Another thought provoking analysis! Time for me to start up a new Netflix show hahaha. I was really intrigued by the suggestion that, by adding elements of the unknown to an otherwise familiar setting, the show encourages viewers to consider the things they take for granted through a more critical lens. It makes me wonder if that might be applied to making youtube videos somehow.
Is it weird that I find the fantasy backstory more interesting than the main story? I guess I just love fairy and folk tales. I also love these more analytical videos, kinda reminds me of the works of Joshua Fagan. They certainly stand out among the more typical, click-baity "theory" stuff that proliferates on UA-cam. I recall you once made a video on Hilda on "Otherness and Racism." Might you analyze how those same themes, in addition to mythology, fantasy, familiarity, and anthropology, are handled (or rather mishandled) in other shows such as "Korra" or "Star vs the Forces of Evil?"
For me it was the other way around. Particularly when this series aired on Channel Federator, I was interested in Bee's characterization as an adult who had trouble with the adult world. I was expecting to see her adventures navigating this with Puppycat as a sot of foil. The revelation that she was a robot was perplexing, not because it wasn't referenced in earlier episodes, but rather because it didn't add anything substantial to the characterization that I previously mentioned. In the soft reboot/ second season, the more explicit dichotomy between fantastical and mundane in its worlds makes for wry humor however I don't think it does much to flesh out theme and character. I'm hoping that the next season will have more direction.
Thanks for watching! And yeah I will look into it in future shows. I'm unfamiliar with Star vs the forces of evil so will definitely look into that one. I'm an anthropologist by trade so everything I do and look into has that backing, even if I don't directly say so
I think that's fair. I think I only noticed the hints to her robotness on a second viewing, and when I first sat down to watch it I was drawn to her adult failings. That being said, I don't necessarily see her robotness as not working alongside the theme. I think it Others her in a way that I think we all instinctively feel. It provides an interesting foil to the idea of adulthood feeling robotic, where Bee is one and yet doesn't act in that stereotypical way, especially compares to Cass who seems to work robotically but is perfectly human.
great commentary!
Another thought provoking analysis! Time for me to start up a new Netflix show hahaha. I was really intrigued by the suggestion that, by adding elements of the unknown to an otherwise familiar setting, the show encourages viewers to consider the things they take for granted through a more critical lens. It makes me wonder if that might be applied to making youtube videos somehow.
Thanks so much!!
Its my absolut favorite show of 2022
Is it weird that I find the fantasy backstory more interesting than the main story? I guess I just love fairy and folk tales. I also love these more analytical videos, kinda reminds me of the works of Joshua Fagan. They certainly stand out among the more typical, click-baity "theory" stuff that proliferates on UA-cam. I recall you once made a video on Hilda on "Otherness and Racism." Might you analyze how those same themes, in addition to mythology, fantasy, familiarity, and anthropology, are handled (or rather mishandled) in other shows such as "Korra" or "Star vs the Forces of Evil?"
For me it was the other way around. Particularly when this series aired on Channel Federator, I was interested in Bee's characterization as an adult who had trouble with the adult world. I was expecting to see her adventures navigating this with Puppycat as a sot of foil. The revelation that she was a robot was perplexing, not because it wasn't referenced in earlier episodes, but rather because it didn't add anything substantial to the characterization that I previously mentioned. In the soft reboot/ second season, the more explicit dichotomy between fantastical and mundane in its worlds makes for wry humor however I don't think it does much to flesh out theme and character. I'm hoping that the next season will have more direction.
Thanks for watching! And yeah I will look into it in future shows. I'm unfamiliar with Star vs the forces of evil so will definitely look into that one. I'm an anthropologist by trade so everything I do and look into has that backing, even if I don't directly say so
I think that's fair. I think I only noticed the hints to her robotness on a second viewing, and when I first sat down to watch it I was drawn to her adult failings.
That being said, I don't necessarily see her robotness as not working alongside the theme. I think it Others her in a way that I think we all instinctively feel. It provides an interesting foil to the idea of adulthood feeling robotic, where Bee is one and yet doesn't act in that stereotypical way, especially compares to Cass who seems to work robotically but is perfectly human.