This video essay explores how Wayne from Letterkenny expresses affection through violence. All clips used in this video are from Letterkenny, a Hulu original series. Letterkenny Theme Tune Song: Boy Void by No Age
I like how the fights are incosistent: the other guy either gets knocked the F out immediately, or there is a proper fight. Also, I've read some comment somewhere that Wayne is like Goku in the way he beats up his foes and then they become friends, which is what I appreciates about him.
This video is getting a surprising amount of attention so I just want to say that I made this for a class. I never expected anyone but my professor to see this video. I appreciates anyone who watches this! Thanks!!
I've been hunting clips to try and get my daughter hooked on letterkenny, and this one was sugggested. Great job, and I hope your prof gave you big ups for it!
At first I thought she was going to rip about how all the violence is bad, but I was instead pleasantly surprised. She managed to hit it on the nail that he almost never fights for himself but for those around him
3:28 Wayne somehow has the ability to make his eyes large and squint at the same time. It makes him look a bit insane, but perhaps that's exactly what he was going for. It must murder Jared Keeso to squint like that all the time, but he's committed to the role, and that's what I appreciates about him.
As a rural texan myself, I can see where you're coming from on the average hometown man in rural towns getting their work done, and then relaxing with a cold beer and good friends. That was my life for the better part of a year before the virus slowed up a lot of this town's economy which, unfortunately, is hinged on manual labor. All in all, this was a really good video. I hope you got an A!
I live in a rural Canadian city on the opposite side of Canada but it's still the same here, you made some good points and observations , good job. This is a great show a lot of us can relate to, stand up for friends and family, funny as well and I think very well done.
first season was him -not- fighting anyone because his ex made him promise not to, and finally giving in after getting cheap shot insults from anyone felt like it. so, upon advice, he let it go and re-assumed his ‘title’ as toughest guy in letterkenny.
I am a new fan but one of the things I have noticed is that there like levels of Wayne's prep for fighting, like the full Donnybrook beatdown requires a swing of whiskey, standing up and unbuttoning the cuffs, anyone else notice that? Also great vid!
Very well written! I found it extremely enlightening and a pleasure to watch. I think we all have a bit of Wayne’s spirit in them. But then again I’m a Texan too!
Outstanding analysis. This is a beautiful look at how violence could be an act of love (only in SUPER limited contexts). I appreciated your connection to the show from your experience in Texas. I lived in rural Ohio for 7 years and this show hits soooo close to home that it makes me nostalgic and long for those old days. Keep on rocking it!
I speak not having studied English since 1987. Scrape is like the noun version of the verb scrap. Let’s scrap. Are we gonna scrap? I got in a scrape. We’ve had some scrapes over the years. But you could also say we scrapped last week. Scrape is also typically a generic term used to describe a close call with a negative outcome. Honestly, either way works for me. I’m not really a scrapper myself...:)
I'm from rural Kentucky and the feel of this show strikes home with me for sure. We just discovered the show a couple of months ago, binged 7 seasons in 2 weeks, now everybody in my family talks in Letterkenny slang. Love the show and love the video too. Good job on your class project. I suggest you let that marinate.
I really just fell into this and it is great. The thing is that the stiffness of the school work meshes wonderfully with the humor of the show. I loved it!
Let me just say.. I’m a Canadian. I’m an Albertan not an Ontarian, but “Letterkenny feels like home” is on of the most relatables things I’s heard all day
Every slight, or wrong, a man endures that is initiated by another man, can be corrected thru swift and ferocious violence....in addition, it actually feels good to inflicted severe physical damage upon a man who has it comin to him....
Lot of small rural farm towns are like that. Mine was only 1/5 the size of Letterkenny. But my best friend from 4th grade was from a fight. My 3 best friends from 7th grade were from when one was being threatened by 3 and stepped in on his side without knowing him. Great job.
I don't know how I ended up on this video but honestly, if you do another summary on another show I would absolutely watch it. This was pretty damn enlightening. Good work
i cant help but feel like the character of Wayne fits the archetype of the jewish Golem. a staunch defender of the community who protects those he deems as his people though is never looks for a fight and does want to have no conflict, though is ready to throw punches and isn't afraid to be the first one to.
im a fellow native texan. and ive never been particularly fond of violence as a strategy, putting me at odds with this essay. still, i think your points are really interesting and ring pretty true. i really like the idea of violence being used as a means to express affection, and it just clicked for me that my brother is in a similar position as you place Wayne in this video, though our circle is admittedly much larger, and my brother, thusly, much less influential than Wayne. i really appreciate this video, short as it is for a video essay in a RU-vid where people frequently publish multi-hour intellectual dives (which i love, dont get me wrong) but i dont think you needed many hours for this, and i think the only thing i wouldve changed about this video is maybe including more footage from the show to support your argument more explicitly, difficult as that mightve been due both to copyright, and Wayne's own recalcitrance.
Letterkenny is a great show for anyone who grew up in a small rural town. Hick is peart near universal from Appalachia to Texas to the mid west to fuckin Leafland
So well said and articulated so perfectly I’m a 55-year-old man grew up in Philadelphia live in California I feel the same way I relate to him sort of like you do just wanna get the job done relax with my friends have a beer to talk shit and leave everybody alone but if need be…… I enjoyed your observations did a wonderful job YOU have a wonderful day. thanks!
Jon Burd Good point! From my perspective Wayne started fighting again because someone disrespected his sister as well as a member of his community at the end of the first episode. I think he makes his way back up the tough ranking in order to gain the respect of the community and ability to protect it. That isn’t to say that he doesn’t enjoy fighting, but I believe that it is largely rooted in protecting those he loves and his town.
Wayne is a stoic sheepdog to use a contemporary metaphor. The burden of being a defender is that people will force you to defend that role. Alternatively, you are asked to play out that role. Two different things. For an elemental, masculine character like Wayne, the first circumstance is a means to an end which opens up the fairly common occurrence that you end up befriending the challenger, depending on whether the fight is fair. Honor between combatants includes that they realize the ultimate goal is defending their clan. That is why his challengers often join Wayne in donnybrooks with threatening interlopers (the second reason for scraps). Establishing a toughness hierarchy and honorable alliances is part of communal stability and defense. All of this is essential, timeless human interplay, something completely missed and rationalized away by urban snowflakes to their detriment, and I suggest you let that marinate. Wayne is, as it is hard to say in soft company, The Man, which is whats I appreciates abouts him.
Hi, this video is a few years old at this point but I thought I'd say a few words as a rural Canadian myself, I have always sort of seen Texas as being similar to how we treat eachother out here, we treat our family and friends with respect, we love em and fight for em even if sometimes we hate em, and especially when we don't know how to tell em, it's just how communities are here, I lived in a bigger city for a while now but my heart will always be back in a little town of around 200 people where everyone knows everyone and we all are willing to pitch in and help eachother
Livin in rural Tennessee and yep, letterkenny definitely feels familiar
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Just found this vid. Spot on. When I was a kid we moved from the suburbs to a farming county. Not community, the whole county in Michigan we moved to farmed. I've been around some tough S.O.B.s from cities, but the country boys, especially on the big farms, I ain't messing with. Those guys will have your back in a heartbeat, but do not piss them off. Many a good nights around a Michigan fall bonfire with a few good dudes and some beer and whiskey. Ever see Blazing Saddles??? If not, there's a scene where Mongo played by former Detroit Lion Alex Karras is coming to town. Everybody is scared of him. Sheriff Bart played by Clevon Little thinks he's just gonna go take care of Mongo being the law, so he grabs his gun. That's when the Waco Kid played by the legendary Gene Wilder hits Bart with this line: "No, no, no. Don't do that. Don't shoot him. If you shoot him you'll only make him mad." That's what farm boys remind me of. They'll whip you, then they'll go to work on you.
Also note that almost everyone Wayne has fought or had issue with has become an Ally...And that is epitomized by the ending of the 9th season when Wayne gathers the Hicks, the Hockey Players, the MMA Fighters, the Natives, the Skids, the McMurphys and various others to help defend Katie...
