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Update, and we have a store now!

Hi all,

So you may have noticed that we didn't release anything last month. I could be coy about it but the truth is I was busy having my government-mandated semi-annual YouTuber meltdown, and I desperately needed to step away for some time. But we are working on some new stuff that we're pretty e...

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Patreon update starting October

Hi everyone, Nella here with some news!

TL;DR, we’re switching this Patreon to charging per month starting October. 

For Those Still Reading: 

Starting October, we’ve decided to change this Patreon from charging patrons per video to charging by the month. One, so no one h...

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YouTube: Manufacturing Authenticity (For Fun and Profit!)

Brought to you by Squarespace.

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The End of the Era of the Movie Musical

And now for something completely different!

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Disney's Remake of Beauty and the Beast

Thanks, I hate it.

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Marxism | The Whole Plate

oh boy!

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The Whole Plate: Queer Theory

IT'S STILL PRIDE MONTH IT COUNTS 


Edit: Wow, that is embarrassing - I uploaded the wrong file! Am in the process of uploading the correct file, but be patient - this may take a while.

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Oh No Another Star Wars Video Essay: The Ideology of the First Order

I'm sorry but it's my turn to talk about a Star War.

Yes I realize "ideology" is spelled wrong we're working on it.

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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Warners (Part 3/2)

UPDATE: Big apologies for deleting the last post, everyone. I uploaded it vis-à-vis the mobile app, and it subsequently didn't charge Patrons. Please disregard the last email, and thanks for bearing with us.

So this is a bit of a draft and also pretty experimental but here we GO

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The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Studios

So last night, I got super puking sick and was in bed all day, so where I meant to fine tune this sucker today, this is the... 95% there version. A draft, so to speak. It still has a few placeholder cards and errors with sound. But the finalish version is exporting now and will be up in a couple hou...

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The Hobbit: A Long Expected Autopsy

Part one of two. 

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We're going on an adventure!

For those of you who saw on Twitter that I'm getting on a plane tomorrow to fly 20+ hours to where it's literally summer... well, I wasn't kidding. 

So tomorrow begins our sojourn to the island nation of New Zealand to shoot our video essay-umentary about the Hobbit on location, the reasons f...

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My Monster Boyfriend

This ended up being a way more expansive topic than I realized, so rather than doing something comprehensive I end up touching on a lot of subjects that deserve way more time than I can give here. 

Also I love how not here for this Kong is in the thumbnail.

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Bright: The Apotheosis of Bad Worldbuilding

I never want to think about orcs again.

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Dear Stephenie Meyer

I even talk about an anime in this one, which is a thing I never regret doing.*


*I always regret doing.

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Gauging interest

Part of the fun fun fun of content creation is the mixed messages you get - I've had several people lament that I haven't done any Loose Canon episodes in a year, but by that same token I've gotten way more growth and engagement in this last year by doing freeform style video essays, and just as man...

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Obligatory Post Regarding New Fees

Several of you have already messaged me apologizing for having to cancel pledges in light of Patreon's questionable new fee schedule, which includes a 2.9% service fee as well as a $0.35 per pledge - in effect, the fees are now being shifted more to the patron rather than the creator. 

First ...

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Stranger Things, IT, and the Upside Down of Nostalgia

Like how I got that in just under the wire?

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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Genres Tell No Tales

Michael Eisner's last good business decision was one he really did not want to make.

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The Case for Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame

It's here.

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Updated: Revisionist World of Disney

Hello, all -- here's the updated version of the Saving Mr. Banks episode. Unfortunately, the original posted here was edited on Lindsay's travel computer, which wasn't cooperating with some of the footage we shot at Disney World (namely, Pirates of the Caribbean). The changes from the original come ...

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The Wonderful World of Historical Revisionism: Walt Disney, Mary Poppins and Saving Mr. Banks

Owing to technical difficulties, this ended up being a hasty edit - I'll update this post tomorrow. As for now, I have given you my soul (and eaten myself sick at Disney World) and I am dead.

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Framing Megan Fox | The Whole Plate: Episode 7

She was framed, I tells ya.

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The Whole Plate - Episode 6: The Male Gaze vs. The Men

Wow, another one a day later? How'd you manage that, Lindsay? Poor planning, my friends!

See, the Guardians episode was scheduled to go up last week, and the Whole Plate ep was scheduled for today, but the Guardians episode ended up being a much more arduous undertaking than I thought it would be ...

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Guardians of the Galaxy

I'm not sure how to pre-empt this one except for with an apology - this was supposed to come two weeks ago, and it didn't. And I have no explanation for that other than... I just wasn't happy with the episode, and I kept working on it.

Oh, and there is also a THE WHOLE PLATE episode I was also wor...

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Pocahontas Was a Mistake (And Other Disney Hot Takes)

Brace yourselves...

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Feminist Theory Part 1 | The Whole Plate Ep. 5

LET'S DO THIS 

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The Whole Plate | Episode 4: Genre

what is the genre of these movies even

Next episode: FEMNISNSISMS



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Thank you (also, thank you)

Hi all,

I want to thank everyone for taking the time to respond about the Mel Brooks video. I'm in the process of incorporating some of the suggestions, and I hope to have the final version public tomorrow morning.

But in a broader sense, I wanted to thank all of you for helping fund this ve...

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Mel Brooks, The Producers, and the Ethics of Satire about Nazis

Hey fam, I'm looking for feedback on this one -

The file you're watching won't be the final version the public on YouTube sees. Normally I'd just put it up early here and then later make it public, but this is a much more sensitive subject, and I don't want to just preach to the choir. So if you d...

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