What the Kardashians Reveal About American Values

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America’s royal family, the Kardashians, are a mirror of our contemporary values. Critics may dismiss them as just reflecting the most cynical of those values, but the Kardashians are a revealing portrait of America in our present moment: they personify an All-American sentimentality for family and the family business; they espouse an individualism bordering on narcissism through their radical embrace of the selfie; and they sell a glamour ideal that glorifies work and self-invention. While Keeping Up With The Kardashians wraps up in 2021, Kim Kardashian is reported to have officially become a billionaire, and Kylie Jenner’s social media and makeup empires are taking over the world -- signaling that the power of the Kardashian dynasty will continue to morph and grow. Here’s our Take on how the Philosophy of the Kardashians reflects American ideals and why they’re such geniuses at keeping up with the culture.
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@thetake 3 года назад

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@emmafrostnr.1fan662 3 года назад

Can you make a trope about “Asian female dragon ” usually if there is an Asian girl in hollywood she’s always good with swords or a ninja... some names: Mulan, Psylocke from Xmen, Katana from Suicide squad, The Wolverine Yukio, Raya the Last Dragon - Raya etc

@andreylucass 3 года назад

This family ruined my Kanye.

@JP-br4mx 3 года назад

I am very disappointed in you. In your last video Judas and the Black Messiah you talked about how capitalism is bad which I agree with. Capitalism is the enemy of socialisms now celebrating those fake girl boss, capitalists, and culture vultures. They made an empire of exploiting the black community, making women feel insecure about their flaws, and promoting unhealthy lifestyle but I guess that has always been the American way!

@changyou 3 года назад

@@emmafrostnr.1fan662 I.

@changyou 3 года назад

@@emmafrostnr.1fan662 I.

@fatmaslh6306 3 года назад

The Kardashians created beauty standards they can't keep up with it themselves LMAO

@bubblegumloading__________7817 3 года назад

Well said!!!! Snake eating it’s own tail’

@adamovalkwiak4127 3 года назад

Omg yesss

@AnaLu07 3 года назад

This is one of the best comments i've ever seen👏👏 You should win an Oscar.

@lauralvw8445 3 года назад

Kim pushing Kylie to be honest about her lips, then LYING about her but seconds later.......

@mgdkns6678 3 года назад

@@AnaLu07 Comments should win Oscars now?! 🤦🏻‍♀️

@Paulagonia 3 года назад

Imagine having all the money in the world, all the procedures, all the professionals available at you still think you need photoshop to be beautiful

@suzannax 3 года назад

Conditional love from parents and high public scrutiny leads to immense insecurity.

@GabrielRodrigues-ro1ep 3 года назад

There's only so much surgery can do lol

@12harrypotterfan34 3 года назад

It's honestly kind of sad that they felt the need to do that to themselves (especially the two Jenner girls at such a young age). But they've also made an absurd amount of money by promoting ridiculous "beauty" standards to young women, so I can't feel too sorry for them.

@kaushikikar1013 3 года назад

True and Thanks ☺️😁👍

@shekwaga 3 года назад

Spot on. It's like the more insecure they get.

@1MegArbo 3 года назад

Image Over Substance: the American ideal in a nutshell

@haminationaminator6366 3 года назад

All I ever wanted to be and wanna be is a Kardashian. And this is coming from a 28yo burly brown guy from Pakistan :P

@3katfox 3 года назад

Accurate.

@mgdkns6678 3 года назад

America invented fast food, coca cola and popcorn. Empty crap. Worked then and works now too.

@JLynnEchelon 3 года назад

Vapid and whiny. Sounds about right.

@missbelle_elle 3 года назад

BIBLE SO LIKE TRUE

@Emily-gp3ox 3 года назад

I'm actually astonished and disappointed that The Take didn't discuss how the Kardashian name first entered the lexicon: the OJ Simpson trial. Their father Robert was part of OJ's defense team and making god knows how much money defending a murderer. That trial is arguably one of the most influential, "American" crimes about greed, lust, sports, race, class, sex, and violence. So when Kim's tape came out, there was already so much history and intrigue baked into her namesake. It was one of the most covered trials of all time, practically made for TV. You can't talk about the Kardashians while leaving out the OJ Simpson connection, it's part of the sinister underbelly of southern California and their "American royal family" story.

@kittykittybangbang9367 3 года назад

What's worst about the OJ Simpson trial is that when I saw a video about people reacting to when OJ was found not guilty, all the white people seem to be upset while the black people seem to be happy.

@dlalalabu5956 3 года назад

@@kittykittybangbang9367 i dont live in usa can u explain

@veronicaaccouche1478 3 года назад

I agree with you totally and remember the trial although I was young but I would personally stress more that Robert Kardashian Senior was her father. I don't watch their programme but it doesn't seem like they talk about him much. I don't think he Robert Snr would approve, especially all the plastic surgery.

@jo_jo_jo 3 года назад

A teacher at the university was speaking about how beauty standards are getting more and more unatainable and she said something that I've found very sad and true: "People are not ugly. They are just poor". Now everytime I meet someone not very pretty, I try to think about the situation of that person beforehand.

@tonyabrookes9931 3 года назад

This! Stress and pain and trauma show on people

@devilinred3319 3 года назад

Funny fact: Thats also a Mexican phrase... grandmas used a lot, at leats in the south of México

@jo_jo_jo 3 года назад

@Winter Kun The problem is that if that you are rich, you can choice whether you want to be ugly or not. However, poor people don't have that chance.

@alim.9801 2 года назад

Yeah. It hit me one time when I thought I sucked at makeup and then got a couple new actual nice products and realized the cheap makeup was the issue, not me. And it's expensive to stay fit, need time and money to go the gym and prepare healthy food. There were years I couldn't even really afford produce or meat. I wasn living off peanut butter and microwave quesadillas that were just tortillas and cheese. So many ways being poor holds you back. (I'm still fairly poor but thankfully at this time I'm able to buy better food and fuel my body better and I'm extremely grateful for it and to be able to cook good nourishing meals).

@alim.9801 2 года назад

@Winter Kun I bet you're nice looking don't worry 🥰

@wutanglza1235 3 года назад

While I don't hate the Kardashians I think it is hugely problematic to portray them as role models. Their use of plastic surgery and photoshop to look "perfect" and their promotion of dangerous laxatives to lose weight is seriously harmful for young girls. And I think "hustle culture" is toxic.

@kirankaur5056 3 года назад

Hustle culture is also ignorant to the very real systemic issues that prevent people from achieving their life goals despite unbelievable hard work

@ouinoelle Год назад

Oh my godddd

@AlexClementine 3 года назад

Wow. Y'all just brushed pass the fact that appropriation is the foundation of their brand real quick.

@periodicnostalgia 3 года назад

Say it louder for the vultures in the back!

@femmeviews 3 года назад

And the fact that this was narrated by the Black woman....🙃

@kikilari 3 года назад

@@femmeviews Are you serious..? How ironic!

@afrosensei5308 3 года назад

Okay? It was like bloop, we covered that! Movin' on!

@femmeviews 3 года назад

@@kikilari Girl no one fetishizes and puts them more on a pedestal than Black girls lol

@EveryFairyDies 3 года назад

Your original premise is flawed. You state they personify the American dream of working hard and becoming successfully rich. They were already rich. They already had the necessary social connections. This continued presentation of families and people like the Kardashians as those who have striven and succeeded does more to blame the poor for their situation and ignore broader social issues such as abusive homes, drug addiction, mental and physical health problems, and a minimum wage too low for a person to survive on.

@marajade9573 2 года назад

That's precisely why they represent America so well.

@georgetyree5641 3 года назад

This video is weak. You kept mentioning all these screwed up philosophies they represent and you pulled your punches everytime. This channel has countless great videos investigating feminism and sexism in American media, but with the Kardashians you just play chicken? The idea that they "made beauty more attainable" by normalizing plastic surgery is insane. It perfectly represents how they feed off our cultures twisted obsession with female beauty, and you just glossed over it. Y'all are better than this.

@alexsmith2910 3 года назад

Thank you. Couldn't of said it better.

@romanmanner 3 года назад

Name one culture that isn't obsessed with beauty. They only differ in their conception of it. How else do you think we got to 7.5 billion humans?

@LadyLilith1015 3 года назад

it's because they're women, so they get a pass. If they were men imposing those very same beauty standards, however... 👀 do you see the white feminism? because is so ducking obvious in this video that it blinds my vision 🤮

@anastasiawidana 3 года назад

@@LadyLilith1015 mhh i see what you mean now.. they try sometimes though but not in this video clearly

@nomenome856 3 года назад

@@romanmanner perhaps every culture apart from American. NOBODY is this obsessed with trash TV.

@beccabraiman 3 года назад

Am I the only one who felt like playing the aspirational, happy music towards the end was a weird tone to strike after the other content in that video? Like you just said they financially benefited from encouraging women’s insecurity and stealing Black people’s bodies/style/etc, but now I’m supposed to feel upbeat about their ~sisterhood~?

@LadyLilith1015 3 года назад

exactly is like glossed over and I don't even know that the point about this shitty video was about. Are we suposed to feel inspired by them? how? they are not relatable to anyone because they're filthy rich, fake and commercial. This is so wrong in so many levels lol. But let's just support them because they're women and -white- girl power I guess(?

@yourtypicalinternetcommenter11 3 года назад

I was so confused with this video’s upbeat music and mixed messages :/

@beautyandfashion1563 3 года назад

exactly

@kahldrialeighsun1208 3 года назад

Kept waiting and waiting for the "take" until the video was over. This felt more like a commercial for their content.

@rohithpadikkal7082 3 года назад

That is so fucking true

@chloelorrin212 3 года назад

I am so impressed how Kris Jenner managed to make multi million or even billion dollar personalities and models out of daughters with no specific talent or anything edit: It wasn´t meant to be offensive and of course they have a special talent for management and entertainment.There are just a lot of people with a lot more talent who don´t get the same recognition(my personal opinion)

@YouTuberOnlineNow 3 года назад

The sex tape showed some talent.

@JaneDoe-ks2kc 3 года назад

@@RU-vidrOnlineNow Not really.

@Trxpamvs 3 года назад

@@RU-vidrOnlineNow sex tape was trash asf lmfao

@idontevenhaveapla7224 3 года назад

As much as we can be mad, the woman is fucking intelligent. They're here because they make a good show.

@shenadarling50 3 года назад

Hey the whole family is filled with geniuses they wouldn't be that rich they weren't. You need to give them credit where credit is due.

@tashibalampkin8555 3 года назад

They use black culture. Did y'all miss the interview Tyga did with Nicki Minaj where he admitted when he was "dating" Kylie he exposed her to black women fashion and culture, which no doubt has influenced her.

@doctordl7757 3 года назад

I find it strange how some black men will grab a white woman and groom her to look more like a black woman. Yet those same men refuse to date black women. It's like they want the image of a black woman with the delivery of another race.

@tashibalampkin8555 3 года назад

@@doctordl7757 You got it. That's how it's with some black men.

@kairelvictoria2148 3 года назад

@@doctordl7757 Subconsciously I believe it's because they want a Black Woman, Are suffering with internalised self hate and do not care to heal that within themselves.

@jeremyborno6502 3 года назад

@@mastercleanseNOTdiet Kitten Heels has nothing to do with gdumn topic of the Kartrashians.

@Lafemmefutile 3 года назад

@@doctordl7757 And that race should be the farthest from black. Even if these guys date an Indian or asian, it will be a white one, not the dark skin ones, unless that person is mixed with black.

@jounalehtio2317 3 года назад

I Think im gonna need a real life xanax after watching this.

@VeeLondon1449 3 года назад

The Kardashians/Jenners have set a "standard" of beauty they themselves can't even keep up with.. That's funny 🤭😁😂

@haneen8224 3 года назад

their "standard of beauty" is stolen from the black community

@hush4206 3 года назад

@@haneen8224 SAY It LOUD sis

@Xara_K1 3 года назад

They havent set a standard of beauty. They have whitewashed black women's physiques and features and the world has accepted it bcoz the world is antiBw

@tracytabitha 3 года назад

haha this is nice wordplay

@hush4206 3 года назад

@@Xara_K1 preach

@sabrinacourt7084 3 года назад

u guys should of done toxic takeaway from the Kardashians instead tbh...

@dorisplc1935 3 года назад

Yessss

@yumemilee 3 года назад

Maybe this way K fans will watch and unbrainwash themselves...

@marszawa 3 года назад

yeah, this was horribly optimistic...

@danmurphy257 3 года назад

Not sure RU-vid would let you post a video that many hours long

@PokhrajRoy. 3 года назад

The fact that there’s academic research on the Kardashians is just brilliant! And it’s called ‘Kimposium’ OMG WOW 😂

@igbadominicana 3 года назад

I was looking for it.

@Embrinna 3 года назад

For real!?

@SauleNewell 3 года назад

It's probably part of Media Studies, which is a new academic field. I love that it exists, and is on the rise. I wish we had this field in France, too

@johnjohnson3709 3 года назад

I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic or serious.

@igbadominicana 3 года назад

@@johnjohnson3709 RU-vid it. It’s real. That’s where they took fragments from as you can see in this video.

@roza2633 3 года назад

this feels way too sympathetic and appreciative of this entire family.. peak liberal feminism

@alexsmith2910 3 года назад

Exactly. Who paid for this propaganda.

@idab9958 3 года назад

This whole video is white feminism in a nutshell. They really chickened out on discussing how the K's built their entire empire on cultural appropriation.

@kingcyrusthegreat3887 3 года назад

yeah i like the take but this shit was a bit ODD has FUCK

@3katfox 3 года назад

Excuse me???? Liberal feminism critiques cultural appropriation, capitalist beauty standards and maintaining the status quo. Basically EVERYTHING the kardashians, and their brand, is built on. Ffs caitlin jenner is trying to run as a republican and kanye and kim both went crawling to Trump. Sit TF down. You don't have the receipts.

@wvu05 3 года назад

This is post-feminism, not feminism. Real feminism is about equality, not some vague notion of choice.

@cindy.5309 3 года назад

I don't hate them because they're rich and successful, I hate them because they're problematic and just full on terrible people. The only "decent" person in this family is Kourtney Kardashian.

@thefashionhoe 3 года назад

she’s literally the worst?

@cindy.5309 3 года назад

@@thefashionhoe not to me.

@cindy.5309 3 года назад

@@byetherenope, people have said Kendall is very rude.

@thefashionhoe 3 года назад

@@cindy.5309 didn’t realise you were besties

@inescastellano7960 3 года назад

Exactly.

@defiantlypinki1107 3 года назад

Rename the title: “Kardashians: Using Beauty as Currency”. I think the real message of this video is about how America places a woman’s value on her appearance. Since the Kardashians are the new beauty standard, they are able to be famous and rich primarily because of it. Except now the beauty standards is so unattainable without loads of money and/or surgery, even with all of the “hard work” the Kardashians and the beauty industry credits for it.

@alim.9801 2 года назад

That would be a way better title to the video you nailed it

@tatygirl90 3 года назад

The thing I really agree with when it comes to the Kardashians is that they centered their family as part of the appeal. With Paris, there was initially Nicky, but that didn't really last for long. You can have a favorite Kardashian and now they have their children and stuff, which permanently guarantees them a dose of relevance in the future. If only a bit give or take how their popularity pans out.

@mgdkns6678 3 года назад

Well said. A number of very unique factors were involved in them getting as big as they did. However, Kim and her mom are big time hustlers.

@Trxpamvs 3 года назад

I don’t know how buying implants & injections shows that they are working hard for their body but ok I guess

@automaticcaptions 3 года назад

It's the "American" idea of working hard. Saying you put in the work for it and are "self-made", when really your families wealth made it for you

@mermaidmoon2254 3 года назад

Also when she mentioned how family is important to them? Uhm...what??? They don't even like each other!!! LOL

@bread2951 3 года назад

See, if you are not doing drugs and becoming homeless, you are considered working in America. You have to rich the rock bottom to be considered as poor.

@idontevenhaveapla7224 3 года назад

@@mermaidmoon2254 And you'd know that about a family that you don't personally know because? The fact that you think you know them lmao

@mermaidmoon2254 3 года назад

@@idontevenhaveapla7224 uhm, they had a reality show - never have I seen they care for each other than in critical moments. Always fighting...

@sarahr6301 3 года назад

American Dream: ✍️ have ✍️ rich ✍️ dad ✍️

@stephw.7874 3 года назад

Also: Be white

@senister14 3 года назад

Also live in CA or NY.

@Definitelynotabot4 3 года назад

Be white and be rich

@francescakyanda9182 3 года назад

Describing them as America's royal family is terrifying and too accurate

@sinnsage 3 года назад

i hate everything this whole thing stands for about our culture so much i couldn’t even finish this video

@lauraanne5175 3 года назад

took me 3 try...then I just unfollowed @TheTake. They use to stand for cool stuff.

@cwalker6911 3 года назад

Same I’m only a quarter in and this is my face 😑

@s.l.3281 3 года назад

Yeah this channel's gone downhill.

@michellewaterhouse6361 3 года назад

Me too. I stopped halfway through and then came back to see if they said "But..." which they didn't. The other Takes have been pro-feminist, pro-socialists, just basic pro-humanity centered. I'm writing to the main show.

@arueba 3 года назад

its not you its the take...

@obsessivefangirl5055 3 года назад

I'm disappointed at the lack of mention of their cultural appropriation habits.

@RhaegarTargaryen1st 3 года назад

Habits? It's literally their foundation; it's their DNA.

@EmyN 3 года назад

Their was a mention

@546-apoorvaranjan7 3 года назад

There was a mention and it has been analysed various times they even if they didnt do it other would! At least thanks to them the black body is FINALLY "acceptable" to media I am not being an apologist for them , what they did is definitely wrong but they just exploited the weakness in the system It shows that media and public in general is much much more at fault here

@RhaegarTargaryen1st 3 года назад

@Efron F Look, folks: A Gaslighter. Sorry Efron, but it won't work around here. Maybe try again somewhere else.

@obsessivefangirl5055 3 года назад

@@RhaegarTargaryen1st well said👍 You show em!

@cassidy4037 3 года назад

They represent the American dream perfectly: only the rich and privileged can succeed, but by golly they’ll try to convince everyone else they can too if they buy their products God Bless America :)

@stellarkat4657 2 года назад

Oh the oh so amazing American Dream... 😂

@Butterflieslove2 2 года назад

Yes

@juliestrickland2145 3 года назад

You could do a whole episode about what Kim's rise to fame via a sex tape, subsequent pretending it wasn't on purpose, etc. says about America's weird and puritan (and/yet totally obsessive) relationship with sexuality.

@teadrinkerfication9160 3 года назад

This video has a confusing message. Like they've stolen everything about 'their' styles from black women, which you sort of vaguely acknowledge is bad, but then brush past it. Then I don't know if you're really trying to say it's desirable to look like them and be rich and get plastic surgery or whatever... are you trying to say that they've done bad things but there are some positive things about them? Because nearly everything said did not sound like something that people should be aiming for. Like yes of course it's great to look traditionally womanly, but it sounds like you're advocating looking womanly as 'the new pretty' in dismissal of all other body types. And maybe they do genuinely like/love/support each other, maybe they don't, but you can't assume that they do and raise them up for it based on what you see on their show and social media. I expect better content from The Take.

@Lafemmefutile 3 года назад

I don’t know whether they wanted to put a judgment on the Ks- just exposed the dynamics and psychology in that family. It’s an analysis. Everyone can see who they are and draw their conclusions from what is presented.

@jaredhernandez6268 3 года назад

I like The Take but this made me feel empty inside

@tonyabrookes9931 3 года назад

Me too. The words were well spoken but meant nothing. I cannot find substance in the subject matter

@wutanglza1235 3 года назад

I really don‘t believe this whole narrative of „if you work hard you can achieve anything“ in beauty or in life in general.

@SauleNewell 3 года назад

@@tonyabrookes9931 The point of the video might not be "look at why the Kardashians can be good for you" but rather "here are some reasons why a lot of people are interested by these women". Maybe thinking about it that way will help

@sorasorisora 3 года назад

Waiting for them to get meta and name one of their kids Vanity Kardashian, because that's the one word that I'd use to describe them.

@roza2633 3 года назад

this video said a lot about all the ~work kardashians are doing (to make money from women's self esteem issues) while never even mentioning all the controversy about what kind of labour they're using in their businesses and how they treat/how much they pay their workers and in what conditions those employees do the work. biggest surprise of this video is the kardashians not being your sponsors

@idontevenhaveapla7224 3 года назад

If we go down that road, most heroes would fail. They're not the only ones. Exploitation is part of capitalism.

@roza2633 3 года назад

@@idontevenhaveapla7224 yes and? girlboss feminism that doesn't even mention it and doesn't criticise it is straight up useless

@roza2633 3 года назад

also if acknowledging the exploitation some "hero" as you call them is taking part in will take them down or whatever then they were never a "hero" to begin with so. again. not sure what the issue is here

@miipmiipmiip 3 года назад

Not to mention them stealing product ideas from small creators.

@sonofzapp 3 года назад

I have such a love hate relationship with the take. On one hand I think their takes on most things are spot on and represent very astute observations of pop culture. On the other hand, the take always, ALWAYS panders to the white gaze by ignoring race as a fundamental element of many of the pop culture topics they discuss.

@LadyLilith1015 3 года назад

that's so fucking trueee

@marzipan2555 3 года назад

Yeah, they def have a blind spot but they're still smart

@mynameisreallycool1 3 года назад

Well the two main women in change seem to both be white, so it makes sense. That's not to say they're bad people or have bad intentions, I think it's just natural to forget those sort of aspects when it doesn't affect you or you don't see it as much sometimes. The Take is a great channel, and sometimes they do talk about race and bring in other perspectives, but like every RU-vid channel out there, it has certain things they can improve on. They do a lot more than a lot of other yt channels tbh, and you can tell they at least try their best.

@EveryFairyDies 3 года назад

I can’t help but feel like the voice over is always lecturing me, and so everything they say sounds kind of like they’re accusing the watcher of being racist/sexist/homophobic/anti-feminist/misogynistic/and all the other modern bad things. And yet, I keep watching their videos...

@haminationaminator6366 3 года назад

What do you expect? The Take is ran by two white girls....

@187mrsmith 3 года назад

The American dream pimping out your body in order to achieve it nah im good ill pass

@mgdkns6678 3 года назад

Almost all celebrities do that in US,so...

@sajunbecker3275 3 года назад

If the Kardashians merely "border" on narcissism, I wonder what constitutes all-out narcissism to The Take. I feel like this channel consistently demonstrates apologist weasel language when discussing neoliberalism and woke capitalism.

@alexsmith2910 3 года назад

I agree with this video. But they usually have pretty good takes on socialism. But this video is straight propaganda.

@sajunbecker3275 3 года назад

@@alexsmith2910I find this kind of "branding as empowerment" and "aspirational filthy rich people" narrative extremely tone-deaf and smarmy in an era where most people are living extremely precarious lives of economic desperation and austerity. I wish this channel would do a video on class consciousness or more working-class themes in general.

@inescastellano7960 3 года назад

Are you joking? The Take is super progressive.

@sajunbecker3275 3 года назад

@@inescastellano7960 "Progressive" in the way that Kamala Harris talking about listening to Tupac and "smoking a weed in college" is progressive, perhaps.

@kikilari 3 года назад

@@sajunbecker3275 such a great way to describe it!

@autumn7809 3 года назад

"inequality is encoded into our bodies" sums it up pretty well

@neshmahernandezcamacho1172 3 года назад

I usually love The Take's analysis on things. However for this one, it felt absolutely biased.I'm not a fan of the Kardashians and I do recognize they have revolutionized the beauty industry. However to mention that their status has reinforced unattainable standards of wealth,beauty and living under a positive light romanticizes practices that have proven to be harmful to the average individual. And that's without dabbling on the cultural appropriation matter.

@harshckuk 3 года назад

I feel bad for people who look upto them

@blackguyofthesouth2161 3 года назад

I don't, But I mean business wise, they're pretty successful 🤷‍♂️.

@blackguyofthesouth2161 3 года назад

@@byethere Someone else?, can you read or comprehend what you do? I said I don't😬🤦‍♂️

@KimandKamJam 3 года назад

An already wealthy family getting wealthier off shameless exploitation and self promotion...yup, that's pretty American

@11mullin 3 года назад

I like how the Kardashians represent the ametican idea of beauty/richness. The idea of being poor/ugly because you dont work hard enough. Its increíble how good represent certain view of the american dream

@MliDube 3 года назад

"Kim would you stop taking pictures of yourself, your sisters going to JAIL" I had to pause the video to laugh for 5min flat.

@grapeshot 3 года назад

The Kardashians the story of how to get famous from doing absolutely nothing. It also shows that we as humans consider what something looks like on the outside, the most superficial part of the body. To judge worth.

@AxxLAfriku 3 года назад

GAGAGAGAGAGA!!! I watched this video and it is really not that good compared to my perfect videos. GAGAGAGAGA!!! This is NOT self-promotion! This is the reality! This is the world! We are the people! Don't disl****ke my vide*****s, my dear ha

@Cat-tastrophee 3 года назад

They work really hard, it's just not on things we deem valuable.

@marzipan2555 3 года назад

You didn't watch the video. The whole point is that they work a LOT, it's just work on very superficial things. Stop with the lazy bad faith criticism

@546-apoorvaranjan7 3 года назад

@@marzipan2555 Thank god someone gets it , they are famous , which tells a lot about the American public than it says about them

@sophiejones7727 3 года назад

Correction: *looking* like you did absolutely nothing. The Kardashians have put in effort, they have built something. What they have built is harmful, but it is in fact constructed. One might even call their empire hellish: but it was made. It is a mistake to assume that they did absolutely nothing. They did a lot. They hurt a lot of people to get where they are. They made a lot of decisions. They worked. That does not make them any more ethical than say, a Paris Hilton type who didn’t. That is not the point. The point is, saying they are famous for nothing is entirely missing reality. They aren’t famous for nothing, they have in fact worked hard to build something: it’s just that that thing is a dystopian nightmare. But of course, that nightmare is merely a distilled version of our society. The Kardashians were inevitable. They also cannot be allowed to continue.

@aishwaryakhot9353 3 года назад

Once upon a time, this was the channel who had problem with Twilight! And now they are fine with Kardashians? Hard working glamour labour? Are you serious? They are embracing feminity through plastic surgery, that is fine? Their mom discriminate her kids on cemera by how much money they make! Trying to see positive side of things and learning from it is okay, but according to your philosophy, the only positive thing is making money and showing off and we should learn from them! Unsubscribed!

@greyLeicester 3 года назад

Massive fail. First painting Harry Potter as a villain and now this 🤢🤮🤢🤮🤢🤮

@arueba 3 года назад

lets not glorify these people who promoted an unrealistic ideal and induced insecurities in so many young girls

@heathersaxton8118 3 года назад

No one in the real world cares about these “ideals”, get a grip. Go work on your own insecurities instead of blaming strangers, honestly

@arueba 3 года назад

@@heathersaxton8118 im s psych major and theres a plethora of research proving how much harm distorted beauty ideals causes to people. its not about insecurities, its about distortion, the more far off the ""ideal"" is the more harm it causes so lets hope these ''ideals" stop getting idealized

@heathersaxton8118 3 года назад

@@arueba don’t worry, skinny is coming back 👍✨ I don’t deny problematics of the industry capitalizing on people’s insecurities (the word you used in the original comment..) or, uh, distortion. But I don’t believe in blaming individuals, they can do whatever they like with their bodies. Go outside and NO ONE looks like that, so it’s not even really a standard. Like you said, it’s the over-idealization that’s the problem.

@arueba 3 года назад

@@heathersaxton8118 distorted is the right word to use because people dont naturally look the way the kardashians do, and the more attainable the ideal is the more young girls will face body dysmorphia. i dont believe in blaming individuals when they dont have the influence this family does, and when they dont deny getting plastic surgery which is these people do so yeah..

@arueba 3 года назад

@@heathersaxton8118 we do agree though, theyre not entirely responsible ofc. i guess the over-idealisation is a result of us consuming media now more than ever idk not sure why really

@anaidsalazar8844 3 года назад

They are not royals, stop making them that important.

@gh0s1wav 3 года назад

Unfortunately they are important.

@malia1287 3 года назад

I agree

@nomenome856 3 года назад

@@gh0s1wav time to undo that then.

@miipmiipmiip 3 года назад

Actually, royals aren't important either and should abdicate.

@PokhrajRoy. 3 года назад

Buzzfeed’s video on acting like Kardashians is the best parody I’ve seen about them.

@manisham.b5483 3 года назад

The sisterhood, emphasis on family and drive are admirable. But I wish the Take did not just brush over their cultural appropriation of other woc 's features. Kylie keeps looking more Middle Eastern every day lol. All of their tans, Kim with her' boxer braids' that black women have been wearing since day 1 is a bit concerning. Not to mention their endorsement of unhealthy and dangerous diet regimes on the ig pages is disconcerting.

@obsessivefangirl5055 3 года назад

Well said! Not to mention them lying about plastic surgery and calling it natural, giving vulnerable young women who cannot afford such treatments insecurities about how they look. The video should've mentioned that!

@manisham.b5483 3 года назад

@@obsessivefangirl5055 absolutely! By all means get work done. Your body is your temple and you should do what you want to make yourself happy. But knowing that you have such an influential platform esp amongst young women in their formative years and not admitting you had work done creates a toxic norm.

@Emma-lz1tb 3 года назад

One comment though, as far as I know Kim is half armenian so it is probably not so weird of her to look a bit like a middle eastern person with or without tan since you know, it is not that far away from what is generally considered the middle east and a lot of armenians has historically lived in the middle east. There is also no such thing as a clear divide like that and a "middle eastern look" haha, some middle eastern people are more pale and some are tan. And people from the Mediterranean and general area surrounding reminds a bit of one another lookwise and are rather diverse within groups as well.

@Emma-lz1tb 3 года назад

If you look at what is considered "Middle East" then countries as ethnically and linguistically diverse and different from one another as Afghanistan, Turkey, Iran, Oman and sometimes even Egypt or Sudan are on occasion considered the middle east. And Armenia borders both Turkey and Iran. There is no such thing as an uniform middle eastern. The divide is not ethnic, rather very loosely geopgraphic, and it is an arbitrary line set on what we choose should be a part of it, not a definitive one set on anything measurable.

@manisham.b5483 3 года назад

@@Emma-lz1tb yeah you are right.Thank you for explaining! I get it if Kim looks tan but Kylie? Seems sus yk since her parents don't have the heritage

@loandbehold650 3 года назад

If these creatures are the epitome of american society, I'll gladly emigrate

@romanmanner 3 года назад

Get in line.

@HY-qn2es 3 года назад

Ahah, unfortunately, they are everywhere! A lot of people like them (I mean ADORE them) in Europe too! And I don't understand it at all, that's why I watched the video. It is not that I hate them... it is just that I don't understand the concept :/

@mayamiyazaki150 3 года назад

I love the Take because usually they have such a nuanced approach, but this made me sick to my stomach. Perhaps they meant it ironically, how the ever-unattainable American dream has changed superficially, conflated with the commodified female body and the gaping gulf between the working class and the rich etc where being industrious can only be acknowledged in the face of beauty. I don’t know if I missed the “ironic” take that was portrayed but this felt like a glorification of the exorbitant wealth and artificial beauty of the Kardashians, turning a blind eye to the misappropriation, the abhorrent privileges, the nature of our neoliberal society and capitalism that compounds their success while pushing the narrative that they merely “worked hard” to get there- a problematic narrative that makes the average person responsible for seemingly being ugly, poor and incompetent.

@funnybunny101ism 3 года назад

EXACTLY- I hope the take sees this

@raaid22 3 года назад

The irony, they don't show the work. They often lie about the work they have had done. Ps. I don't she works very hard at all. When you have a team and money you pay people to work for you.

@casper7319 3 года назад

This is less "Model Upgrading" and more "Pokémon Evolution." Everyone loves the ingenue makeover where the plain girl becomes sophisticated and desirable but these girls fashion evolutions are more similar to car models or iPhone models where you can look at a photo see how much work has been done and go "Oh. That's 2016 Kylie," or "That's 2013 Kim." Them posting selfies on Instagram is like collecting Pokémon cards because you know that every look is limited edition and will be different in 6 months

@mysteriiis 3 года назад

Yes, this. The Kardashians are Post-Human in the worst, Calvinist work ethic sort of way.

@marszawa 3 года назад

i love pokémon...so, please don't drag them into this. lolll i'm jk. good analogy!

@yz4043 3 года назад

I love that meme showing them before and after all the fame and money "You're not ugly, you're just poor"

@whocares2881 3 года назад

I am actually most worried about all of their CHILDREN?! The parents are all insecure about their looks obviously 🙄 and that WILL definitely rub off on their children. I feel sad for them. They’re going to look 👀 at themselves and see that they don’t look anything like their own parents and feel “insecure” because they look like their parents REAL FACES. If mommy changed her face because she thought it wasn’t pretty enough how will that manifest itself inside their children’s mind??? Sad sad sad 😢💔💔💔

3 года назад

I’ve never seen an episode of their show and until this video, I haven’t even realised there are also men in there, or even in the family (even though, thinking about it, it should have been obvious, since they’re a family). Literally the only man from that clan that I know of is Kanye.

@Mibbitmaker 3 года назад

The only real reason we know these Kardashians at all is because Robert Kardashian was in the "Trial of the Century" as OJ's buddy. Lest we forget.

@haminationaminator6366 3 года назад

That makes the two of us

@originalcosmicgirl 3 года назад

Yes! This all started with the high- power attorney/friend of OJ Simpson and the "trial of the century". I just had a thought. They say behind every great man is a great woman. What does this say about the Kardashian women? And what's behind them?

@saptarshymajumder9156 3 года назад

This channel has officially become celebrity owned media.... Wow

@arueba 3 года назад

exactly

@krookidkreek4597 3 года назад

"Kim there's people that are dying" gets me every time LOL

@JackDespero 3 года назад

What power of sisterhood? They would tear each other's throat if that would make them earn even more money.

@Dm34421 3 года назад

The Kardashians do represent hustle culture

@gh0s1wav 3 года назад

Yeah I never really knew that because I never watched their site but now I can see how influential they are on that aspect of American culture.

@eva8102 3 года назад

This is... so stupid! All of it is fake and we should celebrate this????? Like for what? What did they do for this world?

@malia1287 3 года назад

I agree

@edbangor9163 3 года назад

Remember when the Kennedys were what we held up at American royalty? We were once tasked with asking what we could do for our country, and now we have the Kardashians. My God, how far we've fallen.

@theresa7062 3 года назад

So true.

@k_26_kashifahmed88 3 года назад

This is the first time that i have ever been disappointed by "The Take".

@loovemaga4ever 3 года назад

as much as i like the feminist vibe this video seems to give to the kardashian, they're still only famous because they're rich, and I mean that they started as rich, they did not come from nothing. the "american dream" they sell is, firstly, a big fat joke, and secondly, is based on exploitation. feels like your video was missing criticism.

@3katfox 3 года назад

This was one of the more sycophantic videos that The Take has done. Did the Kardashians sponsor it or something? Barely any criticism of the truly messed up beauty ideals and family dynamics that they have/represent/encourage

@taylordacquelclayton 3 года назад

I’m curious to see what their position is in pop culture in the decades to come. And to see if the perception of them changes. I also wonder what people will think of this in a 100 years or more.

@emilyb7867 3 года назад

They are not going to be remembered in 100 years from now

@mynameisreallycool1 3 года назад

Once they trends that they started dies down, they'll probably become less relevant by then.

@s.l.3281 3 года назад

I'm just worried about their kids and how they'll go into ruin another generation.

@taylordacquelclayton 2 года назад

@@C12341 that makes sense! One of those wealthy families we all know about but no longer care about. I do wonder what their children will do. Will the continue with the family grind or opt for a normal not publicized life.

@samanthagupta 3 года назад

“Glamour Labourers” BRILLIANT

@ashleyhunter2156 3 года назад

It's interesting to me how 90% of the general public's commentary on the Kardashian family is hate and has been for their whole career yet they only get more and more popular. Everyone sharing their negative opinions had this view before watching but still clicked on the thumbnail and watched it in full.

@nidhibagari3250 3 года назад

I read somewhere "Negative publicity is a kind of publicity anyway

@TheMorganVEVO 3 года назад

Exactly. It's been years and people still haven't figured it out yet. Fame isn't always about likability. They prosper from people simply noticing them. When people stop thinking they're interesting, they will lose attention. People can't resist trying to punish them with hatred, but fail to realize that the attention is rewarding them. We kinda use them as punching bags to let out our frustration about class and greed. But they only capitalize off of that anger. It's not worth it.

@ashleyhunter2156 3 года назад

@@TheMorganVEVO “they only capitalize off of that anger” that’s exactly it!!

@ashleyhunter2156 3 года назад

@@nidhibagari3250 right like a huge % of their followers are probably haters but those huge numbers get logged as accomplishments on the Kardashians part. The hate is literally supporting them. It’s gotta be envy though cause why else bother?

@TheMorganVEVO 3 года назад

@@ashleyhunter2156 Right. I think people were just tuning in to wait for their ‘crash and burn’ phase which came so quickly for all the other... um.. “socialites” that came before them. Seeing privileged people get humbled makes us hate them a bit less. But the kardashians never crashed, so it’s an anomaly that people can’t take their eyes off of because they’re still waiting for it to happen. Until then, they just feed off of our resentment.

@alexsmith2910 3 года назад

The Kardashians make a great case for socialism. They are completely undeserving of their wealth. Also, Kim Kardashian lied about Taylor Swift, nearly ruining her career. The lie put Taylor under a lot of stress.

@inescastellano7960 3 года назад

I agree that what Kim K did to Taylor Swift was awful and she's a terrible person, but I don't think they're a case for socialism.

@alexsmith2910 3 года назад

@@inescastellano7960 What's this? Respectful disagreement!? Did you forget you were online? :)

@allisonchainz82 3 года назад

I don’t think I could live knowing Prince kicked me off his stage

@shekwaga 3 года назад

Yes! I think that says a lot!

@seanmaddex4104 3 года назад

I have not finished watching the video but I think that insinuating that the kardashions represent the American Dream is a misrepresentation of what a normal American cares about. If anything they represent only the most perverse version of that dream and should not be celebrated in any fashion

@mbanerjee5889 3 года назад

I've never watched an episode of KUWTK but based on clips from The Soup, Scott Disick is funny.

@YouTuberOnlineNow 3 года назад

Hes not funny. He's too busy dating girls way too young for him

@sotrue5413 3 года назад

Awwwww I miss the old Soup. But yeah, I think Scott Disick is really funny. I wish he would appear more because he's the best character in the show.

@1MegArbo 3 года назад

I miss the Soup so much! I saw Joel McHale do stand-up in NYC years ago. He loathes the Kardashians. E forced all their other shows to promote them. HATES them.

@PokhrajRoy. 3 года назад

I will sound terrible, but am I the only person who likes Kim Crying Memes and GIFs.

@PokhrajRoy. 3 года назад

@Solow 0-100 in one sentence.

@mynameisreallycool1 3 года назад

Dude they even make phone cases with Kim's crying face on it. 😂

@jllamons2348 3 года назад

17:40 so are we just gonna skip over the fact that Chloe is literally wearing a Native American hat (sorry I don’t know the real term) and cultural appropriating I mean that’s not new for her but it’s still shockingly see how confidently she does it💀

@maddy-jd7qi 3 года назад

Your last two videos, this and the "millennial v. gen z war" are such trash. You're just saying nothing for 20 minutes. Where is this channel going??

@rosedemai1230 3 года назад

I think I'll unsubscribe. It's time. 🤷🏽‍♀️

@muse5633 3 года назад

6:07 This segment exists.... Liposuction : am I a joke to you?

@sebastianalvarez4211 3 года назад

I thought he doctored the xrays, but if you think about it, he didnt lie. He said "no implant, this is all kim" which he's right, its all Kim's after liposuction. Cant blame them for being genius haha

@Cat-tastrophee 3 года назад

It's probably a Brazilian butt lift, which is lipo+fat injections

@karl2624 3 года назад

Not me making sure I’m not crazy and rewinding to see the segment of the video dissecting how they literally consume black culture to repackage on themselves and how they eat black men 💀 (except my girl Kourt).

@kikilari 3 года назад

OMG, lol...! She barely acknowledged the cultural appropriation, and just skeedaddled out into the sunset for the rest of the vid, to celebrate that family, proudly exclaiming: "Kardashian is Life!"

@idontevenhaveapla7224 3 года назад

Eat black men? Tyga started dating Kylie when she was a minor. These are adult men who willingly chose those women. They're not some victims.

@aaliyahstark7948 3 года назад

@@idontevenhaveapla7224 literally no one called black men the victim.

@546-apoorvaranjan7 3 года назад

ummmm eat black men????? EAT BLACK MEN, Karl!!!????

@546-apoorvaranjan7 3 года назад

@@aaliyahstark7948 he literally said eat black men!!!! I hate this narrative that Tyga the cheater and Kanye the bipolar who refused treatment and then went on to harass the wife who still decided to stay by his side , as VICTIMS!!!! Its so sick and this is the reason why when real race based issues are discussed they are dismissed as "playing the victim card"

@FabalociousDee 3 года назад

0:52 "I would actually argue that they're working very hard." THIS!!! Listen, I do not like the Kardashians at all, but they could easily rest on their laurels knowing they're already rich, but they choose not to. Instead, they choose to squeeze every last drop out of everything they have. Oh, and 10:53? Classic narc family dynamic.

@shekwaga 3 года назад

Greed

@FabalociousDee 3 года назад

@@shekwaga Simple solution to that? People can stop buying their shit at any time. How are we going to put sole onus on these people for their greed when they're a whole system, propogated by us, keeping them rich?

@shekwaga 3 года назад

@@FabalociousDee absolutely right

@yolandacarroll558 3 года назад

I've only seen 2 episodes of Keeping up with the Kardashians... it was while I was at the salon getting my hair done. Apparently, the customers and stylists there like watching Kardashians and Teen Moms. 🙄

@ispoilers9535 3 года назад

Still?!

@frankenviews4069 3 года назад

There's no rationalizing or excusing or elevating them. Just like junk food will never be healthy and fish will never be the animals best at flying. They are what they are and they are proud of it.

@passiveagressive4983 3 года назад

Wow Rob did not even get a look in 😂😂😂😂😂

@blackguyofthesouth2161 3 года назад

Just came to read the comments. This outta be good.

@dnm3732 3 года назад

they are

@mariaefstratiou7427 3 года назад

Samee

@deepshikha8763 3 года назад

Ummm.. really didn't need this video that supports capitalism.

@GeorgeGlass298 3 года назад

The funny part is they all despise each other but they're forced to work together to keep up their facade. I pity them more than anything else.

@CamReeds 3 года назад

Kim!! ppl are dying! lmfao that killed me

@oskarkrizaj2276 3 года назад

Philosophy is a strong word.

@rorythompson2858 3 года назад

Was this video sponsored by the Kardashians or what? Jesus.

@ciscl 3 года назад

I never understood how Kylie became a billionaire before Kim...at least kim worked for her shit Kylie got everything handed to her

@SauleNewell 3 года назад

I think you're answering yourself here !

@christopherchilton-smith6482 3 года назад

Given what they represent, I don't think it's healthy or moral to ever focus on their redeeming qualities.

@tashibalampkin8555 3 года назад

"The Take" is video was a dud. You guys passed over how this family has used black culture and fashion to get famous way too fast. When talking about how the Kardashians have a put this "womanly shape" in the limelight. Wanna guess where they got that idea from that? Black women. Wanna guess where Kyile got the idea to pump her lips to be more desirable? Black Women.

@texashg85 3 года назад

I think the appropriation aspect of their look and their appeal was not given the gravity it deserves in this video, although I enjoyed the analysis! Even the fluidity and fairness of their beauty is something Black women have long been criticized for: changing hairstyles, embracing weaves, lashes & various textures. On another note, I’d love to see an analysis of new motherhood: often outside of marriage, blended families and women with children who have different fathers - something else white women are not criticized for while Black women were/are widely and cruelly criticized for the same behavior.

@BeautyIsTheBeast8888 3 года назад

Not gonna lie I find it fascinating that blonde white women are constantly calling the Kardashian look unattainable. Because a beauty standard is finally unattainable to the prior beauty and power structure, and they're not allowed to blackface anymore without criticism. The body mods as a default are whack but frankly despite deeply disliking their business and social ethos, I find their beauty standard much more attainable than the waify blonde blue eyed full white standard of yesteryear. I would argue that I've never heard a black woman call their look unattainable, but simply appropriative. I think there's more roundabout mysogynoir in the criticism of the Kardashian look than people are willing to admit.

@idontevenhaveapla7224 3 года назад

Never understood why Kim crying after losing a diamond earring is used as an example of material greed. I'd cry too. Not because I'm obsessed with it. But it probably cost quite alot. Most people will have some form of reaction if they lost something valuable.

@UnboxingAlyss 3 года назад

The difference is she can easily buy another one. Most people can't.

@idontevenhaveapla7224 3 года назад

@@UnboxingAlyss How do you know that wasn't some kind of a weirdly expensive rare jewelry? Ps: I'm not even a fan of theirs. But this argument really doesn't make sense. Most people don't go "ahem, people are dying. So I shouldn't care about my possessions". It's hard to see it as any different because LITERALLY EVERYBODY acts like that. The people who are buying Kylie lip kits aren't sending that money to the needy, are they? It's human to be selfish like that. The middle class aspires to be the rich. The lower class aspires to survive. Most people care about themselves primarily.

@heathersaxton8118 3 года назад

The earrings were 75 thousand dollars and no she could not just get a new pair. She was also upset because the reason she lost it was because her ex Kris Humphries was being overly rough and threw her into the water. If anything, being able to say that “you should be less materialistic!!”, after losing something that expensive is the real privilege indicator 😅

@killingyoursoul22 3 года назад

Because there are people dying

@UnboxingAlyss 3 года назад

@@idontevenhaveapla7224 She could pay to get it remade by a specialist. It sucks when you lose something, but they have a shit-ton of money to replace anything they lose. The majority of the population doesn't. It's find if you disagree. I really can't find any sympathy for these people.

@jbtechcon7434 3 года назад

Are we not going to discuss Kylie's slightly tone deaf Pepsi commercial?

@jbtechcon7434 3 года назад

@happy happy oh, you're right oh, I got them mixed up. I guess I don't really keep up with the Kardashians enough... Get it? :-)

@kevin_andrews735 3 года назад

This felt like PR propaganda. So we're supposed to swoon for making a dynasty of privilege? There's so much contradictions here in that we supposed to see them as a tight knit loving family, yet that love is often conditioned on success, and that close affection has branding advertising synergy within. They rushed over that Blac Chyna legal name court battle which feels like racial class hierarchy, as well as appropriating black beauty, fashion, and sex. This felt very hollow, dig deeper. If this was a video called "Kris Jenner, Capitalistic Love" and how she favours certain successful offspring, and encourages fame and selling off all aspects of their lives, it'd be a better video. This as it stands is as unclear as mud.

@selectedshipper8282 3 года назад

Even if you don’t like them you’ve got to admit they’re iconic “My diamond earring!” *”Kim there are people dying”*

@chaaaargh 3 года назад

"iconic" only because they make complete fools of themselves 24/7.

@cwalker6911 3 года назад

All time favorite line!

@YourSwollenToe 3 года назад

Not the most intellectual comment, but I believe it expresses a universal feeling: They make me want to throw up, I want them to go away, and they are a blight to society. Gross.

@ephemeralmiracles 3 года назад

As an architecture student my comment shall be; the Kardashians are as american as Frank Lloyd Wright houses, they both find an answer to America's lack of common roots (connections) in family and they center around that, they are pretty open (not Philip Johnson Glass house level of transparent though) and overall depict the american dream.