is actually a symbolic video and not some random video.
Wicked Candy ima have nightmares about the old men cause of my theory dude Here’s a real theory for ya I thinks it’s about sexualizing little girls and the “pretty apron” symbolized that and the old men are hungry for it 😖
Well my thought is that Abigail is a housewife who cooks in desire to please her husband, and her negative thoughts towards herself and what she believes others think of her manifests in her ingredients. She obviously slices up those ingredients, as a way of “killing” those negative thoughts or “purifying the rot”, but it never works, and every time she cooks with new things it comes back.
