next up on sick sad world ..

dont really know if theres specific criteria for a video to be a video essay so some of these may be less formal/structured than others/kind of blurring the lines but nevertheless… they are fun to watch/some more informative/analytical than others. mostly these cover movies/shows bc thats what i like 2 watch 

“fish out of water” explained (bojack horseman) 

“escape from LA” explained (^)

“the view from halfway down” explained (^) 

“the old sugarman place” explained (^…. lmao)

bojack horseman’s top 10 episodes

aang / the most compassionate avatar (atla..)

bojack horseman: writing relatable characters

whats in an op (analysis of the opening of Your Name/kimi no na wa)

why i hate kimi no na wa

why miyazaki’s films sound pretty

the last airbender: a case study (basically tearing apart the a:tla movie)

musical symmetry of avatar: tla 

why high school musical 2 is the best one 

posters of east asia 

the remake that couldn’t: skins “US”

hilary duff, lizzie mcguire, & the teen idol pigeonhole 

mommy issues 

the underrated value of book one of a:tla 

19th century fashion: how to tell decades apart

whisper of the heart: the tragedy of kondo

what portrait of a lady tells us about the gaze

is hookup culture unhealthy?

the evolution of young adult books 

how bojack horseman critiques the 90s 

the weird british-american setting of “sex education” (the show lol)

why the costumes of little women (2019) did not deserve an oscar

parasite’s perfect montage 

explaining the appeal of animal crossing 

whats the point of a doomed romance? eternal sunshine of the spotless mind 

how dating apps affect us 

spirited away’s train scene

she wants you to listen and god, she’s beautiful.

she stumbles and her footsteps become cursive and i pray she speaks her way into my arms.

my hands are filled with earthquakes when she laughs with her eyes closed - she’s otherworldly.

in drive thru lights, i become brave and grab her face.

i thought i knew fear until i was sitting beside her and longing.

wanting to know what was going on inside of her beautiful mind - i kiss her anyway.

she smiles and my heart rate doesn’t return to normal but there are no longer olympics in my belly.

she has one hand on the steering wheel and places the other on my thigh - unaware that she’s holding me together.

her touch is load-bearing.

i place my head on her shoulder - a place i’ve dreamt of dreaming since i was a child but was too afraid of my truth.

she sits and i shake in a foggy car.

her hair falls in her face like spilled over magazines on a coffee table and i kiss her again.

god, this pretty girl is everything.

- smspoetry