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Piley Benton
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Приєднався 14 чер 2020
Pray tell, what tickles your fancy? Be it deep dives into forgotten media? Analysis of old books and plays? Mayhaps leftist dissections of politics, praxis, and history? If those interest you, you've come to the right place! But don't expect them all at once, that's a bit daunting.
Dennis Prager ADMITS He's a Liberal | PragerU Response
Do liberals have more in common with Conservatives than socialists? Dennis Prager finally has a correct answer for us today (shocking, I know). Join me as I unpack his usual nonsense and explain why he's ultimately correct about liberals.
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Music Credits go to my boy Cameron Houg and the UA-cam Music Library
Cartoon depictions of myself are drawn by none other than Bentley S. Campion
Footnotes:
[1] This is not to stan the CPUSA, as to my understanding they were less than stellar about workers rights during world war 2 (among plenty of other bad things I'm sure they've done, that's just my knowledge with that specific image), but more over I just find the photo fascinating and wanted an excuse to share it, as it's a patriotic angle of American history that gets lost when Conservatives talk about the left "hating America".
[2] If someone appreciates western civilization as a part of a broader, more worldly appreciation for human culture as a whole, we've got no beef. People from the west have done some cool stuff. The issue comes when people start to argue which civilization is superior, as western civilization stans get pretty ahistorical and pretty racist pretty quickly.
[3] I'd pull clips from the video Shaun responds to in his masterpiece "Euopean History is not White History", but the videos he discusses all got taken down because the creator who complained about the death of "western civilization" turned out to be a Nazi (weird, who could have seen that coming?) But suffice it to say, conservatives online have intermittent outbursts when people of color get cast in historical dramas (article linked below to some modern day examples of that), despite the fact that in most circumstances people of color were in those societies at the time of their story (like a black knight of the round table), it's just that racists by definition exclude them from "the west" and therefore consider their presence to be a "woke casting" or, more importantly, "a threat".
0:00 Opening Tease
0:28 Introduction
2:06 Why is everyone confused??
2:50 Lib v Left re: racism
4:13 Lib v Left re: capitalism
5:36 Lib v Left re: nationalism
7:42 Lib v Left re: America
9:06 Lib v Left re: freeze peach
12:52 Lib v Left re: western civ
16:18 Conclusion
17:32 Outro
Join us on Discord: discord.gg/jZCGDtNmrQ
Follow me on Patreon: www.patreon.com/PileyBenton
Follow me on Twitter at: PileyBenton
Subscribe to my gaming channel: ua-cam.com/channels/bjZ8kW3XDs4TY7CJ2vurpQ.html
Music Credits go to my boy Cameron Houg and the UA-cam Music Library
Cartoon depictions of myself are drawn by none other than Bentley S. Campion
Footnotes:
[1] This is not to stan the CPUSA, as to my understanding they were less than stellar about workers rights during world war 2 (among plenty of other bad things I'm sure they've done, that's just my knowledge with that specific image), but more over I just find the photo fascinating and wanted an excuse to share it, as it's a patriotic angle of American history that gets lost when Conservatives talk about the left "hating America".
[2] If someone appreciates western civilization as a part of a broader, more worldly appreciation for human culture as a whole, we've got no beef. People from the west have done some cool stuff. The issue comes when people start to argue which civilization is superior, as western civilization stans get pretty ahistorical and pretty racist pretty quickly.
[3] I'd pull clips from the video Shaun responds to in his masterpiece "Euopean History is not White History", but the videos he discusses all got taken down because the creator who complained about the death of "western civilization" turned out to be a Nazi (weird, who could have seen that coming?) But suffice it to say, conservatives online have intermittent outbursts when people of color get cast in historical dramas (article linked below to some modern day examples of that), despite the fact that in most circumstances people of color were in those societies at the time of their story (like a black knight of the round table), it's just that racists by definition exclude them from "the west" and therefore consider their presence to be a "woke casting" or, more importantly, "a threat".
0:00 Opening Tease
0:28 Introduction
2:06 Why is everyone confused??
2:50 Lib v Left re: racism
4:13 Lib v Left re: capitalism
5:36 Lib v Left re: nationalism
7:42 Lib v Left re: America
9:06 Lib v Left re: freeze peach
12:52 Lib v Left re: western civ
16:18 Conclusion
17:32 Outro
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I will never forget about this show! Shit was hilarious!
i'm afraid im a little like cathy 😅
What this commentator fails to mention is the cultural context of the show and why it's called spaced. It's a mirror to the paranoia of the late 90s and when the disco biscuits were beginning to catch up with people. The surreal shots and gags reflect the psychosis that many had in the post rave days.
Italian Americans who defend this guy sicken me that's like if German Americans defended and celebrated Hitler or Spanish Americans defended and celebrated Franco.
Ive seen such,being 66 yrs old,born and raised in South,Ga.Ice been to the migrant camps.No a/c in summer,living in a double wide trailer with post holding up thevroof,as the walls had been removed.Cots side by side lined up everywhere.$10 a day,from sun up till sun down.The summer days are long there,basically treated as my black friends were.Im of native ancestry, told all my life to be proud of my heritage, but,never tell.Where blacks arecopenly called nigger to this day.But,their not prejudice, they say.
The fact I love Simon Pegg, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, the almighty movie, The Boys, but I have never heard about this show:(
Agitate,Educate,Organize
Kuato lives. 😂
It got canceled right at 9/11…
Sneed
Tyree? His name is tyres (tires)
Great documentary! However, I read Tim and Daisy's relationship as purely plutonic. And I thought that was ground breaking when SPACED was first aired on British television... Men and women can be best friends without any sexual or 'friend zoning' sub context. <3
BTW not that it makes it any less weird, but age of sex consent in UK is 16 v 18 in the USA - when I was at school I remember 6th form girls dating goons in their 20s.
I hate when people analyze this sow from a team Cathy/Team Jamie perspective these are two very flawed people. Now Jason Robert Brown didn't have to change the lyrics to Shicksa Goddess because it was a little to close to ral life.
However, neoliberalism, and the globalization of economics, is refusing to give the poor their needs- and insisting on giving it to the elite.
Communism (not Socialism) is when the government buries the money in the ground!!!
No thoughts on Pun'kin?
You were doing so well until... Tyree an EDM lover... 2 mistakes it's not Tyrie it's Tyres as in those things you have on a bike Tyres or Tires... and 2 he's a fan of Dance Music not EDM... it's not the same thing.... oh and Vulva.... was a cu*t.
Really great synopsis.
There's nothing, that is "forgotten" about Spaced
I couldn't imagine caring if "people of color" are on a show or not. I'd rather they worry about making it a good show than if it's "diverse".
Great video on one of my favorite shows. Excited for the upcoming Broadway revival!
i was super skeptical at first when i watched it but watching your video helped me looking back at it and see things from a different perspective! appreciate the breakdown great video :-) !!
thank you so much for this! this video helped me understand the story, characters, and timeline a lot better
😰 I'm definitely going to give this book a reread (and maybe rewatch Equilibrium, too)
Your review is woke trash that’s my only critique
The neighbor randomly walking into the White House was probably the funniest thing in the world when I was 15 and I saw this show for the first time. Absurd.
"One of these days Laura. I'm gonna punch you in the face." This show was so funny
I think Bush being shocked at the youthful and innocuous appearance/demeanor of the drug offender in "Mom E. DEA Arrest" was another subtle political jab, aiming at how the War on Drugs (in particular, the infamous D.A.R.E. program) often stereotyped drug users as these thuggish gangster-types.
For any idiots that believe this is the truth: Here's the REAL TRUTH: If the electoral college were eliminated, then Chicago, NYC , LA , Baltimore, will have enough votes to win every election from now on simply because of their population..... and since they are all Democrat, that means that the elections will always have the Democrat as the winner.. That's the reason the electoral college was put in effect in the first place.. So Philadelphia, and NYC which had more people than the rest of the other colonies put together, wouldn't be able to win every election, thus giving even the rual areas and states a voice .. And you idiots want to undo that ? Do you really think that a one party government is a wise choice? With no other party to keep the other side in check ? That will simply lead to tyranny... and eventually, civil war when the opposing party's people feel they have no voice helpless... which was the No.2 reason for the last civil war.... We don't need to go down that road again people..
This game is the reason that I became a business major LOL
I have both seasons on DVD and it was one of my best purchases because, yes, it’s hard to find these great episodes. I was very surprised it was cancelled as well, I thought it was cancelled due to 9-11 - that they didn’t like to show Dubya in a bad light. I also own L’il Bush, but only the first season - it’s hysterical as well, great digs at on Geo. Herbert Walker and Barbara, plus a lot of digs at Cheney and Rumsfeld. They’re all kids in school, at lunchtime, Cheney brings live chickens and bites their heads off - that’s his sack lunch! His heart explodes in another episode - he goes to Hell but tries to take over so the devil kicks him out. Li’l Rummy says he gets to pick out the cigar his dad will use to light up and burn him as a punishment. Love this show!!!
Are we just goons gloss over this creator thinking Mozart, rather than Beethoven was deaf?
Comedy Central said live action cost too much, so this and Strangers with Candy were on the cutting block. I really liked this show and lil' bush - granted very dated now considering the then topical humor
the pit orchestra is only strings, piano, guitar, and some doubling on chimes and other percussion periodically; really beautifully written music by Jason Robert Brown
...finally found you, father of Mio..
If a a new Covid come along....Americans will never mask up again. Never again.
Just becaue a man cheats does not make him a bad guy. Most men cheat because they are not getting what they need at home.
So... Back in 2009? 2010? I was *deep* into this musical. And there was a group putting it on in Columbia, SC. Well. I did not live near Columbia, SC. But! My (at the time) boyfriend's brother's friend's friend lived within walking distance of the theatre. Guess who went to Columbia to sleep on the floor of a stranger's apartment so I could see the play!! 🥳🥳 I was not murdered, but I also did not eat all weekend since the trip and tickets were *all* of my money. 18 year old Sylvir was a *mess* and 33 year old Sylvir loves her, misses her sometimes, but is mostly just *shocked* that we survived to adulthood.
This show must've had lots of script rewrites. The show seems a little out of league for the South Park guys. South Park is one track humor - simple and childish as hell. Although I've just heard of this show and never seen it - from this guy's description it seems well thought out too clever for South Park standards.
Foh, it just goes over your head. That's okay.
@@ThePopbanks007 what a talking turd and celebrity gossip ???
I had to switch off when he said "Tyree"
This is a phoney, Ai generated bunch of poo
... mozart was not deaf. beethoven was.
Everything about CN commercials are cringe. You wanna see a good example of show that dealt with racism? Look at Static Shock
SPACED is AWESOME!!!!
Lost interest at Tyree and pronouns
Why are white people the only ones criticised for race? When a black director hires an all black cast he gets praised but when a white person does it we are called racist.. like we are the only ones not allowed to have pride
TBH, Dad Bush was right about the CRA of 1964
Well the past years have proven Tim pool correct on almost everything
People of colour.....eeeeeuuugh