pls don't make your videos shorter! I love them BECAUSE it's a 2-3 hours talk about Aristotle, Christianity and everything else. And there's also a cat!
I second this!! Biz's videos are some of the few multi-hour videos on UA-cam that I take the time to watch and give my full attention towards. What is Biz if not detailed, feature-length hyperfixations persevering?
Same!! Some of my favorite things about Biz’s videos, in no particular order: the fact that I can’t predict what the next topic will be, the fact I can’t predict what other narratives she’s going to connect, the length, the 4AM Philosophy Postdoc Vibes. She’s so smart and makes it all so approachable somehow . 10/10 I’d gladly cultivate a parasocial relationship towards her
"This is WAR, Peacock! Casualties are inevitable! You cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs, EVERY cook will tell you that." "But look what happened to the cook!" *Sobs*
I'd like to think that the meaning behind Mr. Green's final line is that he's gone back to pretending to be straight, now that his work buddies have arrived. That's my headcanon anyway.
ok but Aristotle was always relevant because 1) he said "For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first" before roasting Plato, and 2) he was obsessed with seemingly inconsequential empirical details, so. he's a detective you got it you had it the whole time
oh! Quick clarification: a locked room mystery means the murder happened in a seemingly locked room. It can be open and allow for new people to show up. The phrase you were looking for at 30:49 is probably "closed circle" mystery. Those two can be the same, but closed circle means that no killers can come in or out so the killer is among the known cast.
Yes, thank you! I'm a crime fiction nerd and went huh, am I wrong? and needed to google it quickly. Fun fact, the mysteries she's talking about, in television they're called bottle episodes. I like to call them bottle mysteries in literature as well :)
My wife was into true crime, and I used to be, and one fact that constantly niggled at the back of my brain over the years was how many of these cases are portrayed as "wily criminal finally caught by genius detective and stalwart investigators after intense battle of wits"; but when you peek behind the flimsy and increasingly tattered curtain, it's clear that the one quality which characterized both the police and perpetrator is sheer, unadulterated incompetence. Ramirez, Bundy, Ridgway, Berkowitz, Chikatilo, Fish, Williams, Sutcliffe, Fernandez and Beck, Dahmer, Wuornos, Barraza... these were not geniuses, not even particularly clever; and there were numerous points at which they could have been stopped had anyone in law enforcement (or the medical establishment, in the case of "angel of death" killers) had more than two brain cells to rub together. I think I can count the truly clever serial killers on the fingers of one hand, and still have enough fingers left over to pick my nose, both nostrils; with the only name that jumps immediately to mind being Zodiac. And, of course, prejudice is nearly as big a factor in law enforcement's failures as incompetence, particularly when victims were sex workers, queer, and/or BIPOC. In every case, the killer was in custody at some point, and the police simply let them go; either because they didn't bother to check up on them, didn't give enough of a crap about their victims to actually investigate. Further, some were clearly working with partners who the police never bothered to investigate. Berkowitz could not possibly have managed without a partner (note: not talking about Maurice Terry's insane "satanic cult" theory), which even the police believed at the time but failed to follow up on; and Williams likely wasn't even the killer for most of the murders he was accused of. Then there's Ramirez, who was clearly "mentored" by his war criminal older cousin, who was never prosecuted for the majority of his murders.
I have had the exact same experience with true crime! Was VERY into it (sometimes still am maybe if its like an odd “stranger than fiction” type mystery like db cooper or whatever) and my interest entirely waned when i realised that behind the drama and tragedy of it all is the same weary story, over and over again, of massive concurrent systemic failure of various kinds interspersed with moments of individual human ignorance and fallibilty. Also, the truth of how subjective reality unfolds and is later “uncovered” or documented by third parties is SO fundamentally unlike the neat mechanical puzzle-piece formula of causality and events of FICTIONAL mysteries that like, its kind of fucking philosophically absurd that we try to force the same frame of understanding on reality, in traumatic and chaotic events nonetheless? idk i watched bong joon ho’s memories of murder and it all kind of clicked for me, all the problems with true crime id been having. People truly do just do shit all the time, semi-randomly, for reasons unbeknownst to anyone else, and sometimes other people notice and project a narrative onto it, but as far as “truth” goes very often the mythos of the “lone violent genius” serial killer that we have and apply to real people is honestly as off-base and fantastical as some of the shit in clue.
@@okayokayfineilldoit Exactly. And it's really disturbing how the reality gets fictionalized so often. The most obvious example is _Tiger King_ and it's heavily manipulated portrayal of nearly everyone involved to make them either more sympathetic or to create erstwhile villains; suppressing all video footage and discussion that contradicted the image they wanted to create. When you really dig into the bizarre world of serial killer true crime, you realize that nearly all of what you "know" about these killers is mostly narratives created by people with some type of agenda, either to make money selling sensational stories, to make themselves look more competent, or simply to make the story more interesting or romantic. And the "genius serial killer" is one of the key tropes in all of those. But when you really look at these killers, they are nearly all of average or below-average intelligence, often poorly educated, and not particularly interesting. The reason they evade capture so long is because the police are pretty much the same. Note: this isn't a random dig at law-enforcement, there has been actual investigative journalism, and multiple discrimination lawsuits, over police departments refusing to hire applicants they considered "too intelligent" for the job. That's why incompetence and bigotry are so glaringly evident in these cases. As an aside, I have a bit of a fascination with DB/Dan Cooper as well; but that's mainly because the hijacking happened in my hometown (although I was far too young at the time to have any memory of it), and because no one was actually hurt (except perhaps Cooper himself, since there's a 50-50 chance he didn't survive the jump). But that's another good example of how reality gets fictionalized by people who so desperately want something to be true, to have a nice neat simple story with everything wrapped up cleanly and resolved at the end, that they ignore or deny any evidence that contradicts the narratives they've created in their own heads.
Ah yes, that time where Ted Bundys victim (his name has escaped me, forgive me) had escaped and two women called the police and they returned the victim to Bundy and told the women to fuck off
As a hardcore Sondheim fangirl, i am DEVASTATED to learn we could have gotten a Sondheim/Perkins version of Clue. I love the Clue we did get, but everything's better with a little bit of Sondheim. Also sad Sondheim was not involved in the musical version, because yes an interactive stage musical version of Clue exists and if your patreon video has anything to do with it, i will 100% become a patron, because no one seems to know it exists besides me. EDIT: OMG OMG OMG. Your patreon video IS about the Musical! Omg I'mma lose my damn mind. Brb gotta go subscribe.
Oh shit, I just realized that Knives Out is a retelling of the story of Oedipus Rex, but, like, if everything turned out great in the end and it was fine. "Oedipus, my guy, turns out you DIDN'T kill the king! Also, I know people were accusing you of like weird s3x stuff, but you are all good!" (I know that's probably a wildly inaccurate take, but it's MY wildly inaccurate take)
I love long videoes about media and philosophy. Please only cut the time shorter if it makes it easier for you to make these because, believe me, we are here for the fellowship of the rings extended edition energy you bring to the room
When I was a little kid my family had the Clue Jr version, where the mystery is who snuck the missing slice of cake. I think that version is on desperate need of a movie adaptation
...I am about halfway through the film, and now I am imagining a police procedural drama where the cops/detectives/prosecutors are all wildly incompetent and never arrest/convict the right person.
Try watching The Wire. I wouldn't say the cops never get their man, but their average is pretty poor, and they struggle to do much of anything at all due to policy failures at all levels.
it's called memories of murder lmao. same director as parasite, one of his best films, but its distinctly less "funny whodunnit hijinks" than just....horribly depressing
@@cecilie... found their channel just the other day and absolutely love it, yeah! “wine-fueled and generally deranged academia-adjacent media analysis” is really the best niche on the platform
I spent my 18th birthday watching Barbie's Rapunzel and my best friend and I had a deep dive at Church the next day comparing Barbie's and Disney's versions (we concluded that neither could be 'better' than the other because they were fundamentally different stories but that both were fairly good at what they Did do)---all that to say, I would LOVE an unhinged recap of Barbie as Rapunzel lol
I loved the movie, and I only saw it because I used to play the board game with my grandma when I was a kid, and she mentioned there was a movie of it. It's one of the best comedies of the decade and it's what I know Tim Curry from, and the board game is pretty fun too. You can emulate the Super Nintendo or Sega Genesis versions, that's probably the best way to try it out now. There was also a Clue Jr game and a mystery solving book series as well for young adults with logic puzzle type answers. It was all a great way to get kids into the mystery genre, and I'd credit as much of my love of Sherlock Holmes to Clue as to Batman. That's how much I loved Clue. Thanks for this video, it's the best one since Pushing Up Roses did hers years ago, and I hope people watch the movie from it.
FINALLY SOMEONE TALKS ABOUT THIS MOVIE I love Clue so so sooooo much but not many people know about the movie, so this is the best Holiday gift ever 🤧🎉
It’s my favorite movie!! I just loved it. Never saw anything like it before. Especially the three different endings. Glad it’s now getting some delayed interest. 🤍
I never have a thesis statement as such in my writing. I have advanced academic degrees and am a historian. Biz, you don’t need to have a thesis statement nailed down to have a good essay
31:19 *Murder in Paradise* is the extra reading for any locked room mystery. They’ve had whole thirteen episode seasons of them. My favorite locked room? (None of them. I now feel they’re over played.) The sky. The locked room was The Sky.
Another awesome video. I especially loved the bit about the notecards. For the record, the audio level has been way better lately. Really sorry if we got annoying about it. Can’t wait for more of your stuff. :)
I feel like the venn diagram of people who watch your channel and Laura Crone's channel is real close to a circle. Good to hear you mentioning her. :-)
i just finished watching clue and i think it’s fascinating that sondheim was originally going to work on the screenplay for it since a lot of the movie reminded me of his work lol
I am just a third of the way through your video and again I am appreciative of your in-depth synopsis and research. You bring such a unique structure to your videos, each one has captivated me! You are an underrated talent on this platform 💛
Thank you for another incredible video!1 Nobody is doing video essays the way you are, with such deep engagement with philosophical themes... I truly, truly appreciate your work so much. Keep it up Biz! Excellent cat content too, as always.
your channel is one of my all-time faves, i can't wait to see your future projects! also want to echo what i've seen in a few other comments, i love the longer videos.
Still can't believe how small you are!! whodunit's are my f-ing favourite!! Been reading Agatha Cristi since 12 and watching them since like 8 lmao!! I'm so glad you covered this it was f-ing amazing
I have to go to the doctors but saw this notification when putting my phone away. I'm so excited to get back home now. I've seen Clue more times than I could fathom. It was my go to VHS any time I was sick as a child. If I'm doing something crafty then Clue is probably playing in the background. Can't sleep at night... Clue might be keeping me company. The Brave Little Toaster videos were majesty and I can't wait to see what happens here!
BABE WAKE UP BIZ DROPPED ANOTHER MULTI HOUR VIDEO ESSAY this is actually so perfect for me rn bc im watching this while i plan my murder mystery themed sweet 16 birthday party
I grew up with Clue as a staple - practically a prerequisite - for every slumber party involving both my secular and parochial school friends. It still always surprises me when I talk to people my age who didn't grow up watching it multiple times a year. Sometimes I just put it on randomly for background noise it's one of my top 5 comfort movies. This was a wonderful analysis and deep dive into Why Is Clue; How Is Clue.
My favourite mystery author from the same era as Agatha Christie is Dorothy L. Sayers. I love her Lord Peter series, particularly the novel Gaudy Night. Murder or crime are a major part of the plot in her novels, but there is also actual character development, and her writing is just very compelling.
so glad I found your channel this year!!! since I saw the midnight mass video you’ve been one of my fav creators on here :) can’t wait to see what u make next year! 🫶
I saw this in the theaters as a kid. I don't recall the ending we had, but the banter, the quips, the just enough physical comedy had me hooked. It was like watching a stage play as a movie in only the best way possible! I'm so happy to have found you! Your coverage & deep dive into my all time favorite movie has made my new year start bright! Keep being amazing! 💜🙌🏾🌈✊🏾💜
My favorites are both Mrs White & Ms Scarlet! I was an adult before I got the gay references from Mr Green, he & Wadsworth are my 2nd & 3rd favorites, alternating based on the mood.
i have been telling everyone in my life that my favorite youtuber made a video about my favorite movie ever since i saw you posted this and i am SO excited to finally be watching it!!!
It was the cat, in the library, with the microphone! I respect the having different endings in differnt theatres not of any different marketing, but for a prank. I recommand the mentalist, its really good mix of detective story and great drama as it does"wallow in the psychology" and what simon baker will end up. But its also fun. Just run with the getting mor redicilous serial killer.
absolutely chuffed to see you talk even tangentially about kristeva's powers of horror, it's one of my favorite texts i've ever read and seeing how you employ it for a reading is Very Exciting! this ruled, as always
A friend linked this in our discord server... I've never seen Clue and around 15 minutes into this video, I paused and debated watching the movie first... but I was having a great time with this video, so I went on. And really enjoyed it, so now i have liked, subscribed, *and* really want to see Clue! 😁 Really appreciate how clearly and easily you explain academic theory and philosophical concepts and show them as approachable in modern language, especially Aristotle king of not shutting up and the evolution of the idea of evidence and trials.
cannot stress how much I loved this video, laughed out loud so many times and the cat content is always welcome. congrats on another banger biz, excited to see what else is coming in 2024!!
hi thank you so much for the a priori and a posteriori explanation because i have spent WEEKS trying to get to grips with what both of them mean for my thesis and this is the first time i've ever understood it
This is my in my top 3 of fave movies of all time!!! I am definitely torn between Miss Scarlett & Mrs. White...I mean flames FLAMES on the side of my face! 😂
My cat has recently figured out how to watch TV with me and she was so so so excited to see your cat that she jumped off my lap to get closer to the screen
This is such an original video idea. I really enjoyed it and I think you did a better job at explaining epistemological concepts than my Theory of Knowledge teacher.
niche gay philosophy video essay about one of my favorite movies ever? alc included for the ride? f yeah. you’re making classical philosophy accessible/understandable to the masses with humor and regular people speak and it rocks
I love your videos so much. The sound quality is great, the cinematography is wonderful, the writing is genius and the editing is brilliant and perfect. I can imagine it's so so so much work for you to do these probably. I love falling asleep to these or just having them on when I'm making food ❤ and it gives me hope that there are more people out in the world that are cool enough to think about things like this 🎉
I like the length of your videos as they are now! I love you ramblings lol but if you have an easier time making shorter videos im totally up for that too!!
I am the monster. Me. I am the 70th comment. It tears me up but I love Clue and I love this channel so much but I'm so so poor so I have no Patreon money for you or anyone right now. Keep doing what you're doing. I love your whole vibe and what you do here.
Oh, the House of Usher video is gonna be interesting. I just finished watching the show, and didn't really think much of it to be honest. It felt very bare-bones. There's barely any clues, and the ones you're given are so poignant that it's hard to miss what they're poigning at. So there is no real mystery, other than "Who IS Verna?" That means there's no 3-part structure, because it's all just bad things happening and there's no real climax. But the bad things happen to pretty much exclusively to bad people, though their "badness" is completely arbitrary. So very few questions remain. One of them is: WHY is this happening?, and we learn nothing towards figuring that out until the exposition dump at the very end. The other one is "What is this about?" and I got as far as I could with that one by episode 3. So why 5 more episodes? And that... is I question I do not have an answer for.
I know it’s poor decorum to comment on a video before watching it through, but I’m at 8:37 and I’m extremely excited to mention that I got to be involved with a local college production of the clue stage play. Which in the end was based off the film script. Anyways clue is such a fun franchise and I love it dearly.
I. Fucking. LOVE YOU DUDE!!! This is one of the best things I didn't know I needed in life ❤ found your channel on a whim,that began with intrigue of your 4 hour deep on VC Andrews 🤘🏻👍🏻 ---- I'm going to marathon your channel. Please continue to do what you do, you're completely captivating and pleasantly concise 👏🏻👏🏻
look philosophers are great. we need philosophers. But if you ask me to tell you how i know the sky to be blue the answer will be "because otherwise every time i make an observation about the weather i have to go on a rant about the scattering pattern of a thin vs thick atmosphere, etymology and spectroscopy and quite frankly the weather in England is far too changeable for that". And that's why im a chemist, not a philosopher. Also you know very well how to say Hercule Poirot. He says it like 50 times in every story. I know you were doing a bit but you knooooooow. Excellent video as always. Love the funky premise.
My favorite ending...part of the ending... "There are no bullets in that gun" ... "1+2+1+1" "No, 1+2+2+1" Then using fingers to count... I still use that as a way to say we are all kinds of confused.
Yay! I finally had time to sit down and watch this video! It was so great! I love the Clue movie and mysteries in general so this was wonderful. I don't think you need a thesis for every video. It is great just to explore a topic from a collection of perspectives. I also love the 2 hours plus video length! Perfect to have in the background while i am at work crunching numbers. I am sorry you don't like Agatha. I started with her short stories and that helped me fall in love with her writing but she is not for everyone. Can't wait for your next video
I have not watched "Clue", but I have watched "Murder by Death", which has a similar premise as "Clue", but with all guests being famous murder mystery writers, and an ending that feels like it was a satirical response to the multi-ending of "Clue"... Except it was realeased in 1976.
BIZ OMG, you took the words right out of my mouth on why true crime documentaries bother me. Cause we’re hearing cops go “well, yeah, we interviewed the murderer 4 times, but we really didn’t think it could be him cause our leading evidence was a VHS tape sent to the police station and one vague description and we were SO sure!! But don’t worry, we got him in the end!! Oh also nobody cared until murder 5? 6? Because they were hookers. But once he killed a suburban white young lady from a safe milktoast background? We couldn’t let that STAND” And it’s like, I’d be SO embarrassed telling anyone I was that bad at my job with such high stakes, let alone streaming it to millions of people!!! Are you insane?!?!?!
pls don't make your videos shorter! I love them BECAUSE it's a 2-3 hours talk about Aristotle, Christianity and everything else. And there's also a cat!
I second this!! Biz's videos are some of the few multi-hour videos on UA-cam that I take the time to watch and give my full attention towards. What is Biz if not detailed, feature-length hyperfixations persevering?
Agreed! I’ve been putting off watching the newsies video only because it’s under an hour long lol
Same!! Some of my favorite things about Biz’s videos, in no particular order: the fact that I can’t predict what the next topic will be, the fact I can’t predict what other narratives she’s going to connect, the length, the 4AM Philosophy Postdoc Vibes. She’s so smart and makes it all so approachable somehow . 10/10 I’d gladly cultivate a parasocial relationship towards her
She said Christien, not Christian. ;-)
Ok, to be fair, I guess both came up.
"This is WAR, Peacock! Casualties are inevitable! You cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs, EVERY cook will tell you that."
"But look what happened to the cook!" *Sobs*
I'd like to think that the meaning behind Mr. Green's final line is that he's gone back to pretending to be straight, now that his work buddies have arrived. That's my headcanon anyway.
THAT NEVER EVEN OCCURRED TO ME I LOVE IT
ok but Aristotle was always relevant because 1) he said "For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first" before roasting Plato, and 2) he was obsessed with seemingly inconsequential empirical details, so. he's a detective you got it you had it the whole time
"Flames? Flames. On the side of my face."
Iconic.
oh! Quick clarification: a locked room mystery means the murder happened in a seemingly locked room. It can be open and allow for new people to show up. The phrase you were looking for at 30:49 is probably "closed circle" mystery. Those two can be the same, but closed circle means that no killers can come in or out so the killer is among the known cast.
THANK YOU that bothered me! Especially after the mention of the Rue Morgue, which *is* an actual example of a locked room mystery iirc?
Yes, thank you! I'm a crime fiction nerd and went huh, am I wrong? and needed to google it quickly.
Fun fact, the mysteries she's talking about, in television they're called bottle episodes. I like to call them bottle mysteries in literature as well :)
My wife was into true crime, and I used to be, and one fact that constantly niggled at the back of my brain over the years was how many of these cases are portrayed as "wily criminal finally caught by genius detective and stalwart investigators after intense battle of wits"; but when you peek behind the flimsy and increasingly tattered curtain, it's clear that the one quality which characterized both the police and perpetrator is sheer, unadulterated incompetence. Ramirez, Bundy, Ridgway, Berkowitz, Chikatilo, Fish, Williams, Sutcliffe, Fernandez and Beck, Dahmer, Wuornos, Barraza... these were not geniuses, not even particularly clever; and there were numerous points at which they could have been stopped had anyone in law enforcement (or the medical establishment, in the case of "angel of death" killers) had more than two brain cells to rub together. I think I can count the truly clever serial killers on the fingers of one hand, and still have enough fingers left over to pick my nose, both nostrils; with the only name that jumps immediately to mind being Zodiac. And, of course, prejudice is nearly as big a factor in law enforcement's failures as incompetence, particularly when victims were sex workers, queer, and/or BIPOC.
In every case, the killer was in custody at some point, and the police simply let them go; either because they didn't bother to check up on them, didn't give enough of a crap about their victims to actually investigate. Further, some were clearly working with partners who the police never bothered to investigate. Berkowitz could not possibly have managed without a partner (note: not talking about Maurice Terry's insane "satanic cult" theory), which even the police believed at the time but failed to follow up on; and Williams likely wasn't even the killer for most of the murders he was accused of. Then there's Ramirez, who was clearly "mentored" by his war criminal older cousin, who was never prosecuted for the majority of his murders.
I have had the exact same experience with true crime! Was VERY into it (sometimes still am maybe if its like an odd “stranger than fiction” type mystery like db cooper or whatever) and my interest entirely waned when i realised that behind the drama and tragedy of it all is the same weary story, over and over again, of massive concurrent systemic failure of various kinds interspersed with moments of individual human ignorance and fallibilty. Also, the truth of how subjective reality unfolds and is later “uncovered” or documented by third parties is SO fundamentally unlike the neat mechanical puzzle-piece formula of causality and events of FICTIONAL mysteries that like, its kind of fucking philosophically absurd that we try to force the same frame of understanding on reality, in traumatic and chaotic events nonetheless? idk i watched bong joon ho’s memories of murder and it all kind of clicked for me, all the problems with true crime id been having. People truly do just do shit all the time, semi-randomly, for reasons unbeknownst to anyone else, and sometimes other people notice and project a narrative onto it, but as far as “truth” goes very often the mythos of the “lone violent genius” serial killer that we have and apply to real people is honestly as off-base and fantastical as some of the shit in clue.
@@okayokayfineilldoit Exactly.
And it's really disturbing how the reality gets fictionalized so often. The most obvious example is _Tiger King_ and it's heavily manipulated portrayal of nearly everyone involved to make them either more sympathetic or to create erstwhile villains; suppressing all video footage and discussion that contradicted the image they wanted to create.
When you really dig into the bizarre world of serial killer true crime, you realize that nearly all of what you "know" about these killers is mostly narratives created by people with some type of agenda, either to make money selling sensational stories, to make themselves look more competent, or simply to make the story more interesting or romantic. And the "genius serial killer" is one of the key tropes in all of those. But when you really look at these killers, they are nearly all of average or below-average intelligence, often poorly educated, and not particularly interesting. The reason they evade capture so long is because the police are pretty much the same. Note: this isn't a random dig at law-enforcement, there has been actual investigative journalism, and multiple discrimination lawsuits, over police departments refusing to hire applicants they considered "too intelligent" for the job. That's why incompetence and bigotry are so glaringly evident in these cases.
As an aside, I have a bit of a fascination with DB/Dan Cooper as well; but that's mainly because the hijacking happened in my hometown (although I was far too young at the time to have any memory of it), and because no one was actually hurt (except perhaps Cooper himself, since there's a 50-50 chance he didn't survive the jump). But that's another good example of how reality gets fictionalized by people who so desperately want something to be true, to have a nice neat simple story with everything wrapped up cleanly and resolved at the end, that they ignore or deny any evidence that contradicts the narratives they've created in their own heads.
Ah yes, that time where Ted Bundys victim (his name has escaped me, forgive me) had escaped and two women called the police and they returned the victim to Bundy and told the women to fuck off
@@emmathomas2832 I believe that was a Dahmer victim. Extremely upsetting.
that "i worked the case daddy just like you said" shoutout was so uncalled for oh my god
As a hardcore Sondheim fangirl, i am DEVASTATED to learn we could have gotten a Sondheim/Perkins version of Clue. I love the Clue we did get, but everything's better with a little bit of Sondheim. Also sad Sondheim was not involved in the musical version, because yes an interactive stage musical version of Clue exists and if your patreon video has anything to do with it, i will 100% become a patron, because no one seems to know it exists besides me.
EDIT: OMG OMG OMG. Your patreon video IS about the Musical! Omg I'mma lose my damn mind. Brb gotta go subscribe.
Loooooove seeing other Sondheim fans in the wild
This was a seminal movie of my childhood, I will forever use "flames... onthesidesofmyface" when things are getting heated. Amazing video. Keep it up!
Oh shit, I just realized that Knives Out is a retelling of the story of Oedipus Rex, but, like, if everything turned out great in the end and it was fine. "Oedipus, my guy, turns out you DIDN'T kill the king! Also, I know people were accusing you of like weird s3x stuff, but you are all good!" (I know that's probably a wildly inaccurate take, but it's MY wildly inaccurate take)
OH MY GOD
I love long videoes about media and philosophy. Please only cut the time shorter if it makes it easier for you to make these because, believe me, we are here for the fellowship of the rings extended edition energy you bring to the room
When I was a little kid my family had the Clue Jr version, where the mystery is who snuck the missing slice of cake. I think that version is on desperate need of a movie adaptation
...I am about halfway through the film, and now I am imagining a police procedural drama where the cops/detectives/prosecutors are all wildly incompetent and never arrest/convict the right person.
That's a character idea I have for a TTRPG I hope to play
Try watching The Wire. I wouldn't say the cops never get their man, but their average is pretty poor, and they struggle to do much of anything at all due to policy failures at all levels.
it's called memories of murder lmao. same director as parasite, one of his best films, but its distinctly less "funny whodunnit hijinks" than just....horribly depressing
So... more like the real world?
Ace Attorney 😅
found your channel recently and truly nobody on this platform is doing it quite like you, thrilled to see a new upload!
i heavily agree with this
If you like her, I really recommend CJ the X! Same unhinged Media analysis vibes :)
@@cecilie... found their channel just the other day and absolutely love it, yeah! “wine-fueled and generally deranged academia-adjacent media analysis” is really the best niche on the platform
I did two degrees in linguistics but I will forever see you as my favorite professor
as someone who loves both your channel and the movie clue I have never clicked on a video faster
I spent my 18th birthday watching Barbie's Rapunzel and my best friend and I had a deep dive at Church the next day comparing Barbie's and Disney's versions (we concluded that neither could be 'better' than the other because they were fundamentally different stories but that both were fairly good at what they Did do)---all that to say, I would LOVE an unhinged recap of Barbie as Rapunzel lol
Agreed
1:29:20 "i may have been known to overthink a thing or two". girl you made me choke on my water
I loved the movie, and I only saw it because I used to play the board game with my grandma when I was a kid, and she mentioned there was a movie of it.
It's one of the best comedies of the decade and it's what I know Tim Curry from, and the board game is pretty fun too. You can emulate the Super Nintendo or Sega Genesis versions, that's probably the best way to try it out now. There was also a Clue Jr game and a mystery solving book series as well for young adults with logic puzzle type answers.
It was all a great way to get kids into the mystery genre, and I'd credit as much of my love of Sherlock Holmes to Clue as to Batman. That's how much I loved Clue.
Thanks for this video, it's the best one since Pushing Up Roses did hers years ago, and I hope people watch the movie from it.
FINALLY SOMEONE TALKS ABOUT THIS MOVIE
I love Clue so so sooooo much but not many people know about the movie, so this is the best Holiday gift ever 🤧🎉
It’s my favorite movie!! I just loved it. Never saw anything like it before. Especially the three different endings. Glad it’s now getting some delayed interest. 🤍
I cannot wait to see you talk about Fall of the House of Usher. Honestly, whatever you want to talk about, I'm here for. You're brilliant!
I never have a thesis statement as such in my writing. I have advanced academic degrees and am a historian. Biz, you don’t need to have a thesis statement nailed down to have a good essay
46:14 I'm sooooo excited for the news that you'll be doing fall of the house of usher in the future!
My favorite notification! So excited! 🎉
31:19 *Murder in Paradise* is the extra reading for any locked room mystery. They’ve had whole thirteen episode seasons of them. My favorite locked room? (None of them. I now feel they’re over played.) The sky. The locked room was The Sky.
You are quickly becoming my favorite long-form channel. Love your humor and delivery!
Another awesome video. I especially loved the bit about the notecards.
For the record, the audio level has been way better lately. Really sorry if we got annoying about it.
Can’t wait for more of your stuff.
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Dropping everything I was doing to watch your new epos because I can't imagine a better time
I feel like the venn diagram of people who watch your channel and Laura Crone's channel is real close to a circle. Good to hear you mentioning her. :-)
I hate the UA-cam algorithm. I love watching long videos on my time, I click like, that’s all the feedback they need
i just finished watching clue and i think it’s fascinating that sondheim was originally going to work on the screenplay for it since a lot of the movie reminded me of his work lol
YES! The language and the relationships between characters was verrryyy Sondheim
"The fall of the house of usher is going to have to get its own video" serotonin
I am just a third of the way through your video and again I am appreciative of your in-depth synopsis and research. You bring such a unique structure to your videos, each one has captivated me! You are an underrated talent on this platform 💛
Thank you for another incredible video!1 Nobody is doing video essays the way you are, with such deep engagement with philosophical themes... I truly, truly appreciate your work so much. Keep it up Biz! Excellent cat content too, as always.
your channel is one of my all-time faves, i can't wait to see your future projects! also want to echo what i've seen in a few other comments, i love the longer videos.
Still can't believe how small you are!! whodunit's are my f-ing favourite!! Been reading Agatha Cristi since 12 and watching them since like 8 lmao!! I'm so glad you covered this it was f-ing amazing
I have to go to the doctors but saw this notification when putting my phone away. I'm so excited to get back home now.
I've seen Clue more times than I could fathom. It was my go to VHS any time I was sick as a child. If I'm doing something crafty then Clue is probably playing in the background. Can't sleep at night... Clue might be keeping me company.
The Brave Little Toaster videos were majesty and I can't wait to see what happens here!
BABE WAKE UP BIZ DROPPED ANOTHER MULTI HOUR VIDEO ESSAY
this is actually so perfect for me rn bc im watching this while i plan my murder mystery themed sweet 16 birthday party
HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎉 that sounds like so much fun dude HAVE FUN
I grew up with Clue as a staple - practically a prerequisite - for every slumber party involving both my secular and parochial school friends. It still always surprises me when I talk to people my age who didn't grow up watching it multiple times a year. Sometimes I just put it on randomly for background noise it's one of my top 5 comfort movies. This was a wonderful analysis and deep dive into Why Is Clue; How Is Clue.
Feed me mother biz 🙏❤️
I can't wait for this, I love your take on... Stuff.
My favourite mystery author from the same era as Agatha Christie is Dorothy L. Sayers. I love her Lord Peter series, particularly the novel Gaudy Night. Murder or crime are a major part of the plot in her novels, but there is also actual character development, and her writing is just very compelling.
Yessss I am so excited for your thoughtful analysis.
Thank you so much for blurring cat's private parts, it's really important to this part of your audience. Subscribed and patreoned
Biz. I adore you so much. Thank you for this gift. 🙌🏾
so glad I found your channel this year!!! since I saw the midnight mass video you’ve been one of my fav creators on here :) can’t wait to see what u make next year! 🫶
“Not concise” is one of my favorite elements of your videos!
Clue was batshit and I absolutely love it.
I saw this in the theaters as a kid. I don't recall the ending we had, but the banter, the quips, the just enough physical comedy had me hooked. It was like watching a stage play as a movie in only the best way possible!
I'm so happy to have found you! Your coverage & deep dive into my all time favorite movie has made my new year start bright!
Keep being amazing!
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My favorites are both Mrs White & Ms Scarlet!
I was an adult before I got the gay references from Mr Green, he & Wadsworth are my 2nd & 3rd favorites, alternating based on the mood.
i have been telling everyone in my life that my favorite youtuber made a video about my favorite movie ever since i saw you posted this and i am SO excited to finally be watching it!!!
It was the cat, in the library, with the microphone!
I respect the having different endings in differnt theatres not of any different marketing, but for a prank.
I recommand the mentalist, its really good mix of detective story and great drama as it does"wallow in the psychology" and what simon baker will end up. But its also fun. Just run with the getting mor redicilous serial killer.
Can’t wait to hear your take on Mike Flanagan’s spooky Succession!!
absolutely chuffed to see you talk even tangentially about kristeva's powers of horror, it's one of my favorite texts i've ever read and seeing how you employ it for a reading is Very Exciting! this ruled, as always
A friend linked this in our discord server... I've never seen Clue and around 15 minutes into this video, I paused and debated watching the movie first... but I was having a great time with this video, so I went on. And really enjoyed it, so now i have liked, subscribed, *and* really want to see Clue! 😁 Really appreciate how clearly and easily you explain academic theory and philosophical concepts and show them as approachable in modern language, especially Aristotle king of not shutting up and the evolution of the idea of evidence and trials.
I love your videos they just scratch a certain itch in my brain, your voice, writing and the way you style them are just incredible
I keep forgetting you exist until you upload and i remember the quality videos i subbed for
Woo new video! Happy New Year!
literally yelled HOLY SHIT, NEW BIZ so loud i scared my cat when i saw this video.
cannot stress how much I loved this video, laughed out loud so many times and the cat content is always welcome. congrats on another banger biz, excited to see what else is coming in 2024!!
2 hours?? thankyou!!! i'm gonna knit while listening
hi thank you so much for the a priori and a posteriori explanation because i have spent WEEKS trying to get to grips with what both of them mean for my thesis and this is the first time i've ever understood it
I particularly appreciate and yearn for your longform content
Love everything you do keep your videos long
You make me want to learn all the things. Every time. University cost me so much and you're out here giving away advanced lectures like a saint.
I loved this. Also my car stopped and watched the video every time your cat was on screen.
This is my in my top 3 of fave movies of all time!!! I am definitely torn between Miss Scarlett & Mrs. White...I mean flames FLAMES on the side of my face! 😂
My cat has recently figured out how to watch TV with me and she was so so so excited to see your cat that she jumped off my lap to get closer to the screen
30:33 fun fact: Jane Wiedlin, of 80s all girl band The Go-Gos, played the Singing Telegram girl.
This is such an original video idea. I really enjoyed it and I think you did a better job at explaining epistemological concepts than my Theory of Knowledge teacher.
niche gay philosophy video essay about one of my favorite movies ever? alc included for the ride? f yeah. you’re making classical philosophy accessible/understandable to the masses with humor and regular people speak and it rocks
dont think ive ever needed something more in life literally bent over the toilet with this playing
why has this been more helpful for my a-level essays on documentary film making than the actual lessons I take notes on?
I love your videos so much. The sound quality is great, the cinematography is wonderful, the writing is genius and the editing is brilliant and perfect. I can imagine it's so so so much work for you to do these probably. I love falling asleep to these or just having them on when I'm making food ❤ and it gives me hope that there are more people out in the world that are cool enough to think about things like this 🎉
Alberich's theft of the gold comes from Wagner's Ring cycle. It's the inciting incident for the whole thing. 1:16:34
THANK YOU
I like the length of your videos as they are now! I love you ramblings lol but if you have an easier time making shorter videos im totally up for that too!!
Clue is one of my favorite movies of all time. Like, I know it word for word lol. Thank you for giving it a much deserved moment! ❤
When in Biz going to invite me to a mysterious-black-mailish-Christmas-themed dinner party 😔
I am the monster. Me. I am the 70th comment. It tears me up but I love Clue and I love this channel so much but I'm so so poor so I have no Patreon money for you or anyone right now.
Keep doing what you're doing. I love your whole vibe and what you do here.
your commentary/discussion is incredible and your outfits fabulous immediate subscribe
Wuthering Heights AND Barbie as Rapunzel references right next to each other??? She understands me.
Oh, the House of Usher video is gonna be interesting. I just finished watching the show, and didn't really think much of it to be honest. It felt very bare-bones. There's barely any clues, and the ones you're given are so poignant that it's hard to miss what they're poigning at. So there is no real mystery, other than "Who IS Verna?" That means there's no 3-part structure, because it's all just bad things happening and there's no real climax. But the bad things happen to pretty much exclusively to bad people, though their "badness" is completely arbitrary.
So very few questions remain. One of them is: WHY is this happening?, and we learn nothing towards figuring that out until the exposition dump at the very end.
The other one is "What is this about?" and I got as far as I could with that one by episode 3. So why 5 more episodes?
And that... is I question I do not have an answer for.
I know it’s poor decorum to comment on a video before watching it through, but I’m at 8:37 and I’m extremely excited to mention that I got to be involved with a local college production of the clue stage play. Which in the end was based off the film script.
Anyways clue is such a fun franchise and I love it dearly.
Love your work!
This is good stuff. Not only was I entertained for 2 hours but my sweet lil dog tried to fight your cat on several occasions
My god, the script alone of Clue is excellent, but the performances elevate it beyond anything we could ever hope for!
Favorite character in Clue: the shoe scraper
And Ms. White
I. Fucking. LOVE YOU DUDE!!!
This is one of the best things I didn't know I needed in life ❤ found your channel on a whim,that began with intrigue of your 4 hour deep on VC Andrews 🤘🏻👍🏻 ---- I'm going to marathon your channel. Please continue to do what you do, you're completely captivating and pleasantly concise 👏🏻👏🏻
look philosophers are great. we need philosophers. But if you ask me to tell you how i know the sky to be blue the answer will be "because otherwise every time i make an observation about the weather i have to go on a rant about the scattering pattern of a thin vs thick atmosphere, etymology and spectroscopy and quite frankly the weather in England is far too changeable for that". And that's why im a chemist, not a philosopher.
Also you know very well how to say Hercule Poirot. He says it like 50 times in every story. I know you were doing a bit but you knooooooow.
Excellent video as always. Love the funky premise.
24:55 wtf did i think it was "the old man, the boat" like that was the name of the boat 😭😂
Loved this video! Looking forward to what you have coming in the new year
This is gonna be odd to ask, but where did you get your shirt? I love it.
My favorite ending...part of the ending...
"There are no bullets in that gun"
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"1+2+1+1"
"No, 1+2+2+1"
Then using fingers to count...
I still use that as a way to say we are all kinds of confused.
I fell in love with your channel
Yay! I finally had time to sit down and watch this video! It was so great! I love the Clue movie and mysteries in general so this was wonderful. I don't think you need a thesis for every video. It is great just to explore a topic from a collection of perspectives. I also love the 2 hours plus video length! Perfect to have in the background while i am at work crunching numbers.
I am sorry you don't like Agatha. I started with her short stories and that helped me fall in love with her writing but she is not for everyone.
Can't wait for your next video
You and Adam Curtis are the only education we need
another absolutely incredible video! completely stunning and thought provoking as always
I have not watched "Clue", but I have watched "Murder by Death", which has a similar premise as "Clue", but with all guests being famous murder mystery writers, and an ending that feels like it was a satirical response to the multi-ending of "Clue"... Except it was realeased in 1976.
BIZ OMG, you took the words right out of my mouth on why true crime documentaries bother me. Cause we’re hearing cops go “well, yeah, we interviewed the murderer 4 times, but we really didn’t think it could be him cause our leading evidence was a VHS tape sent to the police station and one vague description and we were SO sure!! But don’t worry, we got him in the end!! Oh also nobody cared until murder 5? 6? Because they were hookers. But once he killed a suburban white young lady from a safe milktoast background? We couldn’t let that STAND”
And it’s like, I’d be SO embarrassed telling anyone I was that bad at my job with such high stakes, let alone streaming it to millions of people!!! Are you insane?!?!?!
Dont make them shorter.... MAKE THEM LONGER AMEN
The biz is back in business🎉
The biz is back in town 🎶🥳