Since I try to make this blog my repository of everything I read, watch or listen to, I figured I should probably post this. It is, after all, longer than most full length movies.
I didn't watch this video all at once of course. I watched it over the past few days. Mostly I had it on as background noise while I did my language stuides on quizlet. (Like a lot of these longer video essays, I didn't intend to watch the whole thing. I just thought I'd watch a little bit just to get the taste of it. But once you start watching, you get sucked into it, and the past few days I kept returning to it until I had finished it.)
I've been a fan of Lindsay Ellis for a long time (and have - frequently - linked - to - her - stuff -on - this blog over the years.) I consider her one of the best video essayists out there, and this video is another example of why she's so great.
...which is not to say that this is flawless. The middle sections go off on a couple of tangets (e.g the history of Jewish-Christian relations) which detract a bit from her main point, and probably should have been cut out.
But in the main, the video is a very powerful critique of the Christian right and it's war on empathy.
It's tempting to say more, but the video does such a good job of making it's point that we can just let the video speak for itself.
It's tempting to say more, but the video does such a good job of making it's point that we can just let the video speak for itself.
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