sasha_feather | Vid meme day 16

Day 16 - A vid that told you something new about a show/movie you already loved

I am struggling with this question. Being a participant in fandom gradually changes the way I regard media, rarely is there an "aha" moment when I see something differently, such as watching a vid. Anyway, watching vids is an intuitive experience for me generally, only if someone explains it to me do I really consciously get what one is trying to say (if indeed it's trying to say something).

Well, I'm overthinking it. I'm going to rec two critical race vids, which I have had explained to me by various people in various formats:

How Much is that Geisha in the Window by

lierdumoa, Firefly. This is a vid that critiques racism inherent in Firefly.

I was lucky enough to hear

deepad and others speak about this at a vid panel at WisCon in 2008. Deepa said, among other things (IIRC), that the shots of the railroad echo the history of the American railroads, and the erasure of Chinese people from American history, because after all it was Chinese immigrants who built the American railroads.

This vid brings background shots to the foreground, and shows that aspects of Asian culture are used as "set dressing" for the show.

White and Nerdy by

talitha78. Psych.

OK, this is not a show I love, mostly because I find Shawn annoying, but I have seen it and think it's kind of a cute show. This vid is great. It is both funny and cuttingly critical. Why is white synonymous with nerdy? How many TV/movie characters can you think of that are black and nerdy? I can think of 3, maybe, including Gus.

I also heard Francesa Coppa talk about both of these vids, and some others, in a video presentation about people who don't exist in the future, and how fandom can help. I can't find the link right now, will ETA if/when I do.

ETA: Things We Don't Have in the Future, and how Fanworks Can Help