#being a non-US defunctland audience is wild in 2024 because kevin basically went
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Still thinking about the new Defunctland video and I am happy that this time, Defunctland managed to UNITE Latin Americans, Southeast Asians, AND older Americans through ONE video.
The Kid City video felt like Defunctland saw that some of his non-US audiences noticed that his content, while amazing, are very US-centric (though not his fault), and decided to cover a theme park trend that came from outside of the US (and is big outside of the US) this time.
I know that it's probably coincidental. He probably intended the new video to be ABOUT the American theme park chain Wannado but during his research, discovered that the concept of Wannado originated in Mexico and through that, found out about La Ciudad De Los Niños (part of the origin story of Wannado -- which came from Mexico, and is big in Latin America) and Kidzania (which took off in Asia), then....well, the video now is about something that non-US audiences can reminisce for once!
That's MAGIC and now i feel glad that now I can follow Tumblr's Defunctland reaction posts without feeling left out for not being American, for once.
It's also interesting how some Southeast Asians latched onto discussions about La Ciudad De Los Niños with Latin Americans in the wake of this video too. Truly, Kevin Perjurer has ignited a small Latin American-Southeast Asian solidarity moment.
On a more humorous note I see a number of Americans going "wait we do not have this in the US" (since Wannado closed in 2011) and I'm here like "THE TABLES HAVE TURNED, AMERICANS. WE SOUTHEAST ASIANS CAN HAVE OUR DEFUNCTLAND MOMENT NOW"
#looking at tumblr and i see a poll about kid city experience...ohhh now i can relate to these things FOR ONCE#my honest reaction to the video: “*sees the name Kidzania* SEAbros we won.....”#defunctland#being a non-US defunctland audience is wild in 2024 because kevin basically went#“yes this is a video about american idol but y'all have localized versions too so y'all can see how it originated!”#and then noticed that we're reminiscing for our pop idol localizations then...#he decided to go straight into our jugulars by covering la ciudad de los ninos/kidzania!!!
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