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      • GVAGUY3 [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        There are people that call him a theater kid living his fantasy on twitter. Also the breadtube hate which I'm kinda out of the loop with.

        • ChapoBapo [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          theater kid living his fantasy

          ... and? Is it just me or is that a weird criticism? God forbid someone live their dream.

        • GottaJiBooUrns [they/them]
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          4 years ago

          Ty. I'm also a bit out of the loop with the breadtube drama but those that don't like the theatrical aspects sound like wet blankets. A guy who loves theater focuses on lighting and costumes and theatrics in his videos? Imagine that! Preposterous!

          • Coca_Cola_but_Commie [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            Yeah, there's a small (or, I assume they're small) but vocal group of leftists on YouTube/Twitter who seem to think content should be as dry and informative as possible. And look, I love creators like Shaun, Hakim, or BayArea415, but I think there's room for creators who are trying to make transformative, persuasive art pieces. It's a culture war, baby, and we need slightly flashier stuff like PhilosophyTube or maybe Noncompete or other leftist content creators with an artistic bent to their work.

            Literally, a part of my radicalization came from the comedy stylings of Stewart Lee. He's a popular British comedian, and he seems Left sympathetic though I'm not sure if he's an actual leftist or just a woke liberal, but there's lots of stuff in his work about broadly Left ideas like post-WWII welfare state or positive representations of vaguely left-ish utopia, plus endless dunking on conservatives. He's friends with Alan Moore so he must be all right. And it wasn't just Stewart Lee's act that pushed me from being a disaffected liberal teenager/twenty-something to whatever I am now, but his stuff was a step on my journey, putting a positive spin on issues that if you asked me about six years ago, like universal healthcare, I would've said "it's a nice idea, but could it ever work?" Definitely encouraged me to think deeper about political issues and research more. That's just what art can do.

      • bewts [he/him,comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        Its mostly fine but at times borders on self-indulgent. I'm trying to think of the one video he made where its like the same scene over and over again but slightly different each time. I dunno. That one bugged me. Its only a problem when it slows down or affects the process of actually conveying information.

        • ChapoBapo [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Yeah I hated that one too but it's a shtick even mainstream TV has used (Community). I found a video annoying, and yet Ollie remains uncancelled.