Another great video essay by Lindsay Ellis, this time about Disney's "Aladdin" (1992), a somewhat obscure movie by Richard Williams called "The Thief and the Cobbler" that they may or may not have ripped off, along with some background on Howard Ashman, who helped make movies like The Little Mermaid, The Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin into what they are.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44chgavSaKA (67 min)

#LindsayEllis #RichardWilliams #Aladdin #Disney #VideoEssay

Did Disney Really Steal Aladdin?

Lindsey Ellis takes on the claim that Disney stole elements, if not, most of The Thief and The Cobbler to make Aladdin. She presents a story more complicated than simple theft. Brings to focus important players not often mentioned. And timelines that show something else. A story of a talented animator, that was his own enemy. A studio(s?) with no need to be that evil.

CW Orientalism, AIDS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44chgavSaKA

#Animation #VideoEssay #Disney #Aladdin

Diane Keaton and the Annie Hall Effect | Best Actress 1977 by Be Kind Rewind

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNVHs2DHNws

#movies #videoEssay

Eyebrow Cinema put out yet another excellent video essay the other day. This time, it examines the Netflix through the framework of "How many directors has Netflix 'discovered'? And what are the incentives driving their behavior?". Which he does by contrasting it with the important legacy of Roger Corman.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqxKqtmZGrE

#movies #VideoEssay

Babe, the new Jenny Nicholson video just dropped
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Gq1P2aaDqM

#JennyNicholson #DeepDive #InternetRoyalty #VideoEssay

Vielleicht mögt ihr mal den Kanal "Pop Culture Detective" auf YouTube durchstöbern. Da geht es um Popkultur mit Hinblick auf das, was uns diese denn so vermittelt. Die Videos sind auf Englisch, die meisten haben aber deutsche Untertitel. Und zwar nicht so doofe automatisch Erstellte, sondern von echten Menschen geschrieben. Da geht es auch auch viel um Sexismus, die Darstellung von Frauen, usw. Hat mir oft die Augen geöffnet.

https://m.youtube.com/@PopCultureDetective/featured

#popculturedetective #videoessay #Sexismus

Atun-Shei published an interesting video on the Second Civil War (USian) and why he's not worried through the lens of history.

It has an anarchic bent to it, and multithreads the climate crisis, the tangerine tyrant, energy nations, drug cartels, and broader political themes.

https://youtu.be/rH6yZNk9y_0

#USPol #CivilWar #AtunSheiFilms #VideoEssay #YouTubeRecs