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Can Sohla Make A Meal Out Of Oreos? | Mystery Menu | NYT Cooking

Video Transcript by CCKN is under the cut

[0:00] Sohla: This isn't like Top Chef 

[0:01] I’m not gonna run around

[0:02] I’m not gonna jump over the island

[0:03] Okay?

[0:04] This is gonna be the chillest

[0:06] cooking competition

[0:07] with no contestants ever

[0:10] (Sohla laughs)

[0:11] [The New York Times Cooking]

[0:13] [Presents]

[0:14] Sohla: I’m Sohla El-Waylly, we're in my kitchen

[0:15] and today we're going to try out a new thing

[0:17] where I have a mystery ingredient

[0:18] [1 SECRET INGREDIENT]

[0:19] Sohla: and then I have one hour to make

[0:20] [1 HOUR]

[0:21] Sohla: a dinner and dessert for me and Ham.

[0:22] Ham El-Waylly  -Also an excellent chef

[0:23] -Sohla's husband

[0:24] [Sohla claps.]

[0:25] Sohla: This is episode one,

[0:26] scene one.

[0:27] Yeah.

[0:28] [Sohla laughs.]

[0:30] [THE SECRET INGREDIENT]

[0:33] Sohla: What a crisp

[0:36] cleanly folded paper bag.

[0:38] There's a package inside this package.

[0:41] Oh! Ahahahaha okay!

[0:43] Oreos.

[0:44] So I have to make dinner and dessert

[0:46] using oreos in one hour.

[0:49] (whispers) Oh yeah!

[0:51] (normal) I have to just be really smart in what I decide to do

[0:53] so that I can get it done

[0:54] in an hour

[0:55] That's going to be the big thing.

[0:58] So the show doesn't have a name yet

[1:00] but we're calling it Club Sohla

[1:02] [Sohla claps slate.]

[1:03] Sohla: [be]cause I have lights that change colors.

[1:07] [Sohla laughs.]

[1:08] Sohla: Do you want to do it?

[1:09] Should I turn it on?

[1:10] Staff: I think you have to.

[1:12] Yeah!

[1:13] Sohla: Huh? Club Sohla?

[1:15] Oh, maybe we should keep the first episode unnamed

[1:16] and then the people can name it.

[1:18] [THE MENU]

[1:19] Sohla: I think maybe we could grill something.

[1:21] I want to crust some meat

[1:23] with the cookie part.

[1:25] What about Korean barbecue?

[1:26] There's this place that I used to go to

[1:28] all the time before the pandemic called

[1:30] Kang Do Bakjeong.

[1:33] I might be saying it wrong.

[1:34] and they have a special short rib

[1:36] so maybe we can do something like that.

[1:38] And then for our dessert...

[1:40] hold on, let me ask Ham.

[1:42] [The Sohla Laugh™]

[1:43] Can I consult you?

[1:45] Ham: Mhm.

[1:46] Sohla: So the ingredient is Oreos.

[1:48] Ham: Ingredients [are] Oreos?!

[1:50] Sohla: So we have Oreos.

[1:51] Okay so we're gonna do Korean barbecue.

[1:53] Ham: Oo!

[1:54] Sohla: Should I draw a picture?

[1:55] That's my basket of lettuce.

[1:57] This is my little bowl of ssamjang.

[1:58] Special short rib scored, marinade, grill.

[2:02] Toss in cookie marinade.

[2:04] Ham: That sounds good.

[2:05] Sohla: That's kimchi.

[2:06] We're gonna get banchan.

[2:09] Make some corn cheese.

[2:10] Ham: Can you incorporate the cream in the corn cheese?

[2:13] Sohla: Yes! Yes!

[2:15] Ham: I like a little sweetness.

[2:16] Sohla: Yes!

[2:17] Yes, I’m so into that.

[2:18] Ham: Do you know what dessert you're making?

[2:19] Sohla: No.

[2:20] I want fruit.

[2:22] We have our roasted pineapple.

[2:23] Or what if we coat it in the cream and char it?

[2:27] Ham: Mhm.

[2:28] Sohla: So it like maybe brûlées.

[2:30] We did it.

[2:31] We're ready to go. Wait!

[2:32] Do you think I can make all of this in

[2:34] an hour?

[2:35] I’ve got my menu,

[2:36] I’ve got my shopping list and now

[2:37] I’m ready to hit the road.

[2:39] This is like one of our favorite meals because

[2:41] we just go to H Mart,

[2:42] THE PLAN  •Oreo-Crusted Short Rib  •Corn Cheese  •Rice  •Store-Bought Banchan  •Ssamjang  •Brûléed Pineapple

[2:43] Sohla: we get kimchi and banchan

[2:44] and different lettuces and herbs,

[2:46] and then we'll have that with our meat.

[2:49] Okay, so I got - I saw some stuff and just

[2:51] went for it so we got a few extra things.

[2:53] We're adding potato salad.

[2:54] •Potato Salad

[2:55] Sohla: So I ditched the pineapple for mango.

[2:58] Cucumber!

[2:59] I think it'd be nice to do a little smashed cucumber salad.

[3:01] I love cucumber salad.

[3:03] So this looks like

[3:04] a lot of stuff but it's actually -

[3:06] it's actually pretty simple

[3:08] because a lot of this stuff is prepared

[3:09] and all I have to do is put it

[3:10] in a container.

[3:12] Staff: Ready?

[3:13] Sohla: Yeah I’m ready.

[3:15] Staff: Three!

[3:16] Two! One!

[3:17] Go!

[3:18] Sohla: Okay, cool.

[3:19] [Laughs]

[3:20] I’m gonna start by

[3:21] butterflying the beef

[3:23] so I can get it

[3:24] dry brined.

[3:25] I wanted something thicker

[3:26] but we're gonna make this work

[3:28] because this is what we found.

[3:29] Unravel it, okay.

[3:31] I’m just trying something out.

[3:33] I’ve never cut meat like this before.

[3:36] Has all of my time elapsed already?

[3:39] If I had more time,

[3:41] I would let this dry-brine

[3:42] ["00:55" in left-hand corner]

[3:44] Sohla: overnight.

[3:45] Okay, meat done.

[3:47] Okay so I’m gonna cook my potatoes.

[3:50] So we're gonna peel it,

[3:51] and cut it into cubes,

[3:53] and then cook it.

[3:56] Multi-tasking. Hmm?

[3:58] Water filling up

[4:00] while I peel.

[4:03] Going for like rough one-inch pieces.

[4:04] We're just gonna chop and drop.

[4:07] Okay lots of salt.

[4:10] Now the rice.

[4:14] Okay.

[4:16] Swish, swish, swish.

[4:18] This was one of my first jobs with my

[4:20] with my mom.

[4:21] you just want to go until you can see your hand through the water

[4:24] It's never going to get totally clear.

[4:30] Okay, let's go light some coals.

[4:32] Where are the scissors?

[4:33] Hey Ham?

[4:35] Do you know where the scissors are?

[4:38] That's not where they normally are!

[4:42] Sohla: Man! Sabotage, man, sabotage.

[4:42] [Staff laughs in the background.]

[4:47] Also not a grilling expert

[4:49] So if I’m doing this wrong, I’m sorry.

[4:52] [Sohla's backyard]

[4:53] I made a mistake, okay. So - oh no!

[4:56] I have a plan.

[5:00] Ha!

[5:01] We're gonna let that do its thing.

[5:04] Return to the kitchen.

[5:06] The whole point is the Oreos.

[5:08] It's so easy to forget.

[5:09] Hah! Let me make my smashed cucumber salad actually.

[5:12] Actually you can kind of do anything with a cucumber salad.

[5:14] Not sure what we're doing exactly,

[5:17] but it will have Oreos.

[5:18] I have some chili crisp that I made myself.

[5:20] We're gonna break the rules.

[5:22] This isn't going to be like a traditional Korean recipe.

[5:26] This looks pretty good though, right?!

[5:30] [Sohla does a swaying happy food dance.]

[5:34] Sohla: It's working, it actually works.

[5:37] I mean, worst case scenario I have one thing.

[5:39] I’m going to make my marinade for my meat,

[5:42] and that's going to go on my short rib after the first grill.

[5:45] So the short ribs are going to get grilled twice,

[5:47] and then they're going to come off,

[5:48] I'm going to snip it with scissors,

[5:50] toss it in our Oreo marinade,

[5:52] and it's going to hit the grill again.

[5:53] Am I allowed to get help?

[5:56] Wait, maybe Ham can smash.

[5:57] Hey, Ham!

[5:59] Ham!

[6:01] [The Sohla Laugh Track Continues]

[6:02] Could you smash?

[6:04] Ham: Smash?

[6:05] Sohla: Smash.

Ham: Smash smash?

[6:06] Sohla: I've decided that this is allowed in the rules that you can help.

[6:09] Staff:Yeah.

[6:10] Sohla: Yeah?

[6:11] [Sohla's Laugh Time]

[6:12] [Oreos]

[6:13] Sohla: Here you go.

[6:16] Ham: Oreo smash, look at that!

[6:17] Sohla: We're going to make a little Korean-style potato salad.

[6:20] So much sabotage.

[6:21] I gotta open bottles

[6:27] So much to unravel here. It has Kewpie,

[6:30] [Kewpie mayonnaise]

[6:31] Sohla: sesame oil, and then I’m gonna go

[6:32] [Oreo cream]

[6:34] Sohla: just the cream in here.

[6:35] [Salt]

[6:36] [Pepper]

[6:39] Sohla: and I love it because the Asian pear and the potato once they're in the dressing

[6:41] [Asian pear]

[6:42] Sohla: look exactly the same so it's like a little surprise,

[6:43] [Vinegar]

[6:45] Sohla: which one you're gonna stab.

[6:46] Sesame seeds.

[6:48] This is a lot of potato salad.

[6:50] Potato salad, done.

[6:51] ✓ Potato Salad

[6:52] Sohla: Cucumber salad, done.

[6:53] I need more Oreo cream.

[6:55] ["00:29" in the left-hand corner]

[6:57] Sohla: Okay, I want to be outside in 10 minutes.

[6:58] Do you think that's possible?

[7:08] This is ready for the grill.

[7:10] Mango!

[7:12] Cookies and cream brûlée mango! Yeah!

[7:14] Hey, Ham?

[7:16] I'm gonna recruit you again.

[7:18] Ham can wash the lettuce, that seems fair.

[7:21] 23 minutes left?

[7:22] ["00:23" in left-hand corner]

[7:23] Sohla: Plenty of time!

[7:25] Cream brûlée, I like that.

[7:28] Remember how I said you should clean as you go?

[7:35] A couple of caps per [mango slice], that feels good.

[7:42] What do I got, like 20 minutes?

[7:44] Staff: 20 minutes.

[7:45] Sohla: Let's arrange our banchans.

[7:47] Korean pickled radish  Store-Bought Banchan

[7:48] Sohla: Squid, done. The best banchan.

[7:52] Look at all these dishes I made.

[7:53] Huh!

[7:55] Cool.

[7:55] ✓ Rice

[7:56] And I guess we're gonna go grill now, right?

[7:59] I’m gonna grill some corn,

[8:01] and then on this side

[8:03] we'll hopefully melt our mango.

[8:05] And I guess we can get our short ribs on here.

[8:07] While that does its thing...

[8:09] [Corn+Oreo cream]

[8:10] Sohla: Oh the cream just like melted!

[8:11] [Oreo Cream Corn Cheese]

[8:12] Sohla: I was really worried about how that would incorporate

[8:14] but it totally just...

[8:16] melted right in there.

[8:17] I think that's gonna be tasty.

[8:18] Korean food does have like a really good balance of...

[8:20] of sweet and savory and funk.

[8:24] I really truly love Korean food.

[8:26] I'm not an expert. I just - I love it.

[8:28] This is my like favorite thing.

[8:30] I love when they do this, table side.

[8:32] Snip the meat into the marinade

[8:35] and then it's going to

[8:36] Get hit on the grill again.

[8:38] Even though we're eating a tough cut

[8:40] it's going to be really nice and tender and easy to put

[8:42] in those lettuce wraps.

[8:43] Now we tossity-toss in our Oreo,

[8:47] sesame-chili marinade.

[8:51] ["00:05" in the left-hand corner]

[8:53] Sohla: Oh yeah. It's gonna caramelize.

[8:57] Yum.

[9:00] Mango brûlée.

[9:01] Some of that sugar just fell right off.

[9:03] [Staff laughs]

[9:04] I don't know what I thought was gonna happen.

[9:06] I just wanna kiss it with the flames.

[9:09] Yeah.

[9:11] There's one extra toasty one.

[9:13] I think that looks good, we really did it.

[9:15] 10 minutes over.

[9:17] [Ham laughs.]

[9:18] [Sohla laughs.]

[9:19] Sohla: Hello!

Ham: Hello!

[9:20] Sohla: Hello, sir!

[9:21] Ham: Hi, nice to meet you.

[9:22] Sohla: Nice to meet you.

[9:23] This is my oreo meal.

[9:25] Short rib with [an]

[9:26] Oreo-red chili-ginger-garlic marinade.

[9:30] Oreo cookie smashed cucumber salad.

[9:33] Corn cheese with the cream from the Oreos.

[9:36] Cookies and cream mango creme brûlée.

[9:37] and the potato salad

[9:39] sweetened with some of the cream from the Oreo.

[9:40] Ssamjang didn't happen.

[9:41] THE PLAN  ✓Oreo-Crusted Short Rib  ✓Corn Cheese  ��Rice  ✓Store-Bought Banchan  •Ssamjang  ✓Brûléed Mango ✓Potato Salad  ✓Smashed Cucumber Salad

[9:43] Sohla: I don't know what the hell that is.

[9:44] Potato salad!

[9:47] It's practically a photograph.

[9:48] Ham: Yeah I can't tell which one's which.

[9:50] [Sohla laugh]

[9:52] Alright, I like to double it up.

[9:53] Corn cheese is really good.

[9:55] Ham: I'll go for the corn cheese as well.

[9:57] Sohla: Oreo filling is perfect for corn cheese.

[9:59] Cucumbers are surprising, right?

[10:00] Ham: Mhm!

[10:01] Sohla: Szechuan-ish.

[10:02] Ham: I thought it would just be super sweet, it isn't.

[10:04] Sohla: It doesn't taste like oreo at all.

[10:05] Ham: No!

[10:06] Sohla: The cream, it just ended up being like a nice source of sugar and fat.

[10:09] And then the cookie just was like a nice source of bitterness.

[10:12] I really like the oreo in here.

[10:14] Ham: That one's my - I would 

[10:16] crave this again, 

[10:17] not just want it again.

[10:18] Sohla: You see -

[10:19] that looks pretty good.

[10:20] Ham: Yeah.

[10:21] It's like nice and custardy too when you

[10:23] spoon into the actual mango.

[10:26] Sohla: That's pretty good.

[10:27] Ham: Mm.

[10:28] Sohla: This is my favorite.

[10:29] I think that we'll probably do

[10:33] the mango and short rib again

[10:35] with the Oreo

[10:36] because I think the oreo actually did something here

[10:36] Ham: Yeah.

[10:38] Sohla: like it actually made it better.

[10:39] With or without Oreos,

[10:41] This is a really fun meal.

[10:42] we entertain with this meal a lot because

[10:44] it looks super impressive but

[10:47] like half of it is bought.

[10:49] It's all just real food that you're going to actually want to eat.

[10:52] Clementine  -Very Hungry

[10:53] Sohla: Oh, corn cheese.

[10:55] Man, that stuff is really delicious.

[10:57] If you haven't had it before

[10:58] you should go make some corn cheese.

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Preface and Disclaimer:

None of the videos I transcribe belong to me. They belong to the content creators and the crew behind the videos. My transcripts may not be 100% as I am not a professional. I'm just someone who wants to provide video transcripts for people to understand and enjoy these videos. For this video, I focused on the speaker and some of the on-screen text.

For the expanded version of the video transcript, you can click here to be redirected to the Google Sheet version I created. Let me know if you prefer the layout on Google Sheets versus Google Docs.

If there are any corrections you would like me to make, let me know in the comment section of the post.

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I have provided a few links for you to check out her work below:

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Personal Notes: Hi everyone. Long time no chat. It's been a long while, hasn't it? I've had this in my Google Drive drafts for months but I didn't know if I wanted to do it or not. And now here I am, in the middle of the year. Time really flew. Now that this one is complete, I'm going to work on the next one in my drafts.

Catch y'all on the flip side.

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T-LOG⌨️ | Translating Live for EXO 엑소 생방송 번역 by ringmybella7

Original hard-sub captions by ringmybella7

Video Transcription by CCKN is under the cut

[0:00] Long time no see :D

[0:02] Tomorrow is EXO's Countdown Live

[0:04] Right now I'm watching MONSTA X's online concert

[0:08] I like looking at the English subs to see how they're translated

[0:12] Done watching, getting ready for the live tomorrow

[0:16] (While watching a podcast lol)

[0:22] ?

[0:23] I have a mosquito bite that's killing me

[0:31] I can't multitask, so I have to turn everything off when I really need to work

[0:37] I've translated for KAI, SUHO, XIUMIN, CHANYEOL, CHEN and BAEKHYUN

[0:42] But it's my first time translating for EXO as a group 😬

[0:47] Watching their MV

[0:50] MV teaser

[0:53] Teaser photos

[0:58] While on Twitter, I saw this Tweet 👆

[1:02] The answer is yes :)

[1:06] This Tweet made me laugh lol

[1:10] Anyways, I went to sleep after that

[1:13] Good morning

[1:14] My breakfast for the day

[1:19] Puffy [referring to her face/cheeks]

[1:21] I started a new show called '290 Million KRW: Marriage War'

[1:24] But I only got to watch 30 minutes of it because I had to go to work lol

[1:30] Off to work

[1:32] By the way, I got new glasses 👓 (Did anyone notice?)

[1:36] You all know the drill

[1:39] On Monday's I have to come to Arirang first (For my regular live show)

[1:46] I always get nervous because I get scared the traffic will be horrible

[1:51] Luckily, I ended right on time so I didn't need to rush

[1:55] Off to EXO now

[1:58] (I had to really squeeze out of parking lol)

[2:04] Made it (And looking so drained)

[2:08] Setting up my seat

[2:14] Going over my notes for the live

[2:18] About to start

[2:21] 📍LIVE

[2:23] My spider hands lol

[2:25] I am very thankful 'EXIST' is a full album

[2:28] because I got to rest during the highlight medley

[2:31] Thank you EXO 🙏

[2:33] End of the live

[2:35] I couldn't wait till I got home to eat dinner since I was starving

[2:44] I pour my everything when I live translate

[2:46] so eating after a live show is the best feeling ever

[2:52] Going home now

[2:57] Listening to the artist's new album while driving home is my ritual

[3:02] 'Cream Soda' is super catchy and makes me want to drink cream soda lol

[3:05] I can't wait to try it when they start to sell it

[3:09] I was very unsatisfied about how I translate today

[3:12] but the EXO-L's messages on Twitter made me feel so much better (Thank you)

[3:19] This song is a bop

[3:22] Till the next time, stay healthy EXO-L 🤍

[3:28] Thanks for watching

YouTube Channel: ringmybella7

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Preface and Disclaimer: None of the videos I transcribe belong to me. They belong to the content creators and the crew behind the videos. Please keep in mind that my transcripts may not be 100% as I am not a professional. I'm just someone who wants to provide video transcripts for people to understand and enjoy these videos. For this video, I focused on the on-screen text.

If there are any corrections you would like me to make, let me know in the comment section of the post.

If you like this video or any other videos from ringmybella7, please support her by watching her videos on her YouTube channel and/or through other means by her such as watching any of the videos she translates.

Personal Notes: WE EXO-LS ARE WINNING, BABY! COMEBACK?! FULL ALBUM?! YEEEAAAAHHHHHHH! Ehem, I mean, hi everyone. This is my first time transcribing a video that already has captions. I wanted to try out transcribing a video with captions already embedded in them as her videos usually don't have closed captioning and are captioned the hard-subbed way.

As for what is referenced:

2023 MONSTA X 7TH OFFICIAL FANCLUB MONBEBE FAN-CONCERT. This was aired first on July 9th, 2023. For those interested but unable to make it or want to re-watch it, click here to learn more about the re-stream on August 6th. For all I know, a monbebe somewhere probably has it posted or saved. Good luck to y'all.

2. Korean Cowboys podcast. Watch around the 5-minute mark where you can hear bits from the video.

3. There is a tweet from greenbunny7 that states, "@ringmybella7 Will you be doing EXO YouTube on 7/10?"

4. There is a tweet from no_loey_no_life that says, "Praying for the live translator on Monday 😅". NeNi961111 re-tweeted/replied, "If it's @ringmybella7 then no worries 😌"

5. "Cream Soda" by EXO is the second to last song being played. Quite a jammy- jam-jam.

6. The bop song at the end is "Regret It" by EXO

That's all for now. Glad that EXO made a comeback. I can't wait to finish listening to the album. I hope Kai is doing well in his military service and Lay is doing well in his solo activities. And I hope you are doing well too in whatever you're doing. If there is anything I miss in the references, please let me know in the comments. In the meantime, I'll see you in the next video transcript.

P.S. - To support the comeback, go to https://exo.lnk.to/EXIST to see what platforms and ways to support the album such as streaming it on YouTube and other sites or purchasing the album.

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Checking In #4

Hi everyone!

The upcoming video transcript will most likely be posted at the last week of August. 

The reason being I want to be able to rest my wrist every now and then. In terms of my mental health, I wasn’t feeling well these past few days so I want to be able to relax and rest in some shape or form, even if it means I’ll have to take a hiatus, I’ll do it.

So, you’ll be getting a lot more “buffer” posts either in the form of Captioned Video Spotlight (wow, I’m really going for different names for this segment) or just memes/posts that relate to the upcoming video topic/subject.

I don’t really want to extend myself further than I already am.

That’s all for now. I’ll catch you all on the flip side.   

-CCKN

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Checking In #3ish

Hi everyone!

This is CCKN tuning you all in to another update. Mentally and somewhat physically, I have been well these past few days. 

I want to let you all know that I’ll be working on the upcoming video transcript and have it released hopefully next month. However there will be a different one taking its place in the meantime. It’s going to accompany the Caption Spotlight that I’m scheduling next week.

Here’s a hint: they’re a translator for Kpop idols. 

I’ll work on that for the next few days. I’ll catch you all later. 

Status for next month’s video transcript: Work on reading my handwriting to transcribe text to Word doc and add timestamps

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“the unexpected fanfic AU that charmed the internet” by ColeyDoesThings

Transcript by CCKN is under the cut

[0:00] [ColeyDoesThings Intro Music]

[0:02] Hello! 

[0:03] Today we'll be taking a look into

[0:04] an adorable if somewhat niche AU,

[0:06] alternate universe for those not familiar with the term, 

[0:09] that's captured the heart of many a fandom dwellers

[0:11] since its seemingly random inception online. 

[0:14] I hope you like flowers and

[0:15] aren't too afraid of needles

[0:16] because we're talking about the 

[0:18] flower shop / tattoo parlor AU. 

[0:20] Got a flower handy. 

[0:21] And I kinda wanna show off my tattoos

[0:23] but they're all on my leg in odd positions to show on camera 

[0:27] So i'm not sure how to do that.

[0:28] I do want more in the future. 

[0:29] I’ve designated my legs as the tattoo zone but anyway, 

[0:32] let's talk about this cute AU.

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[1:49] Now let's get into this AU.

[1:51] So...

[1:52] how the heck did this AU become a thing?

[1:54] Compared to staples like high school AU’s,

[1:57] college AU’s, modern AU’s, supernatural AU's,

[2:00] soulmate AU’s, 

[2:03] it feels kind of out of the blue and oddly specific, right? 

[2:05] Well it's a pretty simple story actually. 

[2:07] In 2014 a Tumblr post started gaining a lot of traction online 

[2:11] in which the user remarked that they passed by a flower shop next to a tattoo shop

[2:16] before inspiration hit and they realized the potential of a florist x tattoo artist AU. 

[2:21] The idea charmed Tumblr 

[2:23] and soon enough the fan-art and fanfic started pouring in. 

[2:25] Granted this was happening at the same time as the peak of the flower crown Tumblr craze, 

[2:30] so just flowers everywhere. 

[2:32] And then the idea caught fire on other platforms as well like Wattpad, AO3, fanfiction.net, DeviantArt. 

[2:38] I actually was online when all this went down and

[2:39] it was like a sudden flower shop tattoo parlor explosion. 

[2:43] I was totally down.

[2:44] There was a lot of cute content for it.

[2:45] I just was mostly confused as to why it was suddenly all over my dashboard.

[2:49] There are several different names for this AU to boot.

[2:52] There's flower shop / tattoo shop AU, flower shop / tattoo parlor AU, florist x tattoo artist AU,

[2:59] but generally if you search up any adoration of flower shop and tattoo AU

[3:04] you'll find yourself in the right ballpark. 

[3:06] Okay so that's the origin of the AU but why do so many people like it?

[3:10] What is the appeal? 

[3:11] Oh boy, where do I begin?

[3:12] For starters you have the aesthetic differences. 

[3:15] Think of that house meme where you have this 

[3:17] super dark kind of spooky house 

[3:19] next to the colorful pastel cheery house. 

[3:22] Between the two different establishments the flower shop and the tattoo shop or parlor,

[3:26] the characters, their personalities, their wardrobe, the style, the color palettes,

[3:31] it's usually very visually distinct from one another. 

[3:34] Basically it's another flavor of opposites attract. 

[3:37] It's very visually satisfying for a lot of people seeing all those aesthetic differences.

[3:41] One character could look very soft,

[3:42] dressed in cozy sweaters and lighter colors. 

[3:45] Maybe they're shy or super sweet or a ball of sunshine 

[3:49] compared to your other character who maybe looks more intimidating! 

[3:52] Maybe they've got leather on and piercings and a darker color palette. 

[3:55] Perhaps they're more reserved

[3:56] and aloof with a serious case of resting bitch face. 

[3:59] Again playing up the opposites and the differing dynamics.

[4:02] Oh! So the soft one works in the flower shop and the tough one works in the tattoo parlor, right? 

[4:06] That's definitely an option and I guess it's the most intuitive one.

[4:09] But another great thing about this AU is that there's a lot of wiggle room for trope subversion. 

[4:14] If you want to have this super soft happy-go-lucky pastel character as the tattoo artist, 

[4:19] you can do that in fact a lot of people might be drawn to it because of that added layer of contrast. 

[4:23] Do you want the tall super intimidating stoic character as a cutesy florist? 

[4:28] That works perfectly fine too.

[4:29] Maybe the tattoo artist looks kind of scary but they're actually a sweetheart,

[4:32] whereas the florist might look super cute but in actuality is a feral gremlin.

[4:37] With the flower shop and tattoo shop AU

[4:39] you can go as by the book trope-y or

[4:42] as off the wall as you want. 

[4:43] There’s really no right or wrong answer. 

[4:45] It’s just up to your preference and people get really creative with it. 

[4:48] Another reason for this AU's popularity is that 

[4:51] working in a flower shop or as a tattoo artist are

[4:53] professions that are often romanticized in fiction,

[4:56] similar to working in a coffee shop or a bookstore. 

[4:59] There's always that image of the protagonist going about their shift, 

[5:02] gazing out the window longingly, and wondering 

[5:04] when their life will begin, 

[5:06] when they'll find that special someone. 

[5:08] Maybe it's the rom-com or the Hallmark effect, I don't know. 

[5:11] Well Hallmark usually has like the

[5:13] cold business woman falling in love like a small town...

[5:16] guy, right? 

[5:17] Uh, I don't know. [laughs] 

[5:18] And the flower shop and tattoo parlor AU offers a lot of meet-cute options. 

[5:23] There's a bunch listed on Tumblr. 

[5:26] Maybe all the local shop employees have a block party and

[5:29] the florist accidentally spills their

[5:31] prized pot roast all over the tattoo artist's leather pants. 

[5:36] You can get as sappy sweet romantic or as horrendously awkward as you want. 

[5:41] Common tropes tied to this AU are often 

[5:44] strangers to lovers or mutual pining.

[5:46] Misunderstandings and miscommunications sometimes are sprinkled into this AU as well. 

[5:51] Like maybe one shop worker sees the other shop worker “flirting” with another employee or

[5:56] talking to a customer and they're like,

[5:58] ″Oh, they don't have feelings for me” or 

[6:01] “Oh, maybe I'm misreading this whole situation.” Bonk! 

[6:04] You can really get jazzy with it. 

[6:05] This all ties into another draw of this AU in that 

[6:08] it's just a simple slice of life. 

[6:09] You don't really have to worry about complex world building, political intrigue and drama,

[6:14] building an intricate mystery 

[6:16] unless you want to incorporate a flower / tattoo shop AU

[6:19] into a dystopian space world on the brink of collapse. 

[6:24] That's an idea.

[6:25] Character motivations can be straight to the point, not super lofty. 

[6:28] Like maybe the tattoo artist is living paycheck to paycheck and wants to open up commissions to save up money 

[6:34] to buy their dream apartment or set up their own tattoo shop. 

[6:37] Maybe the florist takes over their grandmother's flower shop

[6:39] after she passes and they want to revamp it in their own style. 

[6:42] This AU is more rooted in the day-to-day sort of activities 

[6:46] and for readers who want

[6:47] something a little less... expansive?

[6:49] Fantastical? 

[6:51] Then this is perfect for them. 

[6:52] Unless of course, again, 

[6:53] your flower [shop] / tattoo shop AU takes place in a dystopian space world 

[6:57] on the brink of political collapse.

[6:58] And the last big appeal for the flower shop / tattoo shop AU is that 

[7:03] it is a sensory feast and great for those who love schmaltzy symbolism. 

[7:08] People really enjoy the vibes of a good flower shop / tattoo shop AU.

[7:12] They're [chef’s kiss] immaculate. 

[7:14] From smelling the fragrance of the flowers 

[7:16] to hearing the buzzing of tattoo needles 

[7:19] to seeing all the different colors and flower varieties in a flower shop 

[7:23] to seeing all the cool designs in a tattoo shop. 

[7:25] The soft touch of flower petals 

[7:27] or maybe someone pricks their finger on a rose's thorn. 

[7:30] The intimacy of the tattoo artist character getting in real close as they're doing their thing. 

[7:34] It's a sensory overload, and there's ample opportunity

[7:36] to get really big on the details and the imagery. 

[7:39] Lots of ways for the reader to

[7:40] feel immersed in the story and feel like

[7:42] they're almost in the flower shop or tattoo shop and getting romanticized. 

[7:46] And of course, the language of flowers,

[7:48] symbolism. 

[7:50] In practically every story with a flower shop, 

[7:53] there will be a scene where the florist arranges a bouquet or

[7:56] some sort of arrangement that

[7:58] incorporates various meanings of different flowers. 

[8:01] It's a great way to add more emotional impact. 

[8:03] Maybe it's almost like an open secret like 

[8:06] one character is totally oblivious to the meaning of the flowers 

[8:09] and the other character’s like

[8:10] biting their fists. 

[8:12] I mean flowers are already synonymous with romance so why not add more depth to it. 

[8:16] It's romantic! 

[8:17] And hey, if romance isn't your schtick then you can have the florist arrange

[8:20] platonic bouquets. 

[8:21] That's also really cute. 

[8:22] Maybe some sort of good luck arrangement for the new tattoo artist next door. 

[8:25] But yeah, in a nutshell this AU ended up being beloved by those who 

[8:29] want a neat cute environment with some cool contrast, good vibes and aesthetics, 

[8:33] room to play around with tropes and symbolism,

[8:35] something simple and more rooted in reality,

[8:38] and an AU where the mundane can be romanticized suddenly and funnily enough, 

[8:42] there actually are a fair amount of posts out there by 

[8:45] actual florists and tattoo artists offering their two cents on how to make the AU feel more

[8:50] immersive and realistic and fleshed out.

[8:52] Extra resources! Woot! Woot!

[8:53] So if you're ever curious and want to give the flower shop / tattoo parlor AU a try,

[8:59] then check in with your local fandom and see if they have any of the AU in stock. 

[9:03] Maybe try putting your own spin on it. 

[9:04] But thank you so much for watching this quick history / presentation 

[9:10] on the flower shop / tattoo parlor AU. 

[9:12] If you have any other AU's you'd like me to cover in future videos, 

[9:15] then let me know in the comments.

[9:16] What's your personal favorite take on this AU? 

[9:18] Let me know, I'm curious. 

[9:19] Thank you so much again for watching, guys, 

[9:21] and I'll see you in my next video. Bye!

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“Ben Mendelsohn Breaks Down His Most Iconic Characters | GQ” by GQ

Transcript by CCKN is under the cut

[0:00]Ben Mendelsohn: Sissy Spacek was my mom. 

[0:05] What do you - what else do you want?

[0:10] The Year My Voice Broke 

[0:12] It was gonna be a tele movie, almost called The Year My Voice Broke.

[0:14] It was actually called

[0:15] Reflections at that time, that was its working title.

[0:17] And Trevor Leishman was...

[0:20] ...kind of like the town’s bad-boy. 

[0:24] Trevor would steal cars and 

[0:26] drive around and

[0:27] around the the racetrack... 

[0:30] ...until the car ran out of petrol and then...you know,

[0:33] the cops would be sort of standing there.

[0:34] This was in a country town. 

[0:36] And they would be standing there waiting for him to run

[0:38] out of petrol and try to arrest him.

[0:39] Trevor had a laugh that was very distinctive. 

[0:43] Trevor: Sounded hollow, I reckon.

[0:46] Huhhuhhehehe. 

[0:47] Hehehehehe!

[0:51] Ben: Which was John Duigon picking up on my sort of, at that time, 

[0:52] “hehehehe”

[0:54] kind of like silly kind of laugh. 

[0:57] Like that's the film that you know

[0:59] made it so that I made films basically.

[1:05] Spotswood known in America as

[1:07] The Efficiency Expert. 

[1:09] You know he's a working-class gormless boy 

[1:11] working in this factory.

[1:12] He wants to kiss the pretty girl 

[1:15] but he doesn't quite know how to do it. 

[1:16] It has the distinction of being Toni Colette's first film,

[1:23] It's one of the early films with Russell Crowe in it, 

[1:27] And of course it has Anthony Hopkins in the film

[1:30] that he had made immediately after he made

[1:33] Silence of the Lambs.

[1:35] Silence of the Lambs wasn't released by this point

[1:38] but he had just made it.

[1:39] I probably learnt things on that job

[1:43] from... from Hopkins really that have

[1:47] stayed with me the most. 

[1:49] There was something about his ethos and something

[1:51] about the way he worked.

[1:53] He's a very, you know, gentle soft kind of guy

[1:56] but you can see in his performances

[1:59] this other world going on. 

[2:01] So I owe an enormous debt of gratitude to him for

[2:05] just transmitting that, you know, just

[2:06] passing that stuff along 

[2:08] more than anything else was what that film means to me.

[2:13] Mullet

[2:14] I like Mullet. 

[2:16] I like Eddie ‘Mullet’ a lot.

[2:18] Eddie ‘Mullet’ is a guy that-that comes

[2:22] from a small town. 

[2:24] He wants to leave all these idiots behind him, 

[2:27] goes off to the city, burns out in one way or another, 

[2:30] and returns home to this sleepy fishing town.

[2:46] Eddie’s Dad: Where’s ya mother?

[2:47] Eddie: Oh, she's still not talking to you? 

[2:48] Eddie’s Dad: Just call her. 

[2:50] Eddie: Mom! 

[2:51] Ben: And that's kind of what Mullet is.

[2:52] Now this is made by David Caesar and

[2:54] Davy is 

[2:57] someone incredibly important to me

[3:01] because we go back to the beginnings

[3:03] of both of our careers. 

[3:05] I did his student film for him when he was still in school

[3:08] and I think there's this incredible

[3:10] lyricism in what he does. 

[3:12] They are really deeply, personally important films.

[3:17] Australia 

[3:19] Captain Dutton is meant to be

[3:20] the sensitive of - 

[3:22] the sensible alternative to Hugh Jackman's, you know,

[3:26] vastly more appealing proposition for

[3:29] Nicole Kidman's affections in Baz Luhrmann's Australia 

[3:33] He's a slightly sort of uptight proper - 

[3:35] a lot of people think he's an English character 

[3:37] even Australians think he's an English guy.

[3:40] But he's not, he's an old - it's an old-fashioned 

[3:42] what I was trying to do

[3:43] was do an old Australian

[3:45] upper-class speak 

[3:47] which sounds very similar to British 

[3:50] in a lot of ways. 

[3:51] But anyway they didn't get picked up on.

[3:52] That's either my fault or whatever.

[3:55] I felt awesome about doing a film for Baz.

[4:02] Strictly Ballroom remains one of the like...

[4:04] ... It's absolutely - it remains in

[4:06] my top five most enjoyable experiences

[4:09] I've ever had going to a cinema. 

[4:11] And of course you know he's got that - he's got

[4:13] the secret weapon.

[4:16] Martin Scorsese, he’s got

[4:15] Thelma School[maker], you know Thelma. 

[4:18] But you know Baz has got C.M. 

[4:20] Baz has got Catherine Martin

[4:22] and that is like -

[4:24] [Ben Mendelsohn does a lip pop]

[2:25] That's a combo.

[4:29] Animal Kingdom 

[4:31] Pope is the elder statesman of a really... very tough... violent...

[4:40] Melbourne crime family. 

[4:43] There's a culture there that is a lot more about, 

[4:46] you know, guy to - a guy growing up. 

[4:48] It's a lot more about being tough and not showing stuff

[4:51] and having the sense of a threat

[4:54] that you might hurt someone if they do or

[4:56] if they transgress in some way.

[4:59] Pope: This is what I’m talking about, mate. 

[5:01] I just want you to tell me things, you know. it just kills me to -

[5:03] It just kills me to see you living a lie.

[5:04] J: Look, mate, fuck off. Seriously.

[5:06] Ben: Davy Michôd. 

[5:08] I knew for a long time and

[5:12] Davy Michôd was a guy who wrote for a film magazine 

[5:16] and Davy wanted to make a film and it was like,

[5:18] “yeah, yeah, whatever”, you know?

[5:20] It’s sort of, you know, “yeah, yeah, go on.” 

[5:22] And Davy, you know, said “I want you to play this character” 

[5:26] and I was like “whateverrrrr!”

[5:31] The good thing about, you know, being around and being basically a pessimist,

[5:34] you just get proved wrong a lot. 

[5:37] And I love being wrong about stuff. 

[5:40] [The] Animal Kingdom is without question the most

[5:43] career-wise important film that I ever made.

[5:46] I mean without Animal Kingdom you -

[5:49] I mean, you know, you don't give a fuck about me

[5:51] without that film because none of the

[5:53] rest of this stuff happened.

[5:56] The Dark Knight Rises 

[6:00] This is the period

[6:01] When I was like, 

[6:02] “Something's going right.

[6:03] Something's really, really going right.”

[6:06] Lucius Fox: This meeting will now come to order.

[6:08] John Dagger: You know, I’d like to point out that

[6:10] we have an non-board member here 

[6:12] which is highly irregular,

[6:13] even if his family name is above the door...

[6:15] Fredericks: Bruce Wayne's family built this company - 

[6:19] Board Member 2: And he himself has run it -

[6:20] Daggett: Into the ground! 

[6:21] Ben: That was the first time I'd ever 

[6:22] been on a film set of the biggest movie

[6:25] being made on the planet Earth at that time

[6:28] and I was like -

[6:29] [Ben shrugs with a giddy grin]

[6:30] No, it's just like...

[6:32] it's pretty awesome. 

[6:34] I don't remember much about Daggett. 

[6:36] I don’t particularly care about Daggett in one way or another,

[6:38] you know what I mean. 

[6:39] I went in, 

[6:40] I flipped a couple of burgers, 

[6:41] I tried not to disgrace myself. 

[6:43] That was basically -

[6:44] you know. 

[6:45] There's very limited,

[6:46] you know, stuff. 

[6:47] There's some boardroom stuff going on in there. 

[6:49] And then there's all that stuff of 

[6:50] “I've hired you to, 

[6:51] you know, to be my, you know, my guy 

[6:54] and please don't, you know -

[6:55] Oh, are you gonna hurt me? 

[6:56] Oh, this is kind of confronting.”

[6:59] But I just remember just being on set with like, 

[7:02] you know, there’s Christian Bale,

[7:03] there’s Gary Oldman,

[7:05] there’s Morgan Freeman 

[7:06] like

[7:07] [Ben does a lip pop again.]

[7:08] And what I really, really, really, really remember

[7:11] having reinforced is 

[7:13] this game’s exactly the same.

[7:15] Doesn't matter if you're making the crappiest,

[7:16] most down and dirty, shitty

[7:20] kind of indie that no one's ever can 

[7:22] in the world see 

[7:24] or you're making the biggest movie on earth.

[7:29] Bloodline

[7:31] I was skeptical, and I was touched, 

[7:34] and I was, you know, a little bit chuffed that

[7:36] these guys came to me and said,

[7:38] “Listen, we want to make a film - a series, pardon me,

[7:40] about, you know, the black sheep of the family

[7:43] and we want to kind of investigate that dynamic and what it is

[7:46] in a family and, you know, 

[7:49] and they're gonna kill him. you know I never get

[7:50] You know, I’ll never gonna get another Danny Rayburn, you know what I mean.

[7:53] Like you do one of those guys, like there's a

[7:55] like there's a few of these guys 

[7:57] that you're never going to get them again. 

[7:59] I'm never gonna get another Pope, 

[8:00] I'm never going to get another Trevor. Leishman.

[8:03] There are certain things, which for whatever reason,

[8:05] everything kind of forms up 

[8:07] and the thing in and of itself is people,

[8:09] you know, it - 

[8:10] people take it into their hearts

[8:12] and it becomes part of their life.

[8:1] They talk about it, they enjoy it.

[8:18] Danny: You sent a load up the same highway that I did

[8:20] unless you took a detour. 

[8:21] Did you take a detour?

[8:26] Ben: Yeah I love Danny. 

[8:29] I - I love love love Danny.

[8:34] Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 

[8:36] Middle manager as principal villain. 

[8:39] It's an interesting idea. 

[8:40] I have peddled the line

[8:42] and I will continue to peddle the line

[8:44] that he is the man that built the Death Star

[8:46] even though there's a very strong argument

[8:48] that Mads Mikkelsen’s character may have

[8:51] but you know...

[8:52] Fuck it, right? 

[8:53] I mean you build the Dea- 

[8:55] you get a chance to claim you built the Death Star. 

[8:56] I'm taking it, 

[8:57] I'm running with it. 

[8:58] Star Wars.

[8:59] I mean, you know. 

[9:01] I went there, I watched that film as a kid in-in-in Melbourne in,

[9:04] you know, in the city.

[9:07] Star Wars was just

[9:08] like huge for me.

[9:10] Gareth, he approached me in this

[9:12] sort of super secret - shh - meeting 

[9:15] and I went to the top of some Beverly Hills Hotel

[9:18] and sat on the thing. La la la. 

[9:22] And he said, you know, I want you to play the

[9:24] villain in this upcoming Star Wars movie

[9:27] and I was like, “okay, great.” 

[9:30] [Ben sucks in lips]

[9:32] And I had to keep a lid on it for like foreeverrr. 

[9:36] I mean when Darth Vader turns up on a set. 

[9:43] Yeah.

[9:44] Darth Vader: Director Krennic.

[9:48] Director Krennic: Lord Vader.

[9:52] Ben: Ready Player One 

[9:54] That's the best screening of a film

[9:56] that I've ever been to in my life.

[9:58] South by Southwest screening of Ready Player One in Austin, 

[10:04] the first time anyone ever got to see that film in the public.

[10:07] That is the wildest experience

[10:09] and the best experience I ever had

[10:12] watching a film. 

[10:13] Mr. Spielberg and Kate Capshaw, his wife, had had seen Bloodline

[10:18] and were fans 

[10:19] and so essentially it's Bloodline that gets me Ready Player One.

[10:24] When I got to meet with them -

[10:26] [Ben laughs.]

[10:27] Spielberg, you know. 

[10:29] Look, I'm a fan of, you know, 

[10:31] I grew up. I love all this stuff, you know,

[10:33] I still feel like a kind of a fanboy nerd 

[10:37] and I do pinch myself and

[10:39] kind of get a bit blushy in a bit like -

[10:41] essentially you're dealing with 

[10:43] a film which you know, is very, very

[10:46] largely in virtual reality. 

[10:49] That took an enormous amount of time and discipline.

[10:51] So technically for him it's a really a

[10:54] post-production piece 

[10:56] but what it meant for us in terms of the capture stuff 

[10:59] is really, kind of, as usual 

[11:03] but in this sort of white blank space where you've

[11:05] sort of got a play ‘tendie ‘tendie, you know,

[11:08] I meant pretending 

[11:11] about what's where and whatnot.

[11:12] That's the fastest most quick [/kept]

[11:14] crew I've ever seen in my life. 

[11:17] Spielberg's crew is beyond 

[11:20] and there's no one that thinks in terms of 

[11:24] camera moving through stuff in real time 

[11:28] that I've ever seen. 

[11:30] There's no one, there's no one like him.

[11:35] The Sheriff is really, you know, political

[11:39] modern political speaker kind of, 

[11:43] as you know, -esque villain 

[11:45] Friar Tuck: Sir, surely the church -

[11:46] It's a law and orders issue.

[11:47] I'm the law and order here.

[11:49] I can't afford to lose another penny.

[11:53] Friar Tuck: Sir it's been a bit since your last confession.

[11:57] The Sheriff: My conscience is clear. 

[11:59] Ben: He's a modern kind of political populisty type of,

[12:04] you know, operative sleazebag dude, you know?

[12:06] Power power, money money, give it give it.

[12:08] It's really the way that Otto talked

[12:11] about what he wanted to do within 

[12:14] the world of hood that was kind of like

[12:17] the world of Nottingham in

[12:19] this piece which is an origin story.

[12:22] We're going to teach you things about

[12:23] Robin Hood you never even knew, all right?

[12:27] Cheap! Cheap for the price of admission.

End of transcript 

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Personal Notes: Once again, I’m on another Ben Mendelsohn video binge so here we are. This is an old video from 2018. I tried very hard to not get distracted by his voice and face. I succeed.... somewhat. Also, I remember refreshing the page so many in time hoping that they have already have subtitled the video. They didn’t and so here I am.

P.S. The timestamps are down below

[0:00] BEN MENDELSOHN’S ICONIC CHARACTERS

[0:10] THE YEAR MY VOICE BROKE

[1:05] SPOTSWOOD

[2:11] MULLET

[3:16] AUSTRALIA

[4:26] ANIMAL KINGDOM

[5:55] THE DARK KNIGHT RISES

[7:27] BLOODLINES

[8:33] ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY 

[9:50] READY PLAYER ONE

[11:32] ROBIN HOOD

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The Year My Voice Broke video clip and transcript provided by Australian Screen which is apart of the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. I found the site through the The Year My Voice Broke page of the Melbourne High School Library website that appeared in the Google search. It’s a wild rabbit ride. 

Someone by the username of Caballero uploaded the entire Mullet movie on YouTube. The only closed captioning option is auto-generated English but it’ll do.

The Dark Knight Rises Script By Jonathan Nolan And Christopher Nolan from archive.org

Flip to pages 72-73 for the scene

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“Homemade Japanese Dumplings (Dango)” by Jun’s Kitchen

Transcript by CCKN is under the cut

[0:05] [On Screen: Jun’s Kitchen Logo]

[0:19] [Text on screen: Sakura/Cherry Petals]

[0:35] Jun to Haku: You found yomogi?

[0:36] [Text on screen: Japanese Mugwort/Yomogi]

[0:37] [Text on screen: (For sanitary reasons, I’ll use the one I’m growing at home.)]

[0:42] Jun (after a muffled chuckle): Good job.

[1:00] Jun: Oh!

[1:32] Okay. 

[1:33] Let's go get more ingredients, buddy.

[1:38] [Text on screen: Rice flour]

[1:52] [Text on screen: Japanese Mugwort/Yomogi]

[2:01] Jun: Hey guys.

[2:02] I'm sorry for the long wait, 

[2:04] but my house and kitchen are finally done. 

[2:06] I named this channel like this 10 years ago

[2:08] and now I can cook in my own kitchen.

[2:11] Thank you so much.

[2:13] Yomogi?

[2:14] Want a sniff too, Nagi?

[2:17] (chuckles)

[2:21] Yomogi.

[2:22] Smells good?

[2:25] This time I'm making traditional Japanese sweets 

[2:29] called Sanshoku-Dango 

[2:31] and Mitarashi-Dango. 

[2:33] Sanshoku-Dango is three different colored dumplings and

[2:35] Mitarashi-Dango is grilled dumplings with

[2:38] sweet soy sauce syrup.

[2:40] The three colors are usually pink, white, and green.

[2:44] One of the theories suggests that 

[2:45] the color pink stands for sakura and spring,

[2:48] white for snow and winter, 

[2:51] and green for grass and summer.

[2:57] Oh! My back!

[3:00] Oh!

[3:16] I'm using sakura and yomogi for sanshoku-dango,

[3:18] but you don't have to use them.

[3:21] You can just use food coloring.

[3:49] First I'm going to make yomogi paste.

[3:51] This will be used in green dango.

[4:04] [Text on screen: Matcha / Green Tea Powder]

[4:04] You can use matcha green tea powder

[4:05] instead of green food coloring if you like.

[4:08] [Text on screen: Dried Sakura Petals]

[4:17] This is his third of fourth break.

[4:22] (snickers)

[4:26] Nagi! 

[4:28] Such healthy boy.

[4:31] (humming chuckles)

[4:44] Okay.

[4:46] Next, I'm going to make dango dough.

[4:57] Mix rice flour, sugar, and hot water in a bowl 

[5:00] until it becomes as soft as cat beans.

[5:08] Hi Haku.

[5:10] Can I touch your beans?

[5:12] Soft as cat beans.

[5:15] Ohohohohohohoho!

[5:19] It's soft- Oh!

[5:21] but somewhat like bounces back.

[5:24] It’s a very pleasant feeling, I would say.

[5:27] Hehehe.

[5:29] Ohohoho.

[5:30] Thank you!

[5:31] Thank you!

[5:38] [Text on screen: Yomogi & Green Tea Powder]

[5:41] [Text on screen: Sakura & Food Coloring (red)]

[6:32] This one is for mitarashi-dango.

[6:41] Boil them for about five minutes until

[6:43] they all float,

[6:46] and then continue boiling for one more minute.

[6:51] Put them in cold water.

[7:03] Skewer them on a bamboo stick, and done.

[7:13] [Text on Screen: Done!]

[7:13] Sanshoku-dango.

[7:16] Oish!

[7:18] You can make them any color or size you like. 

[7:20] I made some pastel blue and yellow

[7:22] for my wife since it's her favorite colors.

[7:26] Next I'm going to make the syrup for mitarashi-dango.

[7:28] Mix potato starch, sugar,

[7:32] and soy sauce in a pot on a medium low heat

[7:34] for about a minute until it becomes thick.

[7:40] Next I'm going to charcoal grill the dango.

[7:42] You can use a toaster oven or frying pan instead.

[8:43] Tada!

[8:44] Smells good, sounds good!

[8:48] Yosh. (translation note: similar to “All right/Yes.)”

[8:50] Ja ikimasu ka. (translation note: similar to “Here goes.” when trying something out.)

[9:16] Mitarashi-dango, looks so good!

[9:19] [Text on Screen: Done!]

[9:24] Smells good?

[9:28] Itadakimasu.

[9:32] Mmm! It's a taste of Japanese festival. Hehehehe.

[9:35] I'm gonna add more syrup.

[9:42] Yeah?

[9:46] Mmm!

[9:49] Hmmhmm.

[9:52] Mm!

[9:53] Sanshoku-dango, mo oishi. [translation note: Sanshoku-dango, very delicious.]

[9:56] Okay.

[10:00] Right, I'm gonna take my time to eat more dango.

[10:03] Okay.

[10:05] Oh Nagi’s - his-

[10:08] I don't even know how many times - 

[10:12] His fifth or sixth or seventh cat wheel break exercise time.

[10:18] Such healthy boy!

[10:22] Hehe. Okay.

[10:24] Ow!

[10:27] Hi Haku.

[10:28] Smells good?

[10:29] Mm.

[10:31] Poki, there's no sauce on my finger anymore.

[10:33] Why are you still licking?

[10:36] Thank you guys so much for watching.

[10:38] See you guys later.

[10:39] Bye!

[10:42] [Text on screen: DIY on my VLOG channel]

YouTube Channel: Jun’s Kitchen

Video Description:  Thank you so much for watching! It's been 10 years since I made this channel. I wanted to cook in my own kitchen in the future and finally it's happening! It's all thanks to you guys! 

This time I'm making traditional Japanese dumplings called sanshoku-dango & mitarashi-dango. They're pretty easy to make and tasty. If you get a chance, please give it a try! 

►My cooking vlog channel: https://www.youtube.com/junyoshizuki 

►Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/JunsKitchen 

►Channel with my wife: https://www.youtube.com/RachelandJun

►EQUIPMENT I use on my channel that you can buy online (Amazon affiliates links) 

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―Sharpening Stone―  KING Japanese Sharpening Stone 1000/6000 (http://amzn.to/2uokk32) 

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【Ingredients / serves 2】 Please follow the instructions of your rice flour bag to make dumplings if it has them. Often times it has instructions on the back. Here's the ingredients I used bellow. You can adjust the ratio to your taste. 

-Mitarashi-dango- 

250g rice flour  200ml hot water 

100ml soy sauce  100g sugar 200ml water 30g potato starch 

-Sanshoku-dango- 

250g rice flour  150ml hot water 30g sugar 

sakura yomogi food colouring (red) matcha powder 

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📌 Pinned Comment from JunsKitchen:

Thank you so much for watching! It's been 10 years since I made this channel. I wanted to cook & craft in my own kitchen in the future and finally it's happening! It's all thanks to you guys! This time I'm making traditional Japanese dumplings called sanshoku-sando & mitarashi-dango. They're pretty easy to make and tasty. If you get a chance, please give it a try! このチャンネルを開設してから10年が経ちました。いつか自分のキッチンで料理（やクラフト）がしたいと思っていましたが、やっと実現できました。ひとえに皆様のおかげです。ご視聴、ありがとうございます！今回は三色団子とみたらし団子です。比較的、簡単に作れますので、機会がありましたら試してみてください。^ ^

Disclaimer and preface: None of the videos I transcribe belong to me. They belong to the content creators and the crew behind the videos. 

My transcripts may not be 100% as I am not a professional. I'm just someone who wants to provide video transcripts for people to understand and enjoy these videos. 

For this video, I focused on the speaker, in this case, Jun, and the text on screen which will be in brackets. If there are any corrections you would like me to make, let me know in the comment section of the post.

Personal Notes: This was more of a treat to myself as this is a bit shorter than the last video I posted. Plus this one has less dialogue and I had a lot of motivation to do this one.

If you like this video or any other video from Jun’s Kitchen, please support them by watching their videos on the YouTube platform and through other means from them.

The next video I’ll be transcribing is a longer one so keep an eye out for that. 

Until next time, bye! May your day be as soft as cat beans. 🥰

P.S. This video has Japanese closed captioning which I used as a rough guide for the timestamps. 

P.P.S.- I added a few translation notes. Again, if there are any corrections you would like me to make, let me know in the comment section of the post.

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Trans Mermaid & Coming Out | Dreamsounds

Transcript by CCKN is under the cut

[0:00] Marlene (pre-transition): A little over three years ago I began this channel

[0:02] and I haven’t be honest. 

[0:05] Well, I mean I a-actually scratch that.

[0:07] I don’t think that’s true.

[0:08] A little over three years ago I began this channel

[0:10] and since then I understand myself a lot better.

[0:14] I don’t think I was being dishonest in my earlier videos

[0:17] I just didn’t have the right tools and vocabulary to know what I was feeling

[0:21] I shared my feelings as I understood them back then.

[0:24] I went to Disneyland Paris at the beginning of February,

[0:26] and it was weird.

[0:28] On one hand it was incredibly cool to celebrate three years of the channel

[0:31] and be there to work on a video about Disney queerness and the American dream,

[0:35] but I also knew it was the end of an era.

[0:37] I knew that as soon as I got home

[0:39] I would begin truly taking my life into my own hands.

[0:43] Marlene (post-transition): So let’s talk about mermaids and why I’m a woman now.

[0:48] [“Part of Your World” piano cover by Jon Michael Ogletree]

[1:04] A few months ago I shaved,

[1:07] instead of just trimming my beard

[1:11] I was shaving my whole body

[1:13] I took some photos in the mirror and sent a text to my husband John 

[1:15] saying it was the last call for my old name.

[1:18] In truth, I knew that wasn’t really the case.

[1:22] For most people, I would still be my old name 

[1:24] while I transitioned in my private

[1:26] but from that point on,

[1:28] it was all a performance by me, Marlene,

[1:31] and that is my real name

[1:34] while shaving, I put the album, Howard Sings Ashman, on in the background

[1:38] and when it got to his demo of “Part of Your World” from The Little Mermaid

[1:41] I looked in the mirror and started crying.

[1:44] His beautiful lyrics and Alan Menken’s unforgettable music hit me all at once. 

[1:49] After a decade of boring myself in 

[1:52] beards, in hair, and masculinity,

[1:55] I finally saw me.

[1:57] But I quickly started laughing.

[1:59] What was emotional became absurd,

[2:02] like I finally found the glasses that were on my face the whole time.

[2:06] Oh! There I was.

[2:08] In “Part of Your World,” Ariel sings about wanting to be a human.

[2:11] After obsessing over human objects for such a long time,

[2:15] she decides that she’s had enough.

[2:17] Even though she’s told not go to the surface, she can’t help it.

[2:20] She literally comes from underwater royalty,

[2:22] but that doesn’t matter.

[2:24] She’s not happy.

[2:26] Marlene (singing): 🎶 I’ve got gadgets and gizmos a-plenty 🎶

[2:30] 🎶 I’ve got who zits and whatzits galore 🎶

[2:34] 🎶 You want thingamabobs? 🎶

[2:37] 🎶 [Well] I’ve got twenty 🎶

[2:40] 🎶 But who cares? 🎶

[2:43] 🎶 No big deal 🎶

[2:46] 🎶 I want more! 🎶

[2:51] Marlene (talking): I married John in 2019

[2:53] and it was one of the happiest days of my life

[2:55] but it was also complicated.

[2:57] I flew to New York so we could get married at city hall in Manhattan

[3:00] and afterwards we went to take photos in Fort Tyron Park, the place where we first met

[3:04] but that afternoon I felt like something was wrong.

[3:08] I looked at the photos and I felt intense joy

[3:11] but then I realized I was only looking at John

[3:14] and when I tried to look at myself

[3:17] Well...

[3:18] I couldn’t.

[3:19] It was like my face was distorted and my eyes were desperately trying to avoid it. 

[3:24] I felt like something had gone terribly wrong but I didn’t know what

[3:27] but at the same time I knew.

[3:30] I think that was when it started to sink in.

[3:32] Maybe transitioning wasn’t a choice

[3:34] but something I needed to do to survive

[3:37] Marlene (singing): 🎶 Up where they walk, 🎶

[3:40] 🎶 up where they run 🎶

[3:43] 🎶 Up where they stay all day in the sun 🎶

[3:49] 🎶 Wanderin’ free - 🎶

[3:51] 🎶 wish I could be 🎶

[3:54] 🎶 Part of that world 🎶

[4:00] Marlene (talking): Part of Your World resonates with so many queer people for so many reasons.

[4:04] I mean I don’t think there’s any song I’ve talked about more on this channel

[4:09] but there’s a reason why trans people specifically love it so much.

[4:13] Mermaids have become a cultural symbol

[4:15] for trans identity,

[4:17] they’re easy to find in trans art and one of the most notable trans charities is named after them.

[4:22] In his wonderful book Mermaids and Drag Queens,

[4:24] Yuval Avrami explores why mermaids mean so much.

[4:28] “As a symbol, the mermaid is non-binary in its essence: 

[4:32] she defies binaries and dichotomies by living on sea and above it,

[4:36] being both human and animal,

[4:38] and having a human identity but no human genitalia.”

[4:42] There’s a reason why fantasy can be such an important genre for queer people.

[4:46] It allows you to create whatever you want

[4:48] and to express yourself in ways that might not be possible in the real world.

[4:52] In fact, the original Little Mermaid story is thought of to be an expression of queerness. 

[4:57] Hans Christian Anderson reportedly wrote the book after finding out that Edvard Collin, a man he had feelings for,

[5:03] had gotten engaged to a woman.

[5:06] “I languished for you as for a pretty Calabrian wench...

[5:09] my sentiments for you are those of a woman.

[5:11] The femininity of my nature and our friendship must remain a mystery.”

[5:17] What Anderson meant is debated.

[5:19] Many people assume he was gay, 

[5:22] others day he was bi, ace, the list goes on.

[5:24] Based on that quote, you might think there were also some gender things going on

[5:28] because of him describing his emotions

[5:30] as those of a woman.

[5:32] But you also have to keep in mind that in the late 1800s in Europe

[5:36] there were a few theories about queerness

[5:38] with one even saying that gay men were women’s souls in men’s bodies.

[5:42] So it doesn’t always work with our modern vocab

[5:46] but regardless of what you think he meant

[5:48] it’s pretty clear that some type of queerness, some type of deviation from cisgender heteronormative society was happening

[5:54] but I don't think we need to know Anderson’s exact feelings to see that in the story.

[5:59] “In Anderson’s story, trading the fin for legs involve immense pain:

[6:03] the transformation itself feels as if a sword splits her body

[6:07] and each step she takes afterwards feels like walking on sharp knives.”

[6:12] “The story ends in a complex and tragic fashion - 

[6:15] the prince falls in love with another human woman and the mermaid throws herself from the ship,

[6:19] but instead of dying and turning into seafood as she expected,

[6:23] she turns into a ‘daughter of the air’, and might gain an immortal soul similarly to humans.”

[6:28] “Disney’s version changed the story’s ending to a happy ending,

[6:31] as is customary in the studio’s renditions of fairy tales and other children’s stories,

[6:36] and in the animated film Ariel and the Prince marry

[6:39] and live happily ever after as humans.”

[6:41] So the original is quite dark almost to the point where it’s a different story entirely. 

[6:45] But I didn’t know that growing up.

[6:47] And honestly I liked the Disney ending.

[6:51] It was helpful for me to see that Ariel went through so much struggle but that everything turned out all right in the end.

[7:02] In early 2021 I texted my friend Judy, asking if she could talk.

[7:07] I had already identified as non-binary since 2015

[7:10] but I was realizing that might not fit me anymore.

[7:13] It was incredibly helpful for me to think of my body and who I am 

[7:17] as not being tied to social roles or the gender binary. 

[7:20] But I think I needed more.

[7:22] I realized that my biggest limitation wasn’t society,

[7:26] but my body.

[7:28] I didn’t know what to tell Judy.

[7:30] I mean I didn’t know who I was.

[7:32] And a few hours prior I was crying in John’s arms,

[7:35] telling him that I thought I was a woman

[7:37] but when I spoke with Judy I told her about how I thought I could

[7:40] still be non-binary.

[7:42] I mean transition is different for everyone and isn’t always tied to identity.

[7:46] At the end of the call, Judy shared a quote from a movie she had seen.

[7:50] “It’s always the right time to be born.”

[7:53] Eating breakfast the next morning,

[7:55] I told John I didn’t think I needed to transition.

[7:58] When I came out as gay when I was 15,

[8:01] it felt like a huge weight was lifted off my shoulders.

[8:04] But when I told John I thought I was a woman, I didn’t feel that.

[8:07] In fact, I felt even more confused more, more stressed.

[8:11] I didn't even have a name yet,

[8:13] but I didn't have to decide. 

[8:15] I already was non-binary so I decided to give myself time.

[8:20] In The Little Mermaid, in order to make it to the human world Ariel has to make a deal with Ursula, the sea witch. 

[8:26] In exchange for giving Ariel legs, she takes her voice.

[8:30] But before she does that she sings Poor Unfortunate Souls which isn’t just a memorable villain song,

[8:35] but also a lesson in femininity.

[8:38] In Mermaids and Drag Queens it’s even described as a drag performance.

[8:42] Before she starts singing she’s putting on makeup.

[8:44] And though the song is ultimately about her villainy and manipulating Ariel

[8:49] she teaches her how to get a man and never underestimates the importance of body language. 

[8:55] After coming out to John and then rescinding my coming out,

[8:57] I moved on.

[8:59] I continued making videos, continued singing, I continued just living.

[9:04] Nearly every week I’d read Judy’s comics, all part of a series called 

[9:08] Everything is Somewhat Repaired

[9:10] where she intimately talks about her experiences as a trans woman.

[9:14] In March of 2021 there was an installment called People Are Mirrors 

[9:17] and the first panel shocked me.

[9:19] I couldn’t recognize myself as trans before I met other trans people.

[9:24] When I read that I felt like Ariel.

[9:26] I wanted to go to the human world but I didn’t know how.

[9:30] But by reading someone else’s perspective I started seeing myself

[9:34] and I started learning.

[9:37] In late 2021, I started talking to my friends about transitioning.

[9:41] I still didn’t know what that meant for me but

[9:43] I could feel the tides changing

[9:45] then one night in early 2022 

[9:47] I was so anxious I felt nauseous.

[9:50] I was literally worried sick and had trouble sleeping.

[9:53] The next morning I looked at my phone and saw a text from a friend.

[9:56] “I liked Marlene a lot,” they said.

[9:59] I then scrolled up and saw that before bed I had texted them two names.

[10:04] And...I liked Marlene a lot too.

[10:07] Later I was on the subway and was looking at my reflection

[10:10] but I couldn’t see myself,

[10:12] I saw someone but I didn’t see me.

[10:15] It had been that way for many years

[10:16] and it clearly wasn’t going away.

[10:18] And in that moment I realized that I had to change.

[10:22] Coincidentally I had plans to meet with Judy that day for lunch.

[10:25] I told her what was up and the conversation changed.

[10:28] It went from us catching up to her coaching me.

[10:31] Judy already had a lot of experience with the bureaucracy of transition

[10:34] and she essentially gave me a guide for navigating it.

[10:36] Judy wasn’t a sea witch but this was magic.

[10:41] And I felt like Ariel.

[10:43] I saw my way out 

[10:44] but just like Ariel I have to lose my voice.

[10:54] My voice means a lot to me.

[10:57] In fact I feel like sometimes it was the only thing I had going for me.

[11:00] If I wanted to show someone who I was I would sing them a song.

[11:04] I think it’s more effective than talking.

[11:06] By singing, I can truly share myself with others.

[11:09] And when I was feeling what I now understand to be gender dysphoria.

[11:13] I would sing.

[11:15] Playing shows was an escape.

[11:17] I’d close my eyes and feel like I was out of my body.

[11:19] I thought that my voice was grounding me

[11:22] but early into transition I realized it wasn’t.

[11:24] It was holding me back.

[11:27] So I started making a new voice.

[11:29] I learned everything I could and was training constantly,

[11:32] and I still felt like Ariel.

[11:35] One day I was talking to another friend who’s also a trans woman,

[11:38] and was telling her about working on this video.

[11:40] She was talking to me about transitioning and

[11:42] how when she was learning how to talk again,

[11:45] she felt like Ariel too,

[11:46] going out into the human world without a voice.

[11:49] And I knew exactly what she meant.

[11:53] If I was at a bakery I pointed.

[11:55] I used my fingers.

[11:56] I tried to use my new voice but some days I just didn’t speak at all.

[12:00] Some things just take time.

[12:03] Marlene (singing): 🎶 What would I give 🎶

[12:05] 🎶 If I could live 🎶

[12:07] 🎶 out of these waters? 🎶

[12:10] 🎶 What would I pay 🎶

[12:12] 🎶 To spend a day warm on the sand? 🎶

[12:16] 🎶 Bet’cha on land 🎶

[12:18] 🎶 they understand 🎶

[12:19] 🎶 Bet they don’t reprimand their daughters 🎶

[12:23] 🎶 Bright young women 🎶

[12:25] 🎶 sick of swimmin’ 🎶

[12:27] 🎶 Ready to stand 🎶

[12:31] Marlene (talking): I had to leave a job because I’m trans.

[12:34] For most people, me transitioning was not an issue

[12:37] but for this job it was.

[12:39] After a few humiliating conversations I left.

[12:43] To make a long story short

[12:45] In this vulnerable time of my life

[12:47] I didn’t want to argue.

[12:48] I was going to leave that gig soon anyway,

[12:51] so I just let it be.

[12:52] In a perfect world I would be able to use the resources available to me to stand up for my rights as a trans person...

[12:58] ...but I just didn’t have it in me.

[13:01] I kind of knew it would happen,

[13:03] but it still hurt.

[13:05] It was the first time that I had to confront the fact 

[13:08] that my life was about to become much harder.

[13:10] People would harass me every time I go outside.

[13:13] People will start to be hyper aware of 

[13:16] and criticize every aspect of

[13:17] how I dress, act, and speak.

[13:20] To find some type of flaw that supposedly gives it away.

[13:23] And I’ll start doing that to myself too.

[13:25] I’ll start internalizing and battling these impossibly high toxic standards

[13:30] that aren’t actually about preserving womanhood but simply limiting trans womanhood.

[13:34] It’s also not lost on me

[13:36] that in the months since I started transitioning

[13:38] transphobic legislation in the U.S. has increased exponentially.

[13:42] To many people I’m not a human, I’m a problem.

[13:45] But weirdly enough at the same time I feel more comfortable than ever. 

[13:50] I feel my life coming back to me.

[13:52] John had a few days off in March 

[13:54] and he spontaneously flew to Berlin

[13:56] because he wanted to be there with me during this time of my life.

[13:59] And while I was finishing up my previous video last week,

[14:01] the doorbell rang and I found out he sent me some flowers.

[14:04] Part of my fear in transitioning was that it would ruin our marriage

[14:08] but it’s done the exact opposite.

[14:10] In loving and giving so much of myself to someone,

[14:14] I can now really give him the whole me.

[14:16] Earlier in this video, I talking about how a big point for me early on was realizing that transitioning wasn’t a want

[14:23] but it was something that I had to do to survive.

[14:25] But now I realize it’s so much more than that.

[14:29] It’s not just about survival,

[14:30] it’s something I have to do to blossom 

[14:33] but I don’t always feel like Ariel.

[14:35] Unlike her, getting my voice back isn’t immediate. 

[14:38] I’m still working on it,

[14:40] but I’m feeling more and more like myself each day.

[14:43] Two weeks ago I went to my friend, Chad’s, album release show. 

[14:46] It was the first time I went to a social event as Marlene

[14:49] and it was so good to see my friend and 

[14:51] hear Chad’s new songs.

[14:53] Before the last song in his set,

[14:55] he dedicated it to old friends with new names

[14:58] and I immediately thought

[15:00] I’m so glad to be here.

END OF TRANSCRIPT

Youtube Channel: Dreamsounds

Video Description:

I'm so glad to be here 🏳️‍⚧️ https://www.patreon.com/dreamsounds 

Special thanks to Judy Moore (https://www.instagram.com/ignatzhoch/) and Yuval Avrami (https://www.instagram.com/yuvalavrami/) for letting me use your work in this video! 

___________________  The pieces of media and music featured in this video are quoted for critical and educational purposes. Those looking to completely understand the pieces are encouraged to purchase the original works. 

Stock footage sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y... ___________________ MUSIC USED: "All of Me and All of You" by Nocturnal Spirits 

"Part of Your World" by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken 

Jon Michael Ogletree's cover of "Part of Your World" (licensed under Creative Commons): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grCjS... 

"Three Days in Venice" by Franz Gordon 

"String Quartet Nº. 3, Op. 41, Nº. 3 - III. Adagio molto" by Robert Schumann, performed by Traditional (Epidemic Sound) 

"Beneath the Waves" by Gavin Luke 

"Words in Disguise" by The Magnus Ringblom Quartet 

"Sunny San Francisco" by Oakwood Station 

"Retrace" by Arden Forest 

___________________ 00:00 Introduction 00:58 Seeing Myself 02:08 Part of Your World 02:51 Marriage 04:01 Trans Mermaids 07:02 Changing Tides 10:55 My Voice 12:30 Leaving a Job

Pinned Comment by Dreamsound:

I'm elated to finally share with y'all what's been happening over the past few months 💗 Between the bureaucracy and having to leave a job because I'm trans, it's been an...interesting time. But now I can work more on videos and other gigs, so I'm excited to share more with you in the next few weeks! If you want to support the show, becoming a patron really helps me to keep making videos: https://www.patreon.com/dreamsounds 

If Patreon isn't accessible, even just watching or sharing my videos are great ways to help, so, thank you so much! 

I also want to shout out two people who made this possible: Judy Moore and Yuval Avrami. Judy's work is here and I highly recommend you check out her comics: https://www.instagram.com/ignatzhoch/ 

Yuval's wonderful book "Mermaids and Drag Queens" is in the works to be published in a journal, but if you want to read it, he said anyone who DMs him on Insta can get a free PDF: https://www.instagram.com/yuvalavrami/

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If there are any corrections you would like me to make, let me know in the comment section of the post.

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“Best Actress 1992: Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs” by Be Kind Rewind

Transcript by CCKN starts under the cut

[0:00] Michael Douglas: “And the Oscar goes to

[0:04] Jodie Foster in The Silence of The Lambs.”

[0:08] Be Kind Rewind: The 64th Academy Awards in 1992 honored the best movies of 1991.

[0:13] It was the year Jodie Foster took home the Best Actress Oscar for The Silence of the Lambs. 

[0:18] Her second win in the short span of three years. 

[0:21] Tired of playing victims,

[0:23] she was determined to bring the now-iconic feminist character Clarice Starling to life. 

[0:28] Her work helped Silence of the Lambs dominate the 1992 awards. 

[0:32] But her win wasn’t necessarily inevitable.

[0:35] Her competition?

[0:37] Just two outlaws by the name of Thelma and Louise.

[0:40] We’ll discuss how Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon’s now-legendary performances fell just short of the top prize 

[0:46] suffering from a game of numbers

[0:49] and perhaps from the sheer audacity of their story. 

[0:53] First, let’s take a look at the nominees. 

[0:56] It’s certainly a strong group but as usual

[0:58] only a few were ever serious contenders for the top prize.

[1:01] Bette Midler in For the Boys as a singer who tours with the USO during World War II. 

[1:08] For The Boys received zero nominations besides Midler’s

[1:11] making her in this category highly unlikely. 

[1:15] At that point

[1:16] only two other women had won under those circumstances. 

[1:19] Sophie Loren in 1961[’s] Two Women

[1:22] and Jodie Foster in 1989 for The Accused.

[1:25] Laura Dern in Rambling Rose as a woman who escapes her life of prostitution to become a maid for an affluent southern family. 

[1:31] Rambling Rose had only one other nomination:

[1:34] Diane Ladd, Laura Dern’s real-life mother for Best Supporting Actress.

[1:38] This was the first and only time a mother-daughter pair had ever been nominated for the same film. 

[1:45] While the novelty of this was interesting

[1:47] neither the movie nor Laura who Entertainment Weekly had recently described as a “bright young talent on the verge of stardom”

[1:54] drum up enough interest to meaningfully compete.

[1:58] Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon in Thelma & Louise as best friends turned outlaws after 

[2:03] Sarah Sarandon’s Louise kills a man attempting to rape Thelma,

[2:07] played by Geena Davis.

[2:09] Unlike Midler and Dern, both actresses here had a shot. 

[2:13] Davis had already proven herself an Academy favorite just three years prior

[2:17] when she won Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Accidental Tourist. 

[2:21] Sarandon had yet to win but her celebrity had ballooned since her days as a cult favorite in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

[2:27] With nearly as many nominations as The Silence of the Lambs,

[2:30] Thelma & Louise clearly struck a chord with critics and artistic peers.

[2:35] And last but not least our winner, 

[2:37] Jodie Foster, as FBI agent Clarice Starling 

[2:40] who enlists the infamous Hannibal Lector to contribute a psychological profile

[2:44] to her investigation of a serial killer, Buffalo Bill.

[2:48] Jodie Foster had been a working actress since age three.

[2:51] So by the time her role as a teen prostitute in 1976′s Taxi Driver launched her into true movie stardom at age fourteen,

[2:59] she already had more credits to her name than both her co-star, 

[3:02] Robert Ne Diro, and her director, 

[3:05] Martin Scorsese.

[3:07] For the next 15 years, Jodie built a solid reputation 

[3:10] with the minor exceptions of her time at Yale

[3:14] and that one time a guy tried to kill President Reagan to impress her. 

[3:18] She worked steadily to increase both her star value

[3:21] and her chops as a dramatic actress.

[3:23] In 1989,

[3:25] this journey culminated in her first Academy Award win

[3:27] for her role in The Accused as a newly minted Best Actress winner. 

[3:31] She began to look for her next project.

[3:33] When she read the novel, The Silence of the Lambs, by Thomas Harris,

[3:37] she immediately knew that she had to be in the movie version.

[3:41] She was tired of playing victims 

[3:43] and Clarice was anything but that. 

[3:46] Jodie Foster: My whole life had been playing a lot of victims so I didn’t play a lot of women that had been acted upon and things had been done to them.

[3:52] For me, the reason that it was so important to make this movie was 

[3:56] that there was a sort of healing process 

[3:58] and almost like a growing-up process 

[4:02]  to finally playing the woman who saves the women

[4:06] and that woman who is saving the women sees a reflection of herself in the women she’s trying to save.

[4:12] Be Kind Rewind: She tried to buy the rights to the book but discovered that Orion Pictures had already done [so]. 

[4:16] And not only was director Jonathan Demme already attached

[4:20] but he was also already eyeing Michelle Pfeiffer to play Clarice. 

[4:26] Determined to get the part she asked for a meeting,

[4:28] hopped on a plane, and asked him in person to be his second chance.

[4:33] Lucky for Jodie,

[4:34] Michelle though the project was too dark

[4:37] so the role was hers. 

[4:39] The Silence of the Lambs became a box-office juggernaut 

[4:42] outperforming every other Best Picture nominee that year,

[4:45] except Beauty and the Beast. 

[4:48] Somehow this hour film managed to tap into the chaotic post-Reagan zeitgeist,

[4:52] a nation whose new cycle included both 

[4:59] the trial of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer 

[4:57] and the testimony of Anita Hill.

[5:00] She imbues Clarice with her own fierce intellect 

[5:03] which brings an extraordinary quality of intensity, curiosity, relentlessness, and maturity.

[5:11] Her interplay with Anthony Hopkins is so full and fraught

[5:15] that you get the sense no one could have played these roles as well as they did.

[5:19] Undoubtedly Clarice also became a symbol for women. 

[5:23] Demme takes care to emphasize her experience with the male gaze

[5:26] not just when the imposing eye of inmates 

[5:30] but from her peers and co-workers as well.

[5:32] Still, she remains a tenacious, clever, and steadfast professional.

[5:37] She’s a complete and competent woman,  

[5:39] allowed at once to reveal her vulnerabilities and become the knight in shining armor who saves the day.

[5:45] Jodie Foster: I’d like to thank the Academy for embracing such an incredibly strong and beautiful feminist hero 

[5:51] that I am so proud of.

[5:54] Thank you so much. 

[5:56] Mike and Carol, you won the bet!

[5:58] Right on!

[6:00] Be Kind Rewind: But Clarice wasn’t the only female cinematic icon of 1992. 

[6:05] This was the year of Thelma & Louise.

[6:08] And given their cultural status power,

[6:10] I mean how many articles were written about their recent reunion at the SAG Awards?

[6:14] It’s worth thinking more deeply about why neither Geene Davis nor Susan Sarandon won.

[6:20] There is, of course, an obvious disadvantage to their nominations.

[6:23] It clearly split some votes.

[6:25] Let’s say as a voter you loved Thelma & Louise.

[6:27] It’s difficult to determine which actress should ultimately walk away with the Oscar

[6:32] because their performances are so beautifully linked.

[6:35] In fact unable to make the distinction themselves,

[6:38] some critics simply lumped them together and awarded the Best Actress prize to them as a unit. 

[6:44] But apart from this simpler explanation,

[6:47] there’s something more specifically transgressive about Thelma and Louise as characters

[6:52] than there is about Clarice Starling. 

[6:54] And that may have also affected voters’ perceptions. 

[6:58] Clarice is not a rebel. 

[7:00] She understands and navigates the boundaries of her space willingly 

[7:04] and pushes herself to succeed in a role that was not designed to cater to her.

[7:09] This is heroic in its own right 

[7:10] it contrasts with the disobedient insurrection 

[7:13] that makes Thelma & Louise heroic in a new and different way. 

[7:17] They’re outlaws from law enforcement? Yes.

[7:20] But they’re also outlaws from lifestyles that place them in boxes.

[7:24] When Clarice was eager to find and maintain order,

[7:28] Thelma and Louise set out to destroy it.

[7:31] That kind of feminism is more challenging to absorb 

[7:34] and it doesn’t come without backlash.

[7:36] The film triggered vitriolic responses from some critics.

[7:39] It was called “fascist”.

[7:41] They were labeled “horrible role models who set back feminism by participating in violence”.

[7:48] Ralph Novak of People wrote, “Any movie that went as far of its way to trash women as this female chauvinist [sow] of a film does to trash men

[7:55] would be universally, and justifiably condemned.”

[7:58] These scathing reviews caused the New York Times’ Janet Maslin to push back. 

[8:03] In her op-ed titled Lay Off ‘Thelma and Louise’,

[8:06] she wrote Thelma & Louise feels unfamiliar in the best possible way.

[8:11] “It’s something as simple as it is powerful:

[8:14] the fact that the men in this story 

[8:16] don’t really matter.

[8:18] They are treated as figures in the landscape through which these characters pass. 

[8:22] And as such they are essentially powerless. 

[8:25] For male characters, perhaps, this is a novelty,

[8:29] but women in road movies have always been treated and precisely in the same way.”

[8:35] Roger Ebert recalled a personal anecdote to emphasize Thelma & Louise’s genre-bending transcendence.

[8:41] As a guest on Oprah, he called Thelma & Louise a quote “female buddy movie”. 

[8:47] When a woman in the audience shouted, “it isn’t, either. It’s about sisterhood!”,

[8:52] she received thunderous applause.

[8:54] Thinking about this moment later Ebert wrote “I wanted to ask her what the difference was between buddy hood and sisterhood,

[9:01] and then I realized something: 

[9:03] that was the whole point.”

[9:05] When you remember that a Los Angeles Times investigation concluded that 77% of Academy members in 2012 were male 

[9:13] and that a San Diego State study found that 73% of top critics in 2016 were male. 

[9:19] And then when you think about what those numbers must have been like in 1992

[9:23] you begin the suspect that the transgression of Thelma & Louise 

[9:27] might have gone under-appreciated for a reason. 

[9:32] 1992 was a wonderful year.

[9:35] We aren’t always so lucky to see this category filled with such complicated and complete female characters.

[9:40] Jodie Foster’s determination to bring women with agency to the screen paid off 

[9:45] leaving her with an Oscar and us with a heroic professional character.

[9:50] The only performances that could have challenged her though equally heroic inn different ways 

[9:55] may have paid for their boldness 

[9:58] but remain important figures in our cinematic history today.

[10:02] Thanks for watching! I hope you enjoyed this video.

[10:05] Don’t forget to like and if you’re into it, subscribe. 

[10:080] Thanks again. Bye!

End of Transcript

YouTube Channel: Be Kind Rewind

Video Description: 

Three iconic feminist characters competed for the 1992 Best Actress Oscar: Clarice Starling, Thelma, and Louise. In this video, I talk about why Jodie Foster won for The Silence Of The Lambs and how the critical reception of Thelma and Louise may have affected Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon's shot at the prize.  

I'll be posting a video for EVERY Best Actress Oscar, so be sure to subscribe to my channel and follow me on Twitter. 

https://twitter.com/bkrewind

Notes: None of the videos I transcribe belong to me. They belong to the content creators and the crew behind the videos. 

My transcripts may not be 100% as I am not a professional. I'm just someone who wants to provide video transcripts because the auto-generated CC feature on YouTube is.... not great most of the time. Plus I want to provide a way for people to understand and enjoy these videos. 

For this video, I focused on the speaker. 

If there are any corrections you would like me to make, let me know in the comment section of the post.

If you like this video or any other video from Be Kind Rewind, please support by watching her videos on the YouTube platform and through other means by her. 

Also, here’s the links to some of the quotes used in this video I was able to find:

1. Jodie Foster speech for her Best Actress award in the 64th Oscars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYikmz2AI24&t=101s

2. Entertainment Weekly on Laura Dern: https://ew.com/article/1992/03/27/ews-oscar-predictions/

3. Jodie Foster in an interview with Edith Bowman at BFI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZETEx_uAq9g

4. Ralph Novak of People magazine (unfortunately I couldn’t find the article but I found the quote on Rotton Tomatoes): https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/thelma_and_louise/reviews 

5. Janet Maslin’s article for NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/16/movies/film-view-lay-off-thelma-and-louise.html

6. Roger Ebert’s anecdote: https://www.rogerebert.com/roger-ebert/thelma-and-louise-lets-women-rebel

7. JOHN HORN, NICOLE SPERLING, and DOUG SMITH’s 2012 for Los Angeles Times: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-unmasking-oscar-academy-project-20120219-story.html

8. San Diego State University study by Dr. Martha M. Lauzen: https://womenintvfilm.sdsu.edu/files/2016_Thumbs_Down_Report.pdf

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“Ben Mendelsohn Wants You to Acknowledge the Greatness of Bacon and Eggs - In The Details” by Vanity Fair

Video Transcript by CCKN

[0:00] Ben Mendelsohn: [lip pop]

[0:02] On-Screen Text in Red: VF

[0:05] On-Screen Text in Red: IN THE DETAILS

[0:07] On-Screen Text in Red: BEN MENDELSOHN

[0:10] On-Screen Text: Q - What role would you like to play?

[0:11] Ben Mendelsohn: There's a lot of them.

[0:13] It's really the writing I think...

[0:17] That is the stuff you want to play. It's not...

[0:19] I don't think of it so much in terms of "I'd like to play this character or that character."

[0:22] It's the way you respond to the writing, really.

[0:25] In that sense, it's like a good piece of music you just want to be able to dance to something that you know you like.  

[0:32] On-Screen Text: Q - What's your favorite food?

[0:34] Ben Mendelsohn: Actually my favorite food ever!...

[0:35] It's gotta be just done. It's gotta be like...

[0:39] Bacon and eggs!

[0:40] That's gotta be my favorite food.

[0:42] I mean, really!

[0:43] Can we just say something about how good bacon and eggs are?

[0:47] It's pretty plain, it's pretty simple.

[0:48] You know, like caviar, like costs a lot of money and this and that.

[0:51] If eggs and bacon were really rare, trust me.

[0:54] You'd be able to charge whatever you want for that.

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“Cheese in the Trap is a Masterpiece in Storytelling” by Colleen’s Manga Recs

Click on the “Expand” button to read the rest of the transcript by CCKN. 

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[0:00] Here’s something I hardly ever talk about, manhwa.

[0:03] Lately I’ve been getting into it a bit. 

[0:04] I started reading Semantic Error, 90s Cram School for Unripe Apples. 

[0:09] But this just made me want to go back to one of my all-time favorite series of just anything I’ve read,

[0:13] Cheese in the Trap,

[0:15] Cheese in the Trap is an extremely interesting 

[0:18] psychological romance series that has a heavy focus on communication

[0:21] and how that relates to relationships.

[0:23] The story follows a girl named Seol who’s 

[0:25] a college student who can’t seem to get 

[0:26] along with her senior, Jung.

[0:28] And the more the two clash,

[0:30] the harder her school life starts to get.

[0:32] But suddenly over a semester

[0:33] Jung starts to treat her differently and even wants to get a meal with her

[0:37] and starts saying “hi” all the time. 

[0:39] And the start of these interactions lead to a new relationship altogether. 

[0:42] Something I love so much about this series is 

[0:44] how messed up their relationship is at the beginning and 

[0:47] throughout the series.

[0:49] Yet the more you get to know Seol and Jung as people and who they are,

[0:53] the more your realize that they’re extremely similar to each other. 

[0:56] And really they’re probably the only two 

[0:58] people that could understand each other as well. 

[1:00] Especially in the case of Seol understanding Jung. 

[1:03] Seol is essentially a pushover. 

[1:05] Ahw never voices her opinion out of convenience.

[1:08] She smiles even when she's upset

[1:10] and overthinks herself to exhaustion,

[1:12] while Jung is also a bit of a pushover as well. 

[1:15] Since Jung grew up in a very wealthy family

[1:17] most people approach him for money reasons or other similar motivations.

[1:22] He’s never really had someone care about him 

[1:24] outside of his family position 

[1:25] and what he can give to them.

[1:27] And since this has happened so often in his life 

[1:29] he just decided that he would go along with it

[1:32] because it’s easier to play nice than to get back at everyone. 

[1:35] And because of how similar they are,

[1:37] they couldn’t help but hate each other.

[1:39] They’re both calculating and observant 

[1:42] and they notice the little details in people that would make anyone upset.

[1:45] So when they were seeing the worst parts of each other,

[1:47] in each other, 

[1:48] of course they were going to clash.

[1:50] While the relationship they created at the beginning is built on lies and manipulation,

[1:55] they don’t shy away from actually talking to each other about it.

[1:59] And they don’t also make it seem like Jung isn’t a messed up person.

[2:03] And in fact Seol realizes it and knows this basically immediately.

[2:07] But because she herself has the same tendencies that Jung does,

[2:10] she doesn’t push him away immediately and in fact she tries to 

[2:13] help him and alleviate some of his frustration with others.

[2:16] Because both Seol and Jung were putting up fronts in front of other people at all times. 

[2:22] And they were just completely empty inside because of this.

[2:25] And one of my favorite metaphors in this series is

[2:27] when Jung finally realizes that 

[2:29] him and Seol are just two sides of the same coin.

[2:32] And that crack in his heart just kind of opens a little. 

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“Jennie: the ‘Villain’ of K-Pop” by mera

Transcript by CCKN is under the cut

[0:00] Avatar the Last Airbender narrator: Previously on Avatar.

[0:03] ["Carmen: Prelude To Act 1" plays]

[0:07] Mera: A disclaimer: I do NOT have all the facts.

[0:10] I'm sure Blinks themselves and Jennie fans have much more information than I do so I defer to their greater wisdom in this case.

[0:17] As someone who's neither a Blink nor a Jennie fan, I've also tried to keep to the basics with this video.

[0:22] In the pursuit of transparency, I believe it's important that you know that I HAVE criticized YG entertainment in the past, and I still stand by those beliefs.

[0:30] I still have issues with YG as a company but I think it's important for you to understand that my research on Jennie is separate from my opinions about YG.

[0:37] Jennie is a person.

[0:38] Even if you don't really like her, I need to hammer home that she is a person.

[0:42] Please keep that in mind.

[0:44] ["Down the Drain" by Graevinon & Greech plays]

[0:56] Jennie Kim is a K-pop idol in the girl group BlackPink.

[1:00] She and her group are extremely well known both in South Korea and around the world.

[1:04] Jennie is undeniably BlackPink's It Girl.

[1:07]She's the de-facto center and regardless of who's the most popular domestically or internationally, Jennie is the real face of BlackPink.

[1:14] She achieved superstar status practically from debut, and has been in the eyes of the public ever since.

[1:20] Jennie is also a very polarizing figure in both the fan base and the industry at large.

[1:24] She may be arguably the most polarizing female idol of the generation.

[1:28] She's cultivated a reputation for being obsessively loved and obsessively hated.

[1:33]Jennie has been involved in numerous quote-unquote "scandals" and of course what people consider scandals differs wildly.

[1:39] However, it's the simplest term even if misuse to the point of detachment.

[1:43] Dating, stage presence, attitude, personality, all things Jenny has been tagged for various reasons with varying levels of outrage and rationality.

[1:52] "Privileged", "Spoiled", and "Princess" are all words that have been stuck to her over the years.

[1:57]There's a sort of mythology surrounding Jennie, a narrative within the fandom that she is the quote-unquote "favored member of BlackPink" and that she,

[2:05] whether unintentionally or not, takes advantage of this favoritism to cut corners as an idol and as a member of BlackPink.

[2:10] This mythology eventually adopted the word "lazy" and has run rampant with it ever since.

[2:14] She's been drafted into a role in the K-pop narrative that constantly attracts negative attention,

[2:20] and I'd go so far as to say she's currently the number-one targeted K-pop idol for hate and slander.

[2:25] In the current generation, Jennie has basically become the evil super villain of K-Pop.

[2:29] Today I wanted to crack down on why the fandom chose Jennie to be the center of so much hate in the K-pop mythos.

[2:35] 2010

[2:37] Jennie joined YG in 2010.

[2:39] She was 14, not yet out of middle school if she were an American student.

[2:42] Entering any workforce at 14 is undeniably terrifying, and a workforce as competitive and dehumanizing as this one is definitely a life-impacting moment.

[2:50] A lot of people would argue that that's way too young to start becoming an idol but companies allow this to have the cream of the crop trainees by the time they're young adults, if they even wait that long to debut them.

[3:01] Nonetheless Jennie was a child when she entered the scene.

[3:04] While Jennie didn't debut until she was 20, she's been involved in the industry and the Idol system since she was 14 years old and remember, this is YG Entertainment's training system, which is notorious for its insane physical and emotional pressure.

[3:17] The K-pop industry is no stranger to human rights violations and there's no real way to know exactly what happened during her formative years.

[3:24] Jennie described the training experience as quote "really mean" going so far as to say it was quote "a cold-hearted world."

[3:32] Jennie [in korean]: "Oh...it was a really mean and cold-hearted world."

[3:36] "At the end of...each month..."

[3:40] "All the YG producers , sometimes the artists and YG himself, would watch us and evaluate us."

[3:48] "We had to perform one solo song, one group song, and one dance song [performance]."

[3:52] "There were also mid-term evaluations as well."

[3:55] "And what we had to film weekly were a vocal video, a popping video, a krumping video."

[4:02] "There was so much to do every month."

[4:05] "Back then, we didn't know it was difficult."

[4:10] "It's just...you had to do it."

[4:14] Mera: 2012

[4:16] In April of 2012, YG Entertainment uploaded a photo of Jennie to their official blog without her name.

[4:21] She instantly drew attention with people sharing and discussing the photo all over the Internet.

[4:27] She was labeled "the mystery girl of YG."

[4:29] People eventually uncovered her real name and rumors began to fly that she would be a member of YG's upcoming new girl group.

[4:36] Jennie was the first member to ever be announced for BlackPink before the group name was even confirmed.

[4:40] Apparently Jennie was supposed to debut in a girl group that year, but that was postponed to 2013, and again even later.

[4:47] There's something of a black hole in the timeline right here.

[4:49] The shape of this projected girl group changed rapidly, going from ten members to five from five to four.

[4:56] Debut would get closer and closer and then disappear, leaving the trainees involved either benched or inactive.

[5:01] August 8, 2016

[5:05] [BLACKPINK's "Boombayah" plays]

[5:16] Finally BlackPink as we know them debuted.

[5:19] They were YG's first girl group in nearly six years.

[5:22] Their debut was a blockbuster smash and they shot to stardom almost instantly.

[5:27] Things were actually pretty great for the first two years.

[5:29] BlackPink released three songs in 2016 and one in 2017.

[5:33] The members promoted their songs on various music shows and awards ceremonies all over television and the Internet.

[5:40] Their popularity was immense and immediate, and so were the problems.

[5:43] Sometime around late 2016, the phrase "YG's princess" first appeared in reference to Jennie.

[5:48] But between 2017 and 2018, that's when the title became stapled to her narrative.

[5:54] Many fans and non-fans alike saw Jennie as receiving special attention and favoritism from the company.

[5:59] There were different reasons with varying levels of truth and perspective, including but not limited to:

[6:04] Jennie is given the best or at least highest-quality performance clothes

[6:08] Jennie is styled to make her stand out from the rest of the group

[6:12] Jennie is the most promoted member of BlackPink, receiving the most sponsorships or at least the most important ones

[6:17] be they modeling, advertisement, brand deals, whatever.

[6:20] These arguments began rising with fury in the middle of 2017.

[6:24] And while it seems a bit early for a group to attract so much conspiracy just a year after debut, there's a very definitive reason why so much speculation exploded in 2017.

[6:35] 2017

[6:36] Right as the fandom and industry at large we're at its hungriest for content from BlackPink, they decided they hate money and put the group on a year-long hiatus.

[6:44] That's a year-long hiatus from a group who were at that point basically rookies.

[6:49] Apart from advertising and the occasional live performance, the group practically vanished.

[6:54] They did release one song, "As If It's Your Last", in the earlier half of the year and boy did it seem like it was our last.

[7:00] The fans were stranded high and dry, and to say this caused frustration is... an understatement.

[7:05] YG Entertainment had built unbelievable hype for BlackPink and then gave the fanbase a big ole middle finger and a cordial fuck you.

[7:13] Man: "HEY!"

[7:17] Man (YG-sona): "GUESS WHAT?!"

[7:19] Tony: "WHAAAAT?!"

[7:24] Man (YG-sona): "FUCK YOU!"

[7:29] Tony: "FUCK YOU!"

[7:31] Confused, aggravated, and rightfully angry, fans and non-fans began digging into anything BlackPink that they could.

[7:37] MR removed videos, choreo comparisons, fan theories, plots to storm YG.

[7:42] Anything and anything they could to keep BlackPink alive in their minds.

[7:46] Eventually all things BlackPink became connected to this underlying frustration, and that frustration never fully washed out.

[7:53] As the height is stretched so did the tensions.

[7:55] This is where shit began to hit the fan.

[7:57] During a few live performances, Jennie forgot some of the lyrics to their songs.

[8:02] Given industry standards for perfection, Jennie's previous dedication to precision, and the overall fandom frustration, it turned into something of a deal.

[8:09] People called her unprofessional, a mess, a whole host of other names.

[8:14] While claims of favoritism and spoiled behavior had existed since her debut, new fuel was suddenly added to the fire and everything Jennie did was labeled as a product of a spoiled princess getting away with absolutely anything she wanted.

[8:26] Jennie's public persona as an idol is one that relies on being an untouchable badass who doesn't give a fuck.

[8:32] So add that to the princess claims and you've got yourself a pretty unlikable reputation, again emphasis on "reputation".

[8:38] This is how people saw Jennie, not necessarily who she really was.

[8:43] To allay discontent in the fan base the best thing to do would be to release a comeback before the year was out.

[8:48] Negative attention, positive attention, BlackPink was getting both and YG was in perfect position to capitalize on it.

[8:55] As long as they could keep out of trouble for ten seconds or so.

[8:59] 1

[9:00] 2

[9:01] ["Carmen: Prelude To Act 1" plays][9:15] YG's contest project MixNine went Mount Vesuvius and exploded in great flaming chunks of shit.

[9:22] After scheduling the winning group for debut, YG canceled the entire thing and their finances collapsed.

[9:27] The company's revenue dropped by over 30 percent, and they lost over nine million dollars.

[9:32] The failure of the show was so great that JYP replaced YG as the second highest-earning company.

[9:38] And agencies cut ties with YG left and right.

[9:41] 2018

[9:43] In May of 2018, Psy finally chose to value self-love and left YG for good.

[9:49] 2017 ended with no news about a return of BlackPink.

[9:52] Well they reissued their original Japanese debut.

[9:54] So yay for that I guess, but that was about it.

[9:57] For months, all that came out of them was the occasional live performance or interview show.

[10:02] The frustration boiled over into an all-out fan war, the words "overhyped" and "overrated" were appearing left and right.

[10:09] Many people were angry that YG Entertainment was benching such a popular group.

[10:13] Other people were angry that a group with so little content was even popular to begin with.

[10:18] And even more people were angry that others were angry at everyone else for being angry.

[10:21] Everyone was mad at everybody for absolutely everything all the time, and where on earth was BlackPink?

[10:27] [BlackPink's "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" plays]

[10:33] Oh, there they are.

[10:35] Finally after 10,000 years, BlackPink had a comeback.

[10:39] "Square Up" was a major success and its flagship track, "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du", was a commercial explosion.

[10:44] Finally fans were getting content again, except this time things felt a little different.

[10:49] Right off the bat people began commenting on Jennie's presence, noting a lack of expression, enthusiasm, and overall energy in both the music video and on stage.

[10:58] As the promotions for "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" ran on, it only got worse.

[11:01] More and more videos and fancams began surfacing of Jennie's dancing during the era. [11:06] And while music shows seemed average, concert footage did not.

[11:10] In September YG announced BlackPink's first-ever concert in Seoul.

[11:14] Controversy or not, people were ecstatic at the idea of seeing BlackPink perform live at their own concert

[11:20] And from there, shit really hit the fan.

[11:23] Footage from the concert showed Jennie not participating in large amounts of choreography, and making other mistakes on stage.

[11:30] Paired with the footage of numerous other performances that year, Jennie's dancing appeared to have greatly diminished.

[11:36] But with the maintained success of BlackPink throughout the hiatus, it probably wouldn't be that big of a deal, right?

[11:42] Oh my god, it was a disaster.

[11:44] This video no longer exists but I think we all remember the big lazy dancing video comparing her dancing of previous years to this one.

[11:51] Something was totally wrong.

[11:53] Regardless of anyone's opinion on Jenny, this is objectively a problem.

[11:57] People paid money to see this concert and so, from a consumer standpoint this is inexcusable and not just the Seoul concert but others as well.

[12:05] From a fan standpoint, I imagine it's ridiculously disappointing.

[12:08] Add that to the fact that YG was obsessively striking down any video criticizing or even discussing Jennie, and you got yourself a right shitstorm.

[12:16] No one had any idea what was going on with Jennie and to this day we have no definitive answer as to what caused the quote-unquote "lazy scandal".

[12:23] But the bashing were loud, harsh, and unrelenting.

[12:26] Many people called her lazy, spoiled, a brat, a danger to BlackPink, an insult to her members, a bitch and everything but the kitchen sink.

[12:34] Objectively Jennie's performances were not fair to the fans who had waited and paid money to see the group perform.

[12:39] There's no denying or getting around that.

[12:41] It's simply unacceptable and needed to be amended right away.

[12:45] But with that same objectivity, anyone can see that the backlash Jennie received wasn't going to win any morality awards.

[12:51] Fans and non-fans had decided that Jenny had forfeited the right to any human decency, and began hacking away at her for any reason whatsoever.

[12:57] Commentor 1: "I feel so bad for Rosé, Jisoo, and Lisa. They look like Jennie's back-up dancers."

[13:03] Commentor 2: "LMAO Papa YG can't take it when someone criticizes his precious princess.”

[13:07] Commentor 3: "So YG is deleting evidence I see. Doesn't change the fact that Jennie has been incredibly lazy since 2017."

[13:13] Commentor 4: "She so hype when it her part, but being lazy when the others' part comes"

[13:16] Commentor 5: "Agree, she's lazy. Feel bad for people actually spend money for this half-hearted performance."

[13:22] Commentor 6: "Don't get what she so lazy for... she doesn't even care for fans who paid tons of money to attend the concert?"

[13:26] Commentor 7: "The fact that she got different clothes and stuff doesn't change the fact that she's a lazy ass. Sorry hun."

[13:32] Commentor 8: "C'mon, stop defending. It's obvious."

[13:35] Commentor 9: "Hello princess. Wake up. You're on stage. Each person paid $100 to watch you."

[13:40] Commentor 10: "Obviously, her 6 years of training have served her nothing. Jennie perfectly knows that she is YG's favorite and [she] knows how to take advantage of it. Shame on her."

[13:48] Commentor 11: "Is she dancing or walking on stage?"

[13:51] The problem was there was genuine constructive criticism emerging at the time.

[13:54] But with so much hate flying around, actual criticism was either buried at the bottom or excused by overly protective fans who were labeling everything as hate and saying to hell with the whole thing.

[14:04] Something worth stressing, most people are rational.

[14:07] The vast majority of K-pop fans weren't typing away on their keyboard, slamming Jenny, or compulsively defending her.

[14:12] The problem is that the less-calm people often yell louder.

[14:16] And considering the fact that the international fandom is majorly internet-based...

[14:20] Boom! Total chaos.

[14:22] Rumors began flying.

[14:23] Defensive fans scrambled left and right to come up with any sort of justification for Jennie's performance.

[14:28] Some people called back to her injury from three months back where she strained her ankle dancing, despite confirmations before the concert that she was healed.

[14:35] Others began theorizing about problems in her personal life.

[14:38] The word "depression" surfaced and people ran miles with it.

[14:42] Interviewer [in Korean]: "What do you do first when you access the Internet?"

[14:46] Jennie [in Korean]: "Hmm....Internet? Internet?"

[14:49] "I don't do Internet very much."

[14:51] Interviewer [in Korean]: "How many times you searched your name?"

[14:53] Jennie [in Korean]: "0."

[14:54] Interviewer [in Korean]: "What do you want to do if you're given a week of vacation?"

[14:57] Jennie [in Korean]: "I'm not going to contact anyone."

[15:01] "Disappear. No one would be able to find me."

[15:04] Mera: I'm not Jennie's therapist.

[15:06] You're not Jennie's therapist.

[15:07] While being aware of mental health is really important, more often than not fans will use it as a shield for certain situations,

[15:14] And then completely abandon it the second it no longer suits them.

[15:17] For example, Blinks showed up in drones to preach the importance of mental health during Jennie's quote-unquote "lazy scandal"

[15:23] And then went completely silent when abuse victims criticized BlackPink's bruised photocards, calling it "not a big deal".

[15:29] Again, a small percentage, but it goes to show that fandoms are fickle.

[15:33] On top of that, Jennie's mental health is her personal privacy.

[15:37] Diagnosing others with mental illness is extremely messed up for a lot of reasons.

[15:41] It's disrespectful to people with depression, and the people you're diagnosing whose life and health you don't really know about.

[15:46] I truly believe many fans just wanted to protect Jennie and help her and show her support

[15:50] But diagnosing others is a slippery slope and it can be dangerous to her career, or even her own image of herself.

[15:56] Needless to say this would have been a great time for the company to step in and respond to growing tensions.

[16:01] YG Entertainment needed to handle this with tact and settle the mess with as little controversy as possible.

[16:07] Instead they did this.

[16:09] [Jennie's SOLO plays]

[16:20] In 2018 Jennie had her solo debut.

[16:23] Her song, Solo, quickly became one of the most controversial releases of the year.

[16:28] It seemed that all that talk about favoritism was actually being confirmed.

[16:32] YG did say the other girls would get solos but as of the making of this video, none of them have been released or even discussed

[16:38] And here's where it gets worse.

[16:40] Jennie's dancing during performances of her solo song were some of her best performances of the year, causing people to attack her once again for allegedly favoring her own solo.

[16:50] Commentor 1: "Maybe people said she's sick or tired but why when she's performing SOLO she's energetic?! Real BlackPink members are Jisoo, Rosé, and Lisa.

[16:57] Commentor 2: "Why is she the only one with a solo song? The other girls work hard too!"

[17:02] Commentor 3: "Weirdo YG gonna be angry now. His spoiled princess is exposed again."

[17:07] Commentor 4: "I feel bad for people who paid to see Jennie. Has going solo made her stuck-up as well?"

[17:12] After all that, there was no full group comeback for the rest of the year and Jennie continued to promote Solo all the way through the end of 2018.

[17:20] And if you thought that year would end peacefully --

[17:22] Ramsay Snow: "you haven't been paying attention."

[17:25] Mera: People were bashing her for the way she sat at award shows, for her face during other performances, for the way she walked down aisles, for picking up a blanket.

[17:33] The woman couldn't breathe without violating some sort of oxygen quota.

[17:37] The only good thing that came out of all this mess was this iconic performance of Solo.

[17:41] [Jennie's ICONIC SOLO performance]

[17:48] Mera: And that was the disaster that was 2018.

[17:53] 2019

[17:54] This brings me to one of the genuine villains of K-pop, Dispatch.

[17:59] On the first fucking day of 2019, Dispatch, a scandal-breaking network, revealed that Jennie and EXO member Kai are dating.

[18:06] Alex Jones: "LISTEN, YOU SON OF A BITCH!"

[18:08] "WHAT THE FUCK'S YOUR PROBLEM?!"

[18:09] "YOU GET IN MY FACE LIKE THAT; I'LL BEAT YOUR GODDAMN ASS, YOU SON OF A BITCH!"

[18:12] "YOU PIECE OF SHIT!"

[18:14] "YOU FUCKING GODDAMN FUCKER!"

[18:16] "LISTEN FUCKHEAD! YOU FUCKING CROSSED THE LINE!"

[18:19] Mera: The photo showed up everywhere and eventually Kai's company, SM Entertainment, confirmed that the two were dating.

[18:25] YG, on the other hand, had trouble discerning romantic partners and Uber drivers.

[18:30] Bless their hearts, they have no idea how to handle anything, do they?

[18:33] People begin to badmouth Jennie on principle, saying that she was breaking her contractual dating ban and YG was letting her get away with it.

[18:40] This is sort of misleading as YG's dating ban holds effect only until you debut.

[18:46] As an idol Jennie was perfectly within her rights to date freely.

[18:48] But remember, the K-pop industry thrives on idols appearing available and secret dating between idols can reflect badly on reputations.

[18:55] It was especially controversial for Jennie to be dating another idol when the memory of Hyuna and E'dawn was still fresh.

[19:01] Of course Jennie's not responsible in any way for Cube or the industry's messed up standards but she got flack for it anyway.

[19:08] As soon as it all started, the relationship was over.

[19:11] Kai and Jennie broke up at the beginning of 2019 for reasons we'll probably never know but can damn well guess at.

[19:16] Once again BlackPink was on hiatus and people were pissed.

[19:20] And that's the basics of it.

[19:22] After looking at all of this, BlackPink in general has a frustrating mythos.

[19:26] They only have 13 songs, no full album, and often disappeared for long periods of time.

[19:31] Music-wise, BlackPink has never truly stopped being rookies.

[19:35] Jennie being the primary face of BlackPink often centers these feelings of frustration on her.

[19:40] People see Jennie with her badass persona, her cold faces, and her rougher patches in her career and all that frustration came smashing down in full force.

[19:49] Because BlackPink doesn't have enough content for people to feast on, they've created their own fan version of the K-pop world where Jennie is some evil person to be destroyed.

[19:57] They made her into a Bond villain who wanted to leave the group and destroy the other members' success and not give a fuck about fans

[20:03] Because it was more fun to have someone to target than to face the fact that YG Entertainment is ultimately a faceless company that can't be attacked.

[20:11] People couldn't bully YG into giving them music, but they sure as hell could take out their anger on Jennie.

[20:17] Fandoms need villains.

[20:19] They strive on having people to uphold like gods and people to tear down to scum.

[20:22] Jennie was in the perfect position to become the latter.

[20:26] So there it is.

[20:28] It's a mixed bag with no real binary answer.

[20:30] Jennie dropped the ball during her 2018 performances, that's true.

[20:33] But fans bullied her for months on end,

[20:37] YG Entertainment gave her a solo they knew would stir up controversy at the end of her reputation, and Dispatch subjected her relationship to the public.

[20:43] And now you are all caught up.

[20:46] So where's Jennie now?

[20:48] [BlackPink's "Kill This Love" performance]

[21:04] [Fifth Harmony's "That's My Girl" plays over the performance]

[21:11] Fans remarked that her stage presence came back in a big way during the Kill This Love era, bringing back that power she's known for.

[21:18] Not only have her domestic performances improved but her traveling ones as well.

[21:23] I couldn't give two shits about Coachella but if you listen to Jennie speak at the concert you could hear just how much she loved being there and you could see just how much hard work she'd put into it.

[21:31] Many people genuinely forget how loved Jennie is by the other members of BlackPink.

[21:36] The way Jisoo, Rose, and Lisa talk about her and interact with her speaks volumes about what she's like behind the scenes.

[21:43] They love her, truly.

[21:45] And not just them but other idols as well, like Irene and Nayeon.

[21:49] I'll leave this off by saying that I admire Jennie for coming through the other side, and I hope this villain narrative is finally buried in the dirt.

[21:56] I also hope that the people who felt hatred towards Jennie find peace in the upcoming year where they feel better and don't need to say cruel things about others online.  

[22:04] I hope that blinks get the comebacks they want and we can all just take a break and enjoy things that we enjoy.

[22:10] And that's the video.

[22:11] Thanks for watching.

[22:12] Good luck to Jennie, and I'll talk to you all soon.

[22:14] [REO Speedwagon's "Take It On The Run" plays]

End of Transcript.

YouTube Channel: mera

Video Description:

A look into how Jennie of Blackpink became one of the most polarizing figures in the kpop fandom, what YG did to fuel the flames, and where she is today.  Spanish subtitles created by Daniela Gomez. 

This is an observation essay. Thank you for watching! 

Disclaimer: Following Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976: [T]he fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. No infringement is intended.

-> Pinned Comment by mera:

Update: So, at this point, I think we all know what went down: YGE exploited Jennie’s injuries, personal life, and reputation against her well-being for media gain and money. And she came through it basically on her own sheer mettle. Russian subtitles were uploaded by a community member. Thank you for contributing; if you send me your name, I will add it to the pin and the description. The Spanish subtitles were created by Daniela Gomez! Apparently, the Uber statement was falsified, and the Tweet was fanmade. My apologies. As disclaimed at the beginning, this is a video essay, not a textbook. It’s based on my own speculation and exploration of the subject, and there’s more than one perspective.

Note: This video has Russian and Spanish (Latin America) subtitles. Thank you to a community member for the Russian subtitles and thank you Daniela Gomez for the Spanish subtitles.

This video does not belong to me. It belongs to mera. I'm just someone who wants to provide video transcripts because the auto-generated CC feature on YouTube is....not great most of the time. Keep in mind, my transcriptions may not be 100% accurate as I am not a professional and I am doing this for fun. For this post, I focused on the speaker and what’s there visually. 

Regardless, thank you for reading the transcript and/or watching their video. This was the longest video I have transcribed but it was worth it. Please support the YouTube channel by watching their videos on the YouTube platform and/or through other means that are by the channel.

If there are any mistakes I made, comment in this post and I’ll make the corrections right away. 

P.S. - Go check out BlackPink’s YouTube channel and the members individual channels that I will list all below. ❤️

BLACKPINK

Jennie

ROSÉ

Lisa

Jisoo does not have a YouTube channel as of publishing this post.

P.S. The clip of the two guys yelling at each other from afar is from Max Forrest called "Don't Talk to Strangers". Here's the link if you want to check it out: https://youtu.be/tSrH-6YUf1g

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Art Mania: Red Velvet's "Feel My Rhythm" by mera

Video Transcript by CCKN is under the cut

[0:00] Theater kids are going to be manifesting in my house tonight, huh? 

[0:03] Red Velvet are my go-to group for creativity 

[0:06] and I am in love with the melange of 

[0:08] intense and varying art inspirations in “Feel My Rhythm”.

[0:11] This era includes references to different styles of illustration and drama,

[0:16] portraiture and painting, architecture and fashion, music and dance.

[0:20] K-Pop has a few notable ballet concepts,

[0:21] but I love this provocative ballet 

[0:24] and references to the psychedelic theater.

[0:26] Costuming, effects, set design, movement,

[0:28] even the lyrics paint this picture of art

[0:30] colliding in a euphoric mania.

[0:33] I love songs that celebrate music 

[0:35] and this release has it lyrically, sonically, and visually.

[0:38] Soaring between classic violin, dance pop beats, and the rattling metal

[0:42] of a carousel, 

[0:43] “Feel My Rhythm” is sweet like a “Velvet” title and

[0:46] vibrant like a live performance of “Masquerade” from Phantom of the Opera. 

[0:49] I love the second couplet of the chorus where the members trickle down their vocals in a ribbon as

[0:53] as the wave of violins and viola rolls to the front. 

[0:56] The song ends a little suddenly like a music box snapping shut,

[1:00] rather than winding down 

[1:01] but I love the fragrant vocals and the contrasting musical influences. 

[1:05] Elegant orchestral strings, bursts of carnival game beats,

[1:08] and lofty vocals suddenly buckling down into chants and talk singing. 

[1:12] “Feel My Rhythm” is surprisingly bracing, 

[1:14] shiny black spikes poking through lace, 

[1:17] frosted all over with Bach’s “Air for G-String”.

[1:19] “Feel My Rhythm” speaks of music as if it were bottled and personified into five women,

[1:24] five muses of art, each with her own season and stage. 

[1:28] The lyrics and arrangement never stay still for too long. 

[1:31] The members seem to trade dialogue and rebuttals from the constant switch-ups, 

[1:35] and then suddenly ride into the heavens as one. 

[1:37] At parts they stare into the audience as one Greek chorus and at others they're training secrets

[1:41] or cutting each other off with interjections,

[1:44] a lot like play characters and a massive ensemble song putting in their own perspectives. 

[1:49] In my mind there are a handful of songs that deserve to be openings for pop musicals 

[1:53] like “After School” by Weeekly 

[1:55] where everyone gets a personal actionable line that builds into a big centerpiece. 

[1:59] “Feel My Rhythm” feels like a one-thirds mark threshold song,

[2:03] where the play invites you, the audience, 

[2:05] to leave the known world behind and enter the story.

[2:07] I'm always a little on the fence when it comes to K-Pop sampling classic orchestral pieces.

[2:12] Sometimes you get a really over-starch song like “Hands Up” by Cherry Bullet

[2:17] but I think “Feel My Rhythm” uses “Air For G[-string]” more like perfume than costume

[2:21] and it works in their favor 

[2:22] “Feel My Rhythm” has some just classic Red Velvet moments 

[2:25] a lot of moments both visually and

[2:27] musically reminded me of “Cool Hot Sweet Love” or “Cool World” 

[2:31] These creamy, sensual, emotional touches that Red Velvet does really well. 

[2:35] We haven't seen them do black box dancing since like “Automatic”.

[2:38] The video also has these classic collage pop scenes, 

[2:42] these extremely cinematic death of glamour scenes,

[2:44] and a good blue jeans moment. 

[2:47] And I think it works because this song is about the manic collision of art into celebration.

[2:52] I love art that celebrates art, 

[2:53] I'm a huge sucker for it, 

[2:55] and when you put Red Velvet vocals on it, you're gonna make me happy.

[2:58] After listening to the album three times,

[3:00] here is my initial ranking of the songs

[3:02] according to my preference. 

[3:03] Number one: “Bambaleo”.

[3:05] I am in love with this super sweet, falsed-out chorus. 

[3:10] “Bambaleo” is the song that evolved the most the more I listen to it.

[3:13] You start in the city with the quiet synth and funk 

[3:16] but as you drive out into the night, a spotlight from outer space

[3:19] begins to lift you up into the sky.

[3:21] Parts of the song suggests some sort of vacation to paradise

[3:25] but the synth scratch adds some pulp from b-sides like “Look”.

[3:28] The cocktail of cocaine-high singing, psyched-out soundscapes, and retro dance in the middle of it all, 

[3:34] feels like drinking distilled hallucinogens, 

[3:36] but in a nice way, I really love it. 

[3:38] Number two: “Beg For Me”.

[3:40] Whooo, baby! 

[3:42] A Red Velvet b-side in the taste of Irene and Seulgi's Monster album.

[3:45] Absolutely delicious. 

[3:47] “Beg For Me” starts as this very low menacing club song 

[3:51] that breaks into a red demanding mantra.

[3:54] They are yelling at you about the good vibes,

[3:56] it's a little scary at points. 

[3:58] I see this played in a vampire club right after you've been bitten

[4:02] and there's venom in your bloodstream, 

[4:04] and the club matriarchs are like floating around, 

[4:06] reminding everyone what an intoxicating time you're having. 

[4:09] I love the tagline “dance for me, work for me, beg for me” 

[4:12] and a vocal howl at the moon. 

[4:15] This album has a lot of surprising tasteful talk sections.

[4:18] Number three: “Feel My Rhythm”. 

[4:20] The chugging mechanical daydream sounds from “Zimzalabim” 

[4:23] have been repurposed into something more musical 

[4:25] but equally psychoactive. 

[4:27] “Feel My Rhythm” has these rising sweet vocals, 

[4:30] like braces of a cathedral rising up to a point. 

[4:33] I really enjoyed the lyrics on this track. 

[4:35] It's a love song, but it's not to a lover.

[4:37] It’s to music and the places where music touches other art forms,

[4:41] or in this case where arts are piled on top of each other with rapture.

[4:45] Number four: “In My Dreams”. 

[4:47] Killing Eve's song, 

[4:49] change my mind. 

[4:50] Tell me this doesn't make you think of the two of them. 

[4:52] I love the quiet patter of beat,

[4:54] and the high dots of notes 

[4:56] as the song slowly dissolves into symbols and desperate singing. 

[4:59] “In my dreams, you love me back”.

[5:02] It's a little too early my time to be having these emotions 

[5:05] but I love how the chorus kind of bursts out of the speaker

[5:08] but then she loses her courage and has to deal with the words in the room.

[5:12] Number five: “Good, Bad, (and) Ugly”.

[5:14] Mapled and starched like an old photo,

[5:17] “Good, Bad, (and) Ugly” has a spotty rainy ambiance in the background

[5:20] that reminds me of phonographs and classy umbrellas.

[5:23] “Good, Bad, (and) Ugly” falls into that subcategory of Red Velvet b-sides that

[5:27] that play in film noir band bars. 

[5:29] It's a little bit of a cafe song, 

[5:31] and a little bit of draping yourself over the piano,

[5:33] and stealing the pianist's fancy black hat 

[5:36] while you sing about your tragic but passionate love life. 

[5:38] Okay, okay, apparently that is the description

[5:41] that I wrote for this song when I was listening to it.

[5:43] It's too late to change it at this point, whatever.

[5:46] And number six: “Rainbow Halo”. 

[5:48] I appreciate the brass inclusion at the end, 

[5:50] but I feel this song is a little too repetitive for my tastes. 

[5:53] It's got some great moments but 

[5:54] I feel I would like zone out way too easily 

[5:57] while listening to the song and forget that I left the stove on.

[5:59] I really love how this era is soaked in art

[6:01] and the kaleidoscope of musical influences all over the album, 

[6:05] let alone the single. 

[6:07] There's so much passion for each medium, 

[6:09] and you can tell that each crew member was like really excited to

[6:11] reference their favorite piece of art in the video. 

[6:14] I might do a follow-up video

[6:15] specifically about each member's solo scenes 

[6:18] because I think there's a ton to talk about there 

[6:20] but for now I'd like to know what you thought of the era 

[6:22] and what your favorite song off the album is.

[6:24] Okay, bye!

YouTube Channel: mera

Video Description: A bite-sized review of Red Velvet's "Feel My Rhythm."

Disclaimer: None of the videos I transcribe belong to me. They belong to the content creators and the crew behind the videos. My transcripts may not be 100% as I am not a professional. I'm just someone who wants to provide video transcripts for people to understand and enjoy these videos. For this video, I focused on the speaker. If there are any corrections you would like me to make, let me know in the comment section of the post.

If you like this video or any other video from mera, please support by watching her videos on the YouTube platform and through other means by them. 

Personal Notes: This is probably one of the Red Velvet albums that I replay nonstop, also because my Spotify would always play the songs from this album on shuffle. I’m honestly surprised I haven’t gotten tired of Feel My Rhythm but it really is THAT song. 

The album, The ReVe Festival 2022 - Feel My Rhythm, and the title track, Feel My Rhythm is available on YouTube, music streaming platforms, and to purchase as a digital or a physical album. 

Click here for the YouTube playlist version of the album. As for the physical albums, either check your local stores, K-Pop and not, near you or you’ll have to look online to find any available. I’ve listed a few down below but I do recommend to look for anywhere else if you don’t prefer these sites:

SM Global Shop (It’s all sold out as of writing and posting this but I do recommend checking every once in a while to see if they’ll restock again)

KPOPTOWN (I mainly showed the search results in case you want either the ReVe version or the Orgel version or both)

Catchopcd (The ReVE version is out of stock as of writing/posting this but I do recommend checking back every once in awhile to see if they’ve restocked it)

SubK Shop (I mainly showed the search results in case you want either the ReVe version or the Orgel version or both)

KAVE SQUARE (I mainly showed the search results in case you want either the ReVe version or the Orgel version or both)

Kpop-shop (for those in Ukraine)

It’s all sold out as of writing and posting this but I do recommend checking every once in a while to see if they’ll restock again

If there are any other sites that sell Red Velvet albums, you can reblog or tag or comment below. Spread the knowledge.

That’s about it on my end. I’ll catch you all on the flip side.

-CCKN

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“Van Jones on racial justice” by Tara Brach

Click on the “Expand” button to read the rest of the transcript by CCKN

[0:00] Van Jones: I’m glad that we’re doing this this week.

[0:03] If we had done this

[0:06] a week ago, I probably couldn’t have...

[0:08] couldn’t have been a part of it. 

[0:09] Just because there was so much heartbreak. 

[0:14] I think the world saw something that’s been happening 

[0:17] in our country for... centuries...

[0:20] saw a black man 

[0:22] lynched by a white man.

[0:26] That’s what that was, that - that video.

[0:27] And it broke us,

[0:31] that broke the black community

[0:34] to watch something like that happen. 

[0:37] One minute.

[0:38] Two minutes.

[0:41] Three minutes.

[0:44] Four minutes. 

[0:46] Five minutes. 

[0:48] Starts calling out for his mother,

[0:49] his mother’s been dead for years. 

[0:51] Six minutes. 

[0:53] Urinating on himself,

[0:55] begging for his life. 

[0:57] 15 times, “I can’t breathe.”

[0:58] Community screaming in horror. 

[1:00] Eight minutes and 46 seconds. 

[1:07] These videos have been a part of American life now for

[1:09] almost seven-eight years. 

[1:!2] IT was always so, “Well, it was a quick decision

[1:15] and cops gotta defend himself.

[1:16] He was talking back, he was fighting back.

[1:17] What’d you want?

[1:18] What’d you expect, you know?

[1:19] Can’t second guess the police,”

[1:20] But this one, this one. 

[1:25] Filed from beginning to end. 

[1:29] Stunned the world.

[1:31] And for all of the times that we have been lynched,

[1:34] we’ve never had a situation where 

[1:36] a billion people could see it all at the same time

[1:39] on their smartphones.

[1:42] And it shoved a piece of glass into the eyeball of everybody on the planet

[1:48] and it hurt - it hurt them.

[1:50] People couldn’t sleep,

[1:53] having seen it, they couldn’t rest.

[1:57] And if we had tried to have this conversation a week ago,

[2:00] we probably couldn’t have.

[2:04] But a miracle is taking place. 

[2:08] A miracle is taking place.

[2:11] A continent of new common ground has 

[2:15] emerged from beneath the waves where

[2:19] there are twenty-thirty-forty million 

[2:22] white Americans saying,

[2:24] “racism is real,

[2:26] more real than I thought.

[2:29] There’s something wrong with our justice system. 

[2:30] It’s more broken than I knew.

[2:34] What can I do about it?”

[2:35] As an African-American man, 

[2:40] it’s a miracle. 

[2:43] It’s all I’ve wanted is to be acknowledged. 

[2:49] That what is happening is happening,

[2:51] and that we need to do something about it. 

[2:54] And now we are in the middle of something we don’t know what it is. 

[2:58] We don’t even have a name for it. 

[3:00] You know the Civil Rights Movement at the beginning. 

[3:04] At first it was just people trying to fix a problem

[3:06] and later on they called it the Civil Rights Group. 

[3:10] We don’t know what this is. 

[3:14] NASCAR says they’re not gonna let confederate flags fly anymore. 

[3:19] The NFL is apologizing 

[3:22] for not supporting Colin Kaepernick’s peaceful protests 

[3:26] years ago when he was trying to call attention to this. 

[3:29] You have people, corporations

[3:31] across the world saying “Black Lives Matter”.

[3:37] What is this?

[3:39] We don’t even know what - we don’t know what to call this. 

[3:43] 1964

[3:45] they called it Freedom Summer when those students

[3:48] went south to register voters.

[3:49] Some were killed, some were beaten, 

[3:51] but they changed history. 

[3:52] But they didn’t call it Freedom Summer then, they called it - 

[3:55] it was two years later when a book came out 

[3:57] called Freedom Summer.

[3:58] They didn’t know they were in Freedom Summer. 

[4:02] So we’re in some awakening,

[4:04] some great awakening. 

[4:06] We’re much more as possible 

[4:10] than we had dared to hope for.

 [4:21] Somebody killed a black man

[4:23] and everybody cares. It’s a miracle.

[4:30] It’s never happened, it’s never happened. 

[4:34] Somebody killed a black man

[4:36] and everybody cares. 

[4:40] [Van Jones sighs]

[4:42] I wish my parents were here to see this.

End of transcript

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Disclaimer and preface: None of the videos I transcribe belong to me. They belong to the content creators and the crew behind the videos.

My transcripts may not be 100% as I am not a professional. I'm just someone who wants to provide video transcripts for people to understand and enjoy these videos.

For this video, I focused on the speaker. If there are any corrections you would like me to make, let me know in the comment section of the post.

If you like this video or any other video from Tara Brach, please support by watching her videos on the YouTube platform and through other means by her. 

If you wish to support Van Jones, he has a website which includes his socials such as his YouTube channel.

Consider these sites below as a starting point:

https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/#

https://blacklivesmatter.com/resources/

https://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/vote/freedom-summer

https://www.blackpast.org

https://www.horizonsfoundation.org/black-led-lgbtq-nonprofits-making-history/

https://blackfilmarchive.com

If possible, check out any organizations, bookstores, libraries, community/youth centers and more in your communities and outside of it. 

If you know any other resources, please comment them below. 

Personal Notes: This was the one I accidentally deleted. The funny thing is, usually you get a box that says like “Are you sure you want to delete this post?” or something like that and I must of clicked yes. Anyways, it’s back up. End of story.  

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“Fine, I’ll Talk About ‘How You Like That’” by mera

Transcript by CCKN is under the cut

[0:00] [Avatar: The Last Airbender narrator] Previously on Avatar…

[0:03] [mera] This video is over.

[0:05] April was okay.

[0:06] But next video

[0:07] Justin Timberlake (singing): It’s gonna be May! 

[0:10] mera: So I’m a rat liar.

[0:12] First things first, make sure you know how to register to vote.

[0:15] If you live in the United States and you are an adult,

[0:17] which I know most of you are,

[0:18] I’m including my links from my previous post

[0:20] alongside some new ones including

[0:22] a guide which will teach you how to register.

[0:24] Check those out below.

[0:26] This is by far the most requested video that I have ever made.

[0:30] So it seems people want to hear some of my thoughts breaking down this song.

[0:34] But at the same time, I think it's fair

[0:35] that there are people who just want to

[0:37] be happy that Blackpink came back at all.

[0:39] So let's break this into sections.

[0:40] The first part of the video is for discussion, analysis, and potential criticism.

[0:46] And the second part is for people who just want to celebrate the comeback.

[0:49] You're in control of the content you consume and how you consume it.

[0:52] Should you decide to watch the whole thing,

[0:53] you are responsible for yourself

[0:55] and your method of reaction.

[0:57] Treat your time on YouTube well and

[0:58] don't force yourself to listen to

[0:59] something that may bother you.

[1:01] [Old Spice Guy] Hello ladies.

[1:02] Look at your man,

[1:03] now back to me.

[1:04] Now back at your man,

[1:05] now back to me.

[1:06] [mera] Primarily this review is bizarre because

[1:08] I have very little to say about the song itself.

[1:11] It's functional and if you love this song

[1:12] I can see why and I couldn't be happier for you.

[1:15] As long as you're aware as a consumer

[1:17] what your money does,

[1:18] there's nothing wrong with liking stuff.

[1:20] I’m so glad people enjoyed this.

[1:22] Initially How You Like That reminded me

[1:23] a bit of a TroyBoy Production 

[1:25] but with a lot more air.

[1:27] It has that tin can sound that YG has favored since 2014.

[1:31] A lot of elastic in the beat during the chorus.

[1:33] Regular assortment of bells and whistles in the production

[1:36] make it sound nice and shiny but not too overbearing.

[1:38] I love the way the beat gasps with Lisa.

[1:41] It sounds really nice.

[1:42] It makes that chorus a bit fresher.

[1:44] But of course when How You Like That came out,

[1:46] I got a ton of comments that I am just

[1:49] now reading through and almost all of them are saying,

[1:51] “The formula!

[1:52] The formula appears again!

[1:53] Ride! Ride for the dreadfort!”

[1:55] I’m going to play the montage,

[1:57] but if you want to skip it you can.

[1:59] I’ll leave the skip time on the screen right here.

[2:00] That being said,

[2:02] if you've done the required reading,

[2:04] you already know.

[2:05] [On- Screen Text: Also, apparently some people didn’t realize that I was using “onomatopoeia” as shorthand for the full phrase: “onomatopoeia or secondary phrase” and thought that I just didn’t know what onomatopoeia was. Guys. Shorthand exists. Chill. Still, I changed it for you so you won’t get confused.]

[2:11] mera: Every chorus is made up of the same three components.

[2:13] Number one a key phrase, usually in English.

[2:15] Number two is repetitions of onomatopoeia or a secondary phrase.

[2:19] And number three is a cycling pattern of electronic notes.

[2:22] Blackpink (singing): BOOMBAYAH

[2:25] YAH YAH YAH BOOMBAYAH

[2:26] OPPA

[2:28] YAH YAH YAH YAH YAH YAH

[2:31] BOOM BOOM BA BOOMBAYAH

[2:32] Jisoo (singing): Huiparam

[2:36] Jennie (singing: Uh hui param param param

[2:37] Blackpink (singing): Can you hear that?

[2:38] Lisa (singing): hwi parapara para bam

[2:39] Jisoo (singing): hwiparam

[2:41] Jennie (singing): Uh-

[2:42] My love is on fire

[2:45] Lisa (singing): Now burn baby burn

[2:46] Jisoo (singing): Buljangnan

[2:48] Blackpink (singing): Uh-oh-uh-oh

[2:49] Jennie (singing): My love is on fire

[2:53] Lisa (singing): So don’t play with me boy

[2:54] Jisoo (singing): Buljangnan

[2:56] Jennie (singing): Hit you with ddu-du ddu-du-du

[3:00] Blackpink (singing): Ah yeah, ah yeah

[3:01] Jennie (singing): Hit you with that ddu-du, ddu-du, du

[3:04] Ah yeah, ah yeah!

[3:07] Jisoo (singing): Dududu dudududu

[3:09] Jennie (singing): Forever young

[3:12] Forever young

[3:15] Blackpink (singing): Blackpink is the revolution

[3:16] Jennie (singing): Forever young

[3:20] Jennie (singing): See you later, boy, see you later

[3:22] See you later, boy, see you later later

[3:24] See you later, boy, see you later

[3:25] Lisa (singing): Would have, Could have, Should have, Didn’t

[3:27] Jennie (singing): See you later, boy, see you later

[3:29] See you later, boy, see you later later

[3:33] Blackpink (singing): Let’s kill this love

[3:36] Lisa (singing): Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

[3:39] Jennie (singing): Rum pum pum pum pum pum pum

[3:42] Blackpink (singing): Let’s kill this love

[3:45] Jennie (singing): Rum pum pum pum pum pum pum

[3:47] Rosé (singing): I don’t know what to do without you

[3:50] Yeah hey hey

[3:53] I don’t know what to do without you

[3:55] Yeah hey hey

[3:58] I don’t know what to do without

[4:01] You you you

[4:03] Jennie (singing): Ha how you like that?

[4:07] You gon’ like that that that that that

[4:11] Lisa (singing): How you like that?

[4:13] barabim barabum bumbum

[4:14] Jisoo (singing): How you like that that that that that

[4:20] Lisa (singing): Now look at you now look at me (ah)

[4:21] Look at you now look at me (ah)

[4:25] Rosé (singing): How you like that

[4:27] Jennie (singing): Look at you now look at me (ah)

[4:29] Look at you now look at me

[4:30] Look at you now look at me

[4:33] Rosé (singing): How you like that

[4:34] mera (speaking): Does this pre-release pay off for a year of waiting?

[4:37] No, but it’s not awful and I think

[4:39] a couple of people want me to say that it was.

[4:41] I found the vocals to be very soothing

[4:43] and I was giddy to hear Jisoo’s wine-dark voice

[4:46] poured all over this song.

[4:48] The vocal combinations spiced the song very nicely,

[4:50] particularly during the pre-chorus and the chorus.

[4:52] And the member order is more properly developed this time.

[4:54] The lyrics are fine.

[4:56] It’s a bit corny here and there

[4:58] and lacking rhyme in a lot of places,

[4:59] but there was a lot of infighting in

[5:01] the fandom about the lyrics.

[5:03] Half of the fan base was saying

[5:05] the lyrics were secretly really deep and meaningful,

[5:07] and the other half was saying that

[5:09] lyrics shouldn’t matter in a song

[5:10] so stop analyzing.

[5:12] So you have the fan base choosing

[5:14] the two most polarizing sentiments

[5:16] as defenses for the lyrics.

[5:17] And all that proves is that

[5:19] the lyrics aren’t overly meaningful or

[5:20] there would have been some sense of

[5:21] consistency in the reactions,

[5:23] and honestly that’s fine.

[5:26] It’s a badass “look how cool I am” kind of song.

[5:27] It doesn’t need to be lyrically deep.

[5:29] My biggest overall problem is

[5:31] How You Like That never really commits

[5:33] to any of its bits.

[5:34] It’s not just the lack of rhyme scheme,

[5:36] it’s the super short verses.

[5:38] The bridge and ending needed

[5:40] another chorus to not feel so anti-climactic.

[5:41] How You Like That has

[5:44] a lot of really good ideas floating around,

[5:45] but once they start knocking up against each other,

[5:48] the song becomes clunked and boxy.

[5:50] But overall I will say

[5:52] How You Like That is functional.

[5:54] It got people excited which was its job.

[5:56] How You Like That made me realize that

[5:57] I may have outgrown Blackpink in a way

[6:00] I haven’t with other groups from the third generation.

[6:03] When Blackpink debuted when I was in high school

[6:04] and seeing a bunch of badass young ladies

[6:06] with great hair, designer clothes,

[6:09] and “I don’t give a damn” attitude was awesome to me.

[6:10] It made me feel confident

[6:13] to walk down the halls and listen to Whistle.

[6:15] I feel for the trap that YG laid

[6:18] by siphoning out 2NE1

[6:20] and leaving behind a vacuum for that kind of girl power.

[6:22] It’s been four years since Blackpink debuted

[6:24] And Blackpink hasn’t grown with

[6:26] their audience the way most other groups have.

[6:29] The groups that I love from the third generation

[6:30] all experimented with new sounds,

[6:33] updated their images,

[6:34] brought new ideas to the table,

[6:36] took risks, and became multifaceted artists.

[6:39] They didn’t cater to trends as much as

[6:41] they released songs with thematic messages and personal lyrics.

[6:44] On top of that, their new music sounds current,

[6:46] Not like something you hear back in 2016.

[6:49] But Blackpink is doing exactly

[6:51] what they did during their debut.

[6:53] And that’s why the formula has become so obvious.

[6:57] On top of that,

[6:59] the members themselves have grown as entertainers

[7:00] And How You Like That puts them back

[7:01] in a box that they’re better than.

[7:02] Blackpink has been reliving Boombayah

[7:04] for four years and that is a long time

[7:07] to milk the same cow.

[7:08] And you can hear it in the music quality

[7:10] which should be the most important thing.

[7:12] They keep re-slotting themselves back

[7:15] into that debut demographic space,

[7:17] capturing whatever batch of teenagers are present that year.

[7:20] It’s a constant cycle of “catch and release” with their audience,

[7:23] substituting out age groups of fans in a way

[7:25] that other groups don’t have to.

[7:27] There is no other fandom with so many scores of

[7:30] “Why I’m No Longer a Fan”,

[7:32] “Why I Unstan Blackpink,” “Why I Left the Fandom”,

[7:34] as well as tons of in-house fighting between fans.

[7:38] The fandom is in constant growth and shrinking pains.

[7:41] Much of Blackpink’s current fans are

[7:44] new fans who are significantly younger than the old fans

[7:46] so there’s always tension between the two.

[7:50] Solo stans are rampant in the fandom

[7:51] And they only increase as new fans pour in,

[7:53] who are more vulnerable to the marketing.

[7:55] The first two years or so of Blackpink’s fanbase

[7:57] didn’t have anywhere near as much tribalism and self-destruction.

[7:59] That’s not to say everyone who was a fan

[8:03] from debut is now gone.

[8:06] Not at all, rather YG Entertainment is so desperate

[8:08] to keep a stranglehold on their debut demographic

[8:11] that their original audience have

[8:13] outstripped a lot of the emotional

[8:15] and parasocial connection that Blackpink can offer.

[8:17] Blackpink doesn’t grow with their fans and in consequence,

[8:19] ends up shedding them like dead skin.

[8:23] This is part of the reason why YG has to lie

[8:25] when Blackpink’s tours don’t sell out.

[8:27] It’s why their Instagrams are more active than their Spotifys.

[8:30] I also believe it’s become obvious that

[8:32] YG’s idea of teenage girls as a demographic label

[8:35] is more and more inaccurate to the

[8:37] teenage girls who love Blackpink and look up to them,

[8:40] which is why some of the catering done within that structure

[8:41] just comes off as juvenile.

[8:44] And every time we speak about this,

[8:46] every time I say something,

[8:48] people say I’m disrespecting the members’ hard work

[8:50] as if I want them to starve.

[8:52] And yeah, the obvious answer is that

[8:54] just because your fave did something,

[8:56] doesn’t mean it should be left untouched by feedback.

[8:58] But the more important answer is

[9:01] this isn’t Blackpink’s real work.

[9:03] Blackpink’s work is in a stolen journal

[9:05] that held Jennie’s handwritten songs and

[9:08] in the projects that Rosé promised her fans

[9:09] just for YG to push them into the vault.

[9:12] The only people disrespecting Blackpink’s work is

[9:16] the faceless executives in YG and the people who blindly line their wallets.

[9:20] How You Like That is the physical result of

[9:22] the members’ hard work being stifled.

[9:25] They create music and they are punished for it

[9:27] And How You Like That’s success is

[9:29] only going to reinforce that system.

[9:31] The truth is, if you ever want to hear the songs Jennie wrote,

[9:35] you have to stop giving YG your money.

[9:38] Well that was depressing.

[9:39] So let’s talk about my favorite parts of this era.

[9:40] Jennie: “Jisoo, [I] love your dance.”

[9:42] Dance for me! Ah!

[9:44] Jisoo: Yes!

[9:48] mera: This is the cutest shit I’ve ever seen.

[9:50] The engagement between the member and the fans in this era

[9:52] have been some of the best in a while.

[9:56] Jennie and Rosé just seemed so relaxed and confident.

[9:59] Rosé: “Rosé, how are you so pretty?”

[10:00] Hehehehe.

[10:03] mera: Last year, everything related to YG felt very tense and uncomfortable

[10:07] and the girls seemed trapped more than happy,

[10:09] but these past few weeks have been so relieving.

[10:13] I forgot how good it was to see their face[s] again.

[10:15] I don’t know anything about high fashion, clearly.

[10:16] I just thought that Jennie and Jisoo looked particularly perfect.

[10:20] Everything about these looks is just so fresh to me

[10:23] with the exception of this wig on Lisa.

[10:25] It makes her look 13 at her first anime convention

[10:27] dressed as a Vocaloid and Lisa deserves so much better than that.

[10:29] The short hair on Lisa is so cute and 

[10:32] I’m so glad that she’s promoting it during the lives.

[10:34] She is the prettiest Edna Mode to ever exist.

[10:38] I wanted to like the colder lavender wash in Rosé’s hair

[10:40] and I think as a color it suits her.

[10:43] It makes her cheekbones look elegant.

[10:45] But I feel like her hair is beyond damage at this point

[10:47] and it just makes me a little sad.

[10:50] But I did come out winning because

[10:52] she did get some longer bottoms this time.

[10:55] Thank you, Rosé,

[10:56] you have never let us down.

[10:58] I hope she’s feeling better

[11:00] and knows that people are going to love her no matter what.

[11:01] Last year was just so uncomfortable.

[11:03] The four of them seem to put their time off to good use.

[11:07] The energy is there during the performances.

[11:09] Jisoo has been my favorite part of the performances.

[11:11] She’s clean, she’s calm.

[11:14] I might be alone in this but this era for me was Jennie and Jisoo.

[11:17] Both of them have seems really comfortable and relaxed.

[11:21] Jennie’s hair might be my favorite she’s ever had

[11:24] and her smile is my favorite coping mechanism in these trying times.

[11:27] This is a Jensoo era.

[11:28] I don’t accept constructive criticism.

[11:30] Lisa and Rosé did such a number on the ensemble parts to the dance.

[11:34] They were both sharp and fluid

[11:36] and that was a great contrast to Jisoo and Jennie,

[11:38] who were laxer and slower to boil.

[11:40] All together, the energy pulsed in

[11:42] perfect harmony this time.

[11:43] And you can tell how hungry they were.

[11:46] I think they sank their teeth into the style of the era.

[11:49] I liked Sour Candy.

[11:51] The galactic in-between space sound is just what the song

[11:54] needed to bridge Blackpink’s higher, sweeter voices 

[11:56] with Gaga’s lower regal tone.

[11:59] It’s a great marriage of opposites.

[12:03] It’s smooth until it’s scratchy, it skitters until it slides,

[12:05] and that auditory commitment to the theme

[12:08] made the song addictive on multiple levels sour and sweet.

[12:11] I know there was some discontent about the chorus

[12:12] but I personally really liked it.

[12:14] It has that Gaga touch.

[12:15] The vogue, the runway sound

[12:17] that I really like about her.

[12:19] The song is weightless in the best way and the chorus releases 

[12:21] all that pressurized air

[12:24] like a hatch to a touchdown spaceship.

[12:26] I think Rosé particularly suits the song the most

[12:28] and her lines are my favorite.

[12:29] The ambiance of the song reminds me of another runway-type

[12:32] So I made an edit.

[12:34] Enjoy.

[12:44] Todrick Hall (singing): Nails, hair, hips, heels,

[12:46] Ass fat, lips real

[12:48] Purse full, big bills

[12:50] Bitch, I’m a big deal

[12:52] Legs, legs, face, eyes

[12:54] Thin waist, thick thighs

[12:55] You, me, you wish

[12:57] New phone, who this?

[12:59] Pussy, puss, puss, give them cunt, cunt, cunt, bitch

[13:01] Mama, yes, god, then you pop that tongue, bitch

[13:03] This whole club is my runway, run, bitch

[13:05] Y’all five, four, three, twos, I’m a one, bitch

[13:07] Girl, what did that girl just say, girl?

[13:09] Ooh, girl, I don’t dance, I work (Work)

[13:12] I don’t play, I slay (Slay)

[13:13] I don’t walk, I strut, strut, strut and then sashay (Okay)

[13:17] But I don’t work for free (No)

[13:19] No, that’s not the tea, hunty (No ma’am)

[13:21] So make it rain on me (Me)

[13:23] And I might let you see

[13:24] What you gonna let them see?

[13:25] My nails, hair, hips, heels

[13:28] Nails, hair, hips, heels

[13:30] Nails, hair, hips, heels

[13:32] Nails, hair, hips, heels

[13:33] My nails, hair, hips, heels

[13:35] Nails, hair, hips, heels

[13:37] Nails, hair, hips, heels

[13:39] Nails, hair, hips, heels

[13:42] 24/365 gives out what Blackpink House

[13:44] attempted to do but

[13:45] couldn’t within the confines of its platform.

[13:47] I couldn’t click with Blackpink House,

[13:49] not because I thought it was boring but

[13:51] because it felt uncomfortably staged.

[13:54] I could feel the company too strongly

[13:56] in [Blackpink] House and it made the girls feel like

[13:58] products in a creepy fishbowl lens.

[14:02] 24/365 clears that out and while it’s obvious

[14:04] that there are cameras there,

[14:05] the girls just feel more comfortable going

[14:07] going about their business

[14:09] and they find clever ways to continue filming

[14:10] in a style that’s less intrusive.

[14:12] They let their friends or their colleagues

[14:13] do the filming or they

[14:14] set the camera up somewhere far away.

[14:16] It’s a nice idea.

[14:18] 24/365 shows off the sides of Blackpink

[14:21] that we desperately want to see off-stage.

[14:23] The hard work that’s the backbone of their career

[14:25] the camaraderie of the members together,

[14:27] And the comfort of their individual lives.

[14:28] It’s brilliant marketing

[14:30] and it also lets the members

[14:31] go outside their prescribed boxes

[14:33] from Blackpink House.

[14:35] I’m specifically focusing on episode 1

[14:36] since episode 2 was mostly more

[14:38] behind the scenes promotion for How You Like That.

[14:40] Lisa is at dance practice giving us

[14:42] a taste of the work that presumably went

[14:44] on during hiatus.

[14:46] Jennie is managing both the professional

[14:47] and her private life with a friend.

[14:49] Jisoo and Rosé have a pottery date in a rainstorm.

[14:51] It is genuinely good entertainment

[14:53] and a fantastic way to let

[14:55] the members produce more character-based content.

[14:57] Watching Lisa’s dance practice allows us

[14:59] to reacquaint ourselves with her work ethic.

[15:01] Letting her work with an instructor

[15:03] is a very humbling image.

[15:05] It shows she’s eager to learn even at her level.

[15:06] It’s a good combination of

[15:07] professional and showing off without

[15:09] being pretentious.

[15:10] Jennie’s section of the story is a very

[15:12] good balance of professional and personal as well.

[15:14] She’s got a good narrative going from

[15:16] nervous beforehand to efficient at the moment.

[15:18] Watching her work her career lets

[15:20] the audience sees her dedication but I think

[15:22] The shopping trip is the real treat.

[15:24] Her comfort and her humor are more

[15:25] palpable and the background commentary

[15:28] puts her at ease,

[15:29] which is something I think Jennie fans

[15:30] particularly enjoy from her.

[15:32] The pottery story is by far my favorite

[15:35] and it’s not just because Jisoo is there,

[15:36] but Jisoo makes everything better.

[15:37] It’s nice to see a segment

[15:39] entirely disconnected from their work life

[15:41] and this feels like a quiet isolated moment

[15:43] inside their lives with no stress.

[15:46] Rosé is flat-out hilarious.

[15:48] She gets very intense about the most random of details.

[15:50] The cactus, the teacups, the rain,

[15:53] especially their pottery assistant.

[15:55] Her little flirtations here and there are

[15:56] both sweet and charming and

[15:58] She comes off as such an angel in this video.

[16:00] One of the reasons Jisoo is my bias is that

[16:02] She brings out the best in the members

[16:04] and it’s sometimes a bit aggravating how

[16:06] overlooked her people skills are.

[16:08] She’s a naturally disarming person with

[16:10] very good humor and conversation.

[16:12] She presents herself beautifully in public

[16:13] while also coming off as personable and casual.

[16:16] It’s a perfect mix.

[16:17] I loved her in this video, she’s just – ugh!

[16:20] There’s nothing quite like Jisoo.

[16:22] One more quick thing before I go.

[16:24] While I was gone one of my videos had a small spike

[16:25] and it’s the one discussing

[16:27] the history of the villain bandwagon

[16:29] that was pushed onto Jennie during 2018 and 2019.

[16:32] Some people have expressed confusion

[16:33] about the contents of the video

[16:35] especially the few minutes in which

[16:36] I discussed the dancing controversy in 2018.

[16:38] So just to make it clear,

[16:41] No, I do not think that Jennie deserved any of the

[16:42] harassment she received

[16:45] nor do I think that she is a villain

[16:46] and I stated as much in the video.

[16:50] Rather that video was a discussion about the unfair narrative that

[16:51] developed around her and the pieces of history surrounding it.

[16:54] I do think and I do state in the video

[16:56] that I could sympathize with fans who

[16:58] felt worried or even disappointed by

[16:59] some of the performances,

[17:01] that there were consumer consequences to

[17:02] the incident that did damage to her,

[17:04] and that constructive criticism is

[17:06] important for all idols that we care about.

[17:08] I also took the time to explain in full

[17:10] why the bashing she received was deplorable

[17:12] and that the company that should have protected her

[17:15] instead abused the situation to make money.

[17:17] The problem I’m seeing with

[17:18] some engagement of that video is that

[17:20] a couple of fans seem to think that

[17:21] me discussing that part of her career at all

[17:23] means that I somehow agree with the way

[17:25] she was treated for it even when

[17:27] I explicitly stated the opposite and

[17:28] pointed out why it was objectively

[17:29] immoral for people to bash her.

[17:32] Picking and choosing which of my words you want

[17:33] to hear and then spread that distortion

[17:35] is directly forcing a narrative that is

[17:37] exactly what the video was rebuking.

[17:39] I included as many parts of her career

[17:41] as I could to help people

[17:42] understand where the bandwagon came from

[17:45] and why I believed it was unfair.

[17:47] Me saying a thing happened is not me

[17:49] giving my opinion on it.

[17:50] The reason I made the video

[17:52] was to make a case in defense of an idol I admire

[17:54] and look up to.

[17:55] Because I felt she was being unfairly

[17:56] slandered in a broader industry narrative.

[17:59] People are asking why the title is like that.

[18:01] Honestly, the quotation marks around a word in a title

[18:03] means that it’s facetious.

[18:05] And I know a lot of you grew up with the internet

[18:06] so I shouldn’t have to explain that.

[18:08] That’s just a basic reading skill.

[18:11] I have loved Jennie for years.

[18:12] She is not a villain to me but she’s a

[18:15] hero from when I was a teenager and

[18:17] the narrative that was assigned to her

[18:18] deserved to be dissected and refuted.

[18:21] So once again here are the final

[18:22] sentiments of the video are the ones

[18:24] I have believed and stated from the very beginning.

[18:26] Many people genuinely forget how loved

[18:29] Jennie is by the other members of Blackpink.

[18:32] The way Jisoo, Rosé, and Lisa talk about her

[18:34] and interact with her

[18:36] speaks volumes about what she’s like

[18:37] behind the scenes.

[18:39] They love her, truly and not just them,

[18:41] but other idols as well as Irene and Nayeon.

[18:43] I’ll leave this off by saying that

[18:45] I admire Jennie for coming through the other side,

[18:48] and I hope this villain narrative

[18:49] is finally buried in the dirt.

[18:51] These last few sentences are for my subscribers

[18:52] because I have been gone

[18:55] for over 50 days now.

[18:57] and I’m really sorry about that.

[18:58] Thank you guys so much for waiting for me

[19:00] to get better and supporting me

[19:01] through a rough period of my life.

[19:03] I’ll talk to you soon.

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Special thanks to Laeeqa for explaining the music video controversy, specifically regarding the use of the Hindu deity Ganesh during Lisa’s rap. In the month it took me to review this, the image had apparently been removed from the video, but no formal announcement has been made by the company. The problem involved placing the statue of the god on the floor, a place of disrespect, and using a religious deity as a prop. On top of that, the scene mixes pseudo-“Arabian” imagery with pseudo-“Indian” imagery (quotations because I’m sure they are not accurate depictions of either) which can definitely contribute to the idea that different under-represented ethnicities are “all the same”, when they aren’t. While I’m glad the statue imagery was removed, I hope the team will issue a formal statement. I’m not sure what Lisa’s religion is, nor do I think it’s her fault, but the placement of the statue was nonetheless hurtful, unnecessary, and cavalier, and could contribute to the normalization of appropriation and objectifying cultures for aesthetic payoff. Thank you guys for the information. I did accidentally post this comment twice. 

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“The History of How We Watch Movies” by Be Kind Rewind

Transcript by CCKN starts under the cut

[0:00] I’m going to assume that if you’re watching this video

[0:01] you subscribe to at least one streaming platform 

[0:05] or at the very least

[0:06] you use someone else’s password to access the streaming platform.

[0:09] There are already so many 

[0:11] and a new one seems to pop up every day.

[0:13] After reading about yet another new service,

[0:16] I started to think about the history of this relationship

[0:18] between the audience, content providers, and how we watch stuff. 

[0:22] The core of this relationship is actually a very logistical question.

[0:26] Literally, where do studios put their content 

[0:30] to make sure people can see it

[0:31] and more importantly pay for it?

[0:33] For a long time the answer was pretty simple.

[0:36] Every single penny film industry made went through the box office window,

[0:40] but in 2019 the answer is a lot more complicated.

[0:44] Our freedom to access film has varied throughout film history.

[0:47] And like most things it’s usually contingent on technologies and business strategies outside of our control.

[0:53] Audiences, studios, and content providers are constantly negotiating 

[0:56] supply and demand to make films available.

[1:00] Consumers like to be entertained in the least expensive,

[1:03] most convenient way possible.

[1:05] Studios and other content providers, well, 

[1:08] they want to earn money and to varying degrees support artists or ideas,

[1:11] but let’s be honest,

[1:13] they own businesses and they want to keep the lights on.

[1:16] So that’s what we’re gonna talk about today:

[1:18] the methods and changes in how we watch movies,

[1:20] and why those have happened,

[1:22] and how the benefits and drawbacks of each

[1:25] advantage certain parties over others.

[1:32] Virtually impossible to imagine for some of you I’m sure,

[1:36] but for at least 30 years a theater was literally the only place you could watch a movie.

[1:41] The exchange in that world appears pretty straightforward.

[1:44] You go to the theater, you pay for a ticket, and that’s it. 

[1:46] Studios are happy, you’re happy. 

[1:48] Yeah, you had to leave your house but don’t know any differently,

[1:51] so was it really so inconvenient?

[1:53] Well kind of.

[1:55] So back in the day movie studios not only produced and distributed their films,

[1:59] but they also could actually own the theaters where films were exhibited.

[2:04] They realized owning theaters allowed them to gain 

[2:06] complete control over the entire film changes when you’re making money on where it’s playing.

[2:14] So let’s say as a hypothetical,

[2:15] to be clear this is a hypothetical,

[2:18] [the] Disney-owned AMC theaters.

[2:21] You would naturally expect AMC to have some kind of advantage when the next Avengers movie comes out.

[2:25] Eh, that's basically what happened. 

[2:28] Studios did give advantages to their own theaters in ways that weren’t exactly convenient for consumers

[2:33] or conductive to competition within the film industry.

[2:36] For example they often refused to exhibit independent producers,

[2:40] they set price minimums on tickets.

[2:42] They would release a film to only one theater within a geographic zone to ensure that they would obtain the largest possible audience for the film 

[2:50] and to prevent other theaters in close proximity from competing for the same customers.

[2:54] They gave films special clearances,

[2:56] meaning they’d play a film in one theater for a certain amount of time

[2:59] and then to a wider release to independent theaters later

[3:02] after most people had already seen it.

[3:04] And a wide release had little value.

[3:06] Studios also engaged in “block booking,”

[3:08] which is the practice of offering a 

[3:09] feature upon the condition that 

[3:11] the exhibitor license a bundle of other features.

[3:14] The idea of being one or two of a group of five might be good

[3:17] but you ensure a return on all of them regardless of quality or box office potential.

[3:22] Now to be clear studios didn’t own every single theater

[3:26] only about 17% of them in fact. 

[3:28] However the vast majority of those happen to be the most important,

[3:32] high trafficked theaters in major markets around the country.

[3:35] So they had an outsize financial impact.

[3:37] For example exhibition contributed to 

[3:40] approximately 60% of Paramount’s profits 

[3:42] from 1940 to 1948.

[3:45] So even though they were blatantly

[3:46] robbing audiences of choice and 

[3:48] preventing independent producers from succeeding,

[3:51] studios really, really liked owning their theater.

[3:54] The government however 

[3:56] was not such a fan.

[3:58] They saw this as anti-competitive behavior 

[4:00] and for nearly 25 years continuously litigated this issue in court,

[4:04] sometimes winning small victories,

[4:06] sometimes looking the other way in

[4:08] exchange for favors.

[4:10] Finally the Justice Department took on 

[4:11] eight studios for violating the Sherman Antitrust Act

[4:15] and found that the defendants had engaged in a widespread

[4:17] conspiracy to illegally fix motion 

[4:19] picture prices 

[4:20] and monopolize both the 

[4:21] film distribution and movie theater markets.

[4:24] The Supreme Court upheld this 

[4:25] decision in U.S. versus Paramount in 1948,

[4:28] outlawing the distribution practices I outlined earlier 

[4:31] and mandating that studios divest from their theaters.

[4:35] Such deeply structural changes 

[4:36] would deprive the studios of vital income.

[4:40] So they had to take a step back and rethink how they ran their businesses.

[4:44] In a post-Paramount world, 

[4:45] failure became much more expensive.

[4:48] Without block booking,

[4:51] each film had to qualitatively stand on its own.

[4:53] With no financial investment in theater ownership,

[4:54] the incentive to maintain the 

[4:56] volume of production required to run a 

[4:58] national network of theaters disappeared. 

[5:01] As a result, studios made less films per year

[5:06] but tried to make them better.

[5:07] They spent more on publicity for each 

[5:08] and used the technological advances of traditional exhibition to their advantage, 

[5:13] which partially explains why 

[5:14] Widescreen, Technicolor, and 3D took off. 

[5:17] But even though they had a strategy for 

[5:19] handling all of these changes 

[5:20] the transition wasn’t easy.

[5:22] Hollywood entered a decade-long recession,

[5:25] four thousand theaters closed their doors and profits plummeted.

[5:28] Companies disposed of their back lots and other assets,

[5:32] and paired producers, stars, and directors from their payrolls.

[5:36] The studio system was on its deathbed.

[5:38] Perhaps I’ve made the Paramount decree sound extremely destructive.

[5:41] And don’t get me wrong,

[5:42] they were a pain in the neck for bigger studios.

[5:46] But the truth is 

[5:47] many more factors caused this recession than the Paramount decrees alone. 

[5:49] Ultimately in terms of affordable access to quality entertainment,

[5:53] audiences benefited from the changes.

[5:56] And as far as independent producers were concerned

[5:58] the decision was a distinct victory toward restoring free enterprise.

[6:03] The number of independent producers went from 

[6:05] just 70 in 1946 to 170 in 1957.

[6:10] Life magazine called it “a phenomenon and a revolution”

[6:12] and then you know, TV happened.

[6:24] In 1939 the Allied Theater Owners of New Jersey sent a letter to the president of RKO

[6:28] after the company supplied a trailer for Gunga Din for some television tests in Los Angeles. 

[6:33] It said,

[6:34] “You can readily understand that if 

[6:37] our patrons are able to see a picture 

[6:38] such as Gunga Din on their television sets at home,

[6:40] they are not likely to come into the theater.”

[6:43] In 1939.

[6:45] When TVs looked like this.

[6:46] In other words, studios were keenly aware

[6:49] of the threat posed by television

[6:51] very early on in the medium’s development.

[6:53] And frankly they were right to be worried. 

[6:55] The thing most often cited as the 

[6:58] predominant cause of declining theater

[6:59] revenues was television.

[7:01] The satisfied demand for entertainment by means 

[7:04] other than that of conventional theater exhibition.

[7:06] It made the business of being entertained 

[7:08] cheaper and easier,

[7:10] which as we established,

[7:12] people like. 

[7:13] Plus convenience had a greater value in 

[7:15] a post-war America that was experiencing 

[7:17] tremendous social, and economic change.

[7:20] The Baby Boom started.

[7:23] Higher disposable income meant new hobbies. 

[7:26] The expensive highway system massively grew suburban areas. 

[7:29] People were busier and farther away. 

[7:32] Movies had to be big,

[7:34] worth the time and trouble to get people out of the house.

[7:36] As Patty Calistro put it,

[7:38] “More appealing than the mediocre movie was curling up on the sofa

[7:41] with a bowl of homemade popcorn and watching a 30 minute escapade with Lucy and Ricky Ricardo.”

[7:47] We all get this logic.

[7:48] Most of us still exercise this logic.

[7:51] At a certain point,

[7:52] studios had to contend to this new reality 

[7:55] and it became a game of survival. 

[7:57] In addition to utilizing its advanced technologies and focusing on making less but better films,

[8:02] the studios began a delicate balancing act.

[8:06] How do you invest just enough to make money off of something so readily suited to your product

[8:11] but not sabotage traditional theater exhibition and ticket sales in the process?

[8:16] Many studios invested in networks. 

[8:17] Paramount, for example, owned stations in LA

[8:20] that syndicated programming to over 40 stations.

[8:23] Studios also dabbled in original programming,

[8:25] birthing the TV movie and shows like Disneyland,

[8:28] which was essentially an hour-long advertisement for Disney properties. 

[8:32] As for traditional movies 

[8:34] studios knew pretty early on that they wouldn’t allow new films to air on television.

[8:38] But they understood both a network demand for programming 

[8:41] especially for non-prime time slots 

[8:44] and the audience demand for content they knew they’d like. 

[8:47] So rather than letting their libraries of old films gather dust in a vault somewhere,

[8:51] studios sold their pre-1948 film libraries as [the] first syndication.

[8:57] Suddenly films no one had seen in years 

[8:59] became available to the public. 

[9:00] It didn’t make theaters mad,

[9:02] it made studios money, and most importantly, in my opinion,

[9:06] kept film history alive. 

[9:07] I can’t tell you how many old interviews I’ve watched where stars talked about new audiences

[9:11] discovering their work on television.

[9:14] Access to these films helped 

[9:15] develop America’s shared cultural vocabulary 

[9:18] and fuels Golden Age nostalgia.

[9:20] How we think about film exhibition has only continued to expand

[9:23] since television became commonplace in American society.

[9:27] And out understanding of where and when we can watch things grows,

[9:30] so does the value of convenience.

[9:31] Cable, pay-per-view, the video store,

[9:34] all have thrived because they offer choices.

[9:36] Personalized programming. 

[9:39] And studios have kept up.

[9:41] Although hesitant at first to embrace video technology and video stores because they feared losses in revenue,

[9:46] they learned that the afterlife of films could extend to the developing home video sphere. 

[9:52] By 1989 there were over 30,000 video stores in the U.S. 

[9:56] And revenue for home video superseded traditional box office.

[10:00] Stores like Blockbuster allowed people to explore their own tastes,

[10:04] revisit favorites on their own terms,

[10:06] and meet people who could recommend new and interesting things.

[10:09] And then someone had an idea. 

[10:11] What if you could get all that 

[10:12] but never leave your house?

[10:19] In 1950, TV offered entertainment by other means. 

[10:23] In 2019 streaming services offer on-demand entertainment by other means. 

[10:30] You may recall that vintage Netflix had no original programming at all.

[10:34] The premise of the business was essentially that 

[10:36] late fees at Blockbuster was pretty annoying.

[10:38] So for a monthly fee, they would send you any DVD you want in the mail

[10:42] and your life would be a whole lot easier. 

[10:44] It wasn’t until 2007 that the company adopted a streaming model 

[10:47] and not until 2013 that it premiered its first original show, 

[10:51] House of Cards, starring 

[10:52] Robin Wright only.

[10:54] Since then streaming services and original programming generally have exploded,

[10:59] nearly killing video stores in the process. 

[11:01] In 2013

[11:02] Blockbuster filed for bankruptcy

[11:04] and just under six thousand video stores remain down from thirty thousand.

[11:09] Netflix and Amazon on the other hand

[11:10] are billion-dollar companies

[11:12] with shows and films that have won numerous major awards.

[11:15] And yeah okay, 

[11:17] the awards conversation is for another day. 

[11:18] But all this is a pretty good hint that people really like watching things this way. 

[11:23] It’s given us an entirely new cultural vocabulary. 

[11:27] And studios have definitely noticed. 

[11:30] Like I said at the beginning of this video,

[11:31] a new streaming platform seems to pop up every day. 

[11:34] Apple, Disney, Sundance, Amazon, Hulu, YouTube, HBO Now,

[11:39] Sling, Shutter, The Criterion Channel,

[11:41] DirecTV Now, CBS All Access, 

[11:43] and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. 

[11:45] Personalized on-demand streaming to a device in your pocket

[11:49] is the best possible thing audiences could hope for in terms of convenient entertainment,

[11:53] at least until we all have chips in our brains. 

[11:56] Studio-owned streaming platforms are the best possible thing studios could ask for 

[12:00] in terms of profit,

[12:02] at least that’s what they’re betting. 

[12:03] Why?

[12:05] Because they’re eliminating the middleman.

[12:07] Take Disney for example. 

[12:09] In 2017 Disney ended it contract with Netflix

[12:12] with the intention of starting its own streaming platform,

[12:14] Disney+,

[12:15] which will launch later this year. 

[12:17] Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar, and the Disney Vault

[12:20] will all have a new home

[12:21] and pesky Netflix won’t be taking a cut of Uncle Walt’s money.

[12:24] In other words

[12:25] studios are exercising pre-Paramount logic. 

[12:28] They can maximize profits by 

[12:30] becoming their own exhibitors,

[12:32] except now it’s an app and not a physical theater.

[12:36] It may have taken a couple of decades

[12:37] but they sure did figure out how to sidestep hat one. 

[12:40] So even though there are more

[12:41] options than ever when it comes to how,

[12:43] where, and what we watch,

[12:45] the number of choices can feel ironically limited. 

[12:47] It’s a pretty basic economic principle that 

[12:49] people have a finite income

[12:51] and will limit spending on any given thing

[12:53 based on that income.

[12:55] How many streaming services can a person reasonably pay for,

[12:58] much less keep up with?

[13:00] Now I’m not saying this is necessarily a bad thing.

[13:02] Lord knows I love a good streaming service.

[13:05] It genuinely took me forever to write this video 

[13:08] because I kept getting distracted by the 90′s sitcom, Cybill, 

[13:11] now streaming on Amazon Prime. 

[13:13] I’ve watched every single season of Grace and Frankie 

[13:15] in its entirety the day it came out. 

[13:17] That would never have been possible at 

[13:19] literally any other time in history

[13:21] and I love that.

[13:23] But the reality of the streaming service, conglomerate-driven world is that 

[13:27] audiences don’t have as much control over their personal libraries as they want you to believe you do. 

[13:32] Content can be easily withheld 

[13:33] more often than not purposely   

[13:35] overprotected to the point that it’s unavailable. 

[13:38] Take for example FilmStruck.

[13:39] Formerly the home of indie, foreign, and classic films, 

[13:43] the service was shut down by Warner Media

[13:45] after the company’s merger with AT&T.

[13:47] AT&T called FilmStruck “largely a niche service.”

[13:51] And despite protests from prominent filmmakers and

[13:53] widely circulated petitions,

[13:55] it failed to see any growth opportunity for the service.

[13:58] So that was it, it was gone. 

[13:59] It was a pretty stark realization that 

[14:01] streaming does not 

[14:02] equal access 

[14:03] and our standards of 

[14:05] accessibility has changed 

[14:07] since streaming platforms became a thing.

[14:09] It’s no longer satisfying to just happen upon 

[14:11] a movie you like playing live on TV.

[14:13] There is an expectation of digital availability

[14:17] and that’s where exclusivity created by so many platforms can feel frustrating.

[14:22] Will I need to subscribe to Disney+ to watch Mary Poppins?

[14:25] Will I ever be able to convince 

[14:26] one person to subscribe to CBS All Access 

[14:30] just so that they can watch The Good Fight, the greatest show on television?

[14:33] As you may have gathered

[14:34] I like watching movies. A LOT.

[14:37] And it’s important to me to know

[14:38] where I can access interesting  stuff. 

[14:40] Undoubtedly 

[14:41] streaming services offer 

[14:43] an unprecedented amount of control over what we watch.

[14:45] They can be pretty great,

[14:47] they can also be pretty frustrating.

[14:49] Some people will say that owning physical media is the answer. 

[14:51] Those people have never lived in a New York City apartment 

[14:55] with no storage space.

[14:56] And considering the pace of technology these days,

[14:59] who can say how long it’ll be before we’re all replacing our blu-rays?

[15:02] Because that’s this goes. 

[15:04] We’re constantly recalibrating our viewing habits to match new technology. 

[15:07] Thankfully though with more platforms

[15:09] more artists are given opportunities

[15:12] they may not have had under a 

[15:13] traditional studios’ leadership.

[15:15] Ultimately if we want to watch good stuff,

[15:18] if we want a vibrant film industry,

[15:19] we’re in good shape. 

[15:21] By the way the Department of Justice recently announced 

[15:24] that it will revise the Paramount decrees to determine

[15:27] whether or not we still need them,

[15:29] even though lawsuits regarding exhibition and traditional theaters are

[15:32] literally still happening.

[15:34] So keep an eye out. 

[15:36] You never know what's just around the corner at your local 

[15:37] Disney-owned AMC.

[15:42] Hi everyone.

[15:43] Thank you for watching this video, especially if 

[15:44] you normally tune in to this channel for 

[15:46] Oscar content.

[15:48] I promise we’ll be back to

[15:49] regular programming soon.

[15:51] In the meantime I just wanted to let you all know that I

[15:53] have updated my Patreon page to have

[15:57] some cool new perks on there. 

[15:59] Be sure to check it out and thank you so much

[16:01] again for watching this video.

YouTube Channel: Be Kind Rewind

Video Description:

There are more places to watch movies than ever! In this video, I outline how we got to this point, from Supreme Court decisions, to the rise of television, streaming services, and beyond! 

My good friend Olivia helped me out with animations for this video. Check her out: olivia-kingsley.com

Music from Epidemic Sound. 

Find me on Twitter @bkrewind Find me on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/bkrewind

Disclaimer and preface: None of the videos I transcribe belong to me. They belong to the content creators and the crew behind the videos. 

My transcripts may not be 100% as I am not a professional. I'm just someone who wants to provide video transcripts for people to understand and enjoy these videos. 

For this video, I focused on the speaker. If there are any corrections you would like me to make, let me know in the comment section of the post.

Personal Notes: Hi everyone!

This took a while, like usual. I’ve been recently trying to adjust going back to work due to being knocked out by COVID back in June so the last two weeks or so were me trying to recover and rest. 

I’m also trying hard not to melt from this summer heat. 😭

I was gonna add the links to the articles Be Kind Rewind used for this video but I’m a bit out of it right now LOL

I’ll probably add them in later through the comment section.

If you like this video or any other video from Be Kind Rewind, please support them by watching her videos on the YouTube platform and through other means by her. 

Until next time, bye!

P.S. This is your friendly reminder to drink some water. 

P.P.S. Timestamps for chapters/sections of this video are down below.

1:25 The Studio System

6:17 Television

10:15 Streaming