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the fact that shakespeare was a playwright is sometimes so funny to me. just the concept of the "greatest writer of the English language" being a random 450-year-old entertainer, a 16th cent pop cultural sensation (thanks in large part to puns & dirty jokes & verbiage & a long-running appeal to commoners). and his work was made to be watched not read, but in the classroom teachers just hand us his scripts and say "that's literature"
just...imagine it's 2450 A.D. and English Lit students are regularly going into 100k debt writing postdoc theses on The Simpsons screenplays. the original animation hasn't even been preserved, it's literally just scripts and the occasional SDH subtitles.txt. they've been republished more times than the Bible
#due to the Great Data Decay academics write viciously argumentative articles on which episodes aired in what order#at conferences professors have known to engage in physically violent altercations whilst debating the air date number of household viewers#90% of the couch gags have been lost and there is a billion dollar trade in counterfeit “lost copies”#serious note: i'll be honest i always assumed it was english imperialism that made shakespeare so inescapable in the 19th/20th cent#like his writing should have become obscure at the same level of his contemporaries#but british imperialists needed an ENGLISH LANGUAGE (and BRITISH) writer to venerate#and shakespeare wrote so many damn things that there was a humongous body of work just sitting there waiting to be culturally exploited...#i know it didn't happen like this but i imagine a English Parliament House Committee Member For The Education Of The Masses or something#cartoonishly stumbling over a dusty cobwebbed crate labelled the Complete Works of Shakespeare#and going 'Eureka! this shall make excellent propoganda for fabricating a national identity in a time of great social unrest.#it will be a cornerstone of our elitist educational institutions for centuries to come! long live our decaying empire!'#'what good fortune that this used to be accessible and entertaining to mainstream illiterate audience members...#..but now we can strip that away and make it a difficult & alienating foundation of a Classical Education! just like the latin language :)'#anyway maybe there's no such thing as the 'greatest writer of x language' in ANY language?#maybe there are just different styles and yes levels of expertise and skill but also a high degree of subjectivity#and variance in the way that we as individuals and members of different cultures/time periods experience any work of media#and that's okay! and should be acknowledged!!! and allow us to give ourselves permission to broaden our horizons#and explore the stories of marginalized/underappreciated creators#instead of worshiping the List of Top 10 Best (aka Most Famous) Whatevers Of All Time/A Certain Time Period#anyways things are famous for a reason and that reason has little to do with innate “value”#and much more to do with how it plays into the interests of powerful institutions motivated to influence our shared cultural narratives#so i'm not saying 'stop teaching shakespeare'. but like...maybe classrooms should stop using it as busy work that (by accident or designs)#happens to alienate a large number of students who could otherwise be engaging critically with works that feel more relevant to their world#(by merit of not being 4 centuries old or lacking necessary historical context or requiring untaught translation skills)#and yeah...MAYBE our educational institutions could spend less time/money on shakespeare critical analysis and more on...#...any of thousands of underfunded areas of literary research i literally (pun!) don't know where to begin#oh and p.s. the modern publishing world is in shambles and it would be neat if schoolwork could include modern works?#beautiful complicated socially relevant works of literature are published every year. it's not just the 'classics' that have value#and actually modern publications are probably an easier way for students to learn the basics. since lesson plans don't have to include the#important historical/cultural context many teens need for 20+ year old media (which is older than their entire lived experience fyi)
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i’ve been loving watching critical role recently if for no other reason than because i get to watch a decent portion of viewers actively falling for cult tactics lmao
a forbes article describes cult tactics as when cult leaders “censor dissenting viewpoints, promote a distorted narrative and use relentless repetition and peer pressure”
ludinus needing to monologue at everyone he meets. cherry picking what information to let people know (ie the orb). showing popular world leaders (gods?) at their absolute worst as a means to win over the vulnerable. creating dissent between cult prospects and the people who they’re close to outside the cult. doesn’t take no for an answer. repeating his points over and over, in whatever context he thinks will be most persuasive. targeting people who’ve lost everything. convincing people that they’re special
matt is a genius.
#yes i cited my dang source lmao#every time i see a viewer dunking on imogen and orym for taking the gods’ side i take 3d8 psychic damage#media literacy i am BEGGING you#like oh noooo orym doesn’t like the man who killed his family. how insane of him. -_-#like i’m not saying the gods are faultless#but i am saying that they are nuanced and important to the world in a way that ludinus is trying to obscure#critical role#critrole#critical role spoilers#bells hells#critical role campaign 3#orym of the air ashari#dorian storm#ashton greymoore#fearne calloway#imogen temult#laudna#chetney pock o'pea#braius doomseed#oh also. the man literally fucked over laudna so hard as he left and yall stillllll wanna lick his boots so bad#mine#sorry for being salty but i do feel a little insane consuming recent fan content
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Yuma screaming at talking with Astral, but you see what his friends see
#I love these bits so much#they are so funny to me#I love the fact that Yuma can't stay still while screaming at Astral#this is what everyone else (with very few exception) was seeing during the show#no wonder his friends were worried about him#Imagine if the entire show was like this: everything is the same but we viewers can't see Astral#we only see Yuma just talking and screaming at the air#and we have to understand if there is really someone there or if Yuma is having an hallucination#until a certain point where we can actually see Astral#(thankfully this is not what actually happened but is a funny “what if”)#yuma tsukumo#astral zexal#astral yugioh#(I'm tagging him because he is there. We can't see him but he is there)#yu gi oh zexal#yugioh zexal#ygo zexal#zexal
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Pour one out for orym of the air ashari who for the foreseeable future with have to have his gay ass eye level with both of their exposed midriffs
#critical role#cr spoilers#orym of the air ashari#ashton greymoore#Dorian storm#ashrym#dorym#shoutout to Tal having Ashton in a tattered crop top that allows viewers to imagine top surgery scars under there I salute you#they’re both so gender#sometimes you need to make your dnd character slutty I get it
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Idk if this has been said yet, but Liam tends to write out his ‘sending’ messages ahead of time to make sure it’s exactly 25 words
So the fact that he budgeted in the shaky ��fuck’ scratches a specific itch in my brain
#LOOK AWAY I’M EMBARRASSED TO SAY THIS ON MY MAIN BLOG 🫣😖#anyway I love Orym and I love angst so as a viewer I love seeing Orym crack#critical role spoilers#critical role#orym of the air ashari
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listen. listen. i know every time ao3 has a fundraiser and people donate it starts fights on here based on whether or not the website should be maintained with volunteer dollars when some people post fanfiction on it that is weird or bad to see. but i did just read a complaint that when they reach their goal they keep the fundraiser open anyway and collect more money, which is fundamental proof of corruption and greed and they should only accept the bare minimum of donations and then turn the rest away. i just want to tell you that no nonprofit fundraiser in the world does that
#do u think PBS is like. well we can afford to stay on the air this month#all surplus funding will be burnt in the fire pit while we dance around it and laugh at the folly of our viewers#or do u think they find a way to allocate it that probably helps to maintain or improve the organization#i just don't think surplus moneys are for the Naomi Noviks Second Jaguar Fund
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paramount plus not only cancelling rise of the pink ladies but completely erasing its existence from its platform is so incredibly cruel towards the staff and crew that worked so hard on that show
#this happens wayyyyy too often#we should simply ban streaming platforms because this is all they do#air one season and cancel it when they don’t get ten million viewers#i wanted gil and olivia :(#rise of the pink ladies
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1 more month until cooking crush 👨🍳💚👨⚕️
#cooking crush#cooking crush the series#offgun#off jumpol#gun atthaphan#thai actors#gmmtv#2023#byofftay#still upset that they pushed back its release by 4 months just so fucking last twilight could air & steal all of its viewers but whatever#I'm still so excited we're gonna get offgun back on our screens soon 💚
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IMO the worst thing you can do with your character is make him a butt-monkey and then making him just a prick just to justify the beatings.
(yeah because Eddy in earlier seasons was already the writters' punching bag before starts his downward spiral in season 3).
off the top of my head i can't think of any examples before s3 where eddy is getting gratuitously walloped, but that doesn't mean they don't exist. yeah he always loses in the end, but people root for the underdog, etc. if things ever worked out for him there wouldn't be much of a show.
but yeah i just kind of take it for what it is i guess. i don't really care for eddy torture but come on, sometimes it's funny. and justified. i watched a few s3 episodes recently, namely brother can you spare an ed/the day the ed stood still, and jesus christ he really is a little fucking demon. his difficult personality is on display from the get-go and definitely intensifies as the show goes on. i don't know what the writers' intentions were but it makes sense to me that his unhinged behavior escalates all the way up to the end of bps when he finally gets his reality check.
#i imagine a lot of people watching the show as it aired were frustrated with eddy so some stuff got thrown in for catharsis#we're looking back with the knowledge of what happens to him in the end so our perspective might be a little different#eddy isn't really a sympathetic character to the casual viewer#and even to some folks in the fandom#he gets more love these days though which is nice to see#text
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#look at summer grabbing chance's watch when she could have just checked her phone gaaahhhh#and not even his wrist SHE GRABBED HIS HAND#the young and the restless#chance and summer#summance#summer newman#chance chancellor#chance x summer#allison lanier#conner floyd#y&r#yredit#soapedit#soaps#my gifs#i don't even know what to say about this episode#like i am just so overwhelmed#i don't think non soap viewers understand how it feels when a slow burn ship finally happens#these shows air 5 episodes a week#and a slow burn ship will get MAYBE 4-5 episodes a month#but here we finally are#and i can't stop thinking about them#soft first kiss when???
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I love how Wild Kratts lies on both ends of the spectrum of cultural relevance; On one end it raised a decade’s worth of an entire generation on biology knowledge, its animal activism inspired a scientist to name an insect after the Kratt Bros, is part of a quarter-century line-up of several different shows which have paved the path for the Kratt Brothers’ cultural impact on of itself, inspired a lot of furries, has a massive online following, and is one of the most top-rated PBS Kids shows to date; On the other end, it’s on a smaller network, is incredibly hard to pirate, is overlooked massively due to being a part of an ‘edutainment‘ channel aimed towards younger kids, has a fandom which, whilst big, can be very hard to find, and overall has less mainstream appeal in comparison to shows like SpongeBob, My Little Pony, or even The Simpsons.
#Wild kratts#wild kratts fandom#kratt brothers#chris kratt#martin kratt#2d kratt brothers#2d Chris kratt#2d martin kratt#pbs kids#pbs kids go#tv shows#Like on one hand you’ll find people call Wild Kratts an underrated gem with more than enough existing evidence to verify that statement#Because yes it IS underrated - Nearly every PBS Kids show is if we’re being real here (the ones that aren’t are G.O.A.T.s like Arthur)#And the average viewer/show-goer won’t even know there’s a fandom#But at the same time this show has had two live performances#It’s won several awards DURING the period where they stopped airing new episodes for two whole years#And have you seen a kid who talks about Thylacines or Draco’s or caracals and hasn’t credited their knowledge of those animals to WK?#Not to mention that roughly decade ago there was a mantis named after the Kratt Brothers because of the impact of their show#How can a show be so undervalued and yet hold such significance in our world?#There’s probably not a straight answer to this but regardless this show still rocks.
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me when bl fans stop trying to find "the good one" to root for and learn to look at characters as multifaceted beings with their own motivations and personalities
#playboyy#playboyy the series#dead friend forever#dff the series#idk these are airing currently and i'm having many thoughts#jbls especially have so many morally grey characters that i LOVE but fandom has decided are irredeemable#segasaki uncle jim way vegas kijima boston jiwoo etc#and the worst offender of all!#jaewon breaking up w jihyun bc he was scared of losing him! some ppl were acting like he personally killed their dog#don't even get me started on how gmmtv moralizes it's own shows to pander to the public & sponsors </3#i'm sorry i'm in a hater mood#mine#thai bl#japanese bl#but i guess that's too much to ask for when half of these people can't even watch playboyy wo making fun of it#like i get it you don't like it. do you have to mock the actors' english or the sex scenes when both of these things are just stylization#to let the viewer understand the characters better
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trick or treat🤠👻?
You get... my favorite TV Halloween episode of all time, My So-Called Life episode 9, "Halloween." There's a real ghost in the school, as if being a teenager wasn't scary enough already! Feat. vampire Rayanne and sock-hop Angela.
#asks tag#lizziemothman#trick or treat#my so called life#halloween#i love this episode#the eerie creepy energy of it#and the fact that angela is connecting with the spirit of a doomed teen from the 50s#while you the modern viewer are connecting with Angela from the 90s#which is also kind of like talking to a ghost when you were born the year the show aired#gifs
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i go back and forth a lot on my interpretations of ats s5, ie. what parts of spike are 'in character' or not, but the one thing that stays constant is my belief that spike and angel fucking would have fixed most of this.
#not that it would have fixed their problems i just mean it would introduce new problems that i would find entertaining as a viewer#anyways i don't like saying a character would NOT say/do that but sometimes i'm not sure if he (spike) SHOULD do that#in terms of showing off the more interesting parts of a character while also carving out a unique arc/dynamic for him on a new tv show#ats rw#i think what's misunderstood about spike is that he's NOT a solo sigma male lone vigilante bad boy action hero#like i think angel is actually the one who has a history of isolating himself#but spike is your friend who always has to be in a relationship (which i think btvs got correct with harmony)#idk. i think oz has that line in btvs where he's like 'i gotta go do that guy thing where i isolate myself now'#and i think that gets transposed onto spike when he goes on the 'guy show' doing 'guy things'#and then kinda blended up with the tension that many of the guys on ats experience between#being a tough guy capable of doing things on his own versus the desire to belong in a crew#but like. that's not a 'guy' thing that applies to all men. that's a thing that certain individuals experience. and spike is not one of the#like i don't think spike cares about how he fits in with society or the collective but i think he DOES care about how individuals#he's close to perceive him#anyways. today on 'reading too much into a tv show that stopped airing 20 years ago'#i gotta make a separate post about this#buffyposting
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i have no real art but i have air, galactica, younger rita, and rita doodles
#milenkos handicraft#alton towers#rita queen of speed#air alton towers#galactica alton towers#rita alton towers#btw lyrics are from paper bag by fiona apple#also it looks like air is in a straight jacket but shes just holding herself#PLUS PLUS for anyone who doesnt know.older rita is the one closest to the viewers perspective while younger rita is the one farther away#hope this helps heart
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