This Is America: Childish Gambino's Genius Absurdity
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I'm starting to think this Gambino fellow knows what he's doing.
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Ok, Gambino is a mastermind.
Fuck a bitch to pass the time.
Mass appeal, orange rind, smoke your green, I'm spendin' mine
Medium D Speaks of STEALING songs
DIGI Tal what
Medium D Speaks this song came out about a year and a half before this is america th-cam.com/video/whcr-JiOJCA/w-d-xo.html
The editing on this video is really cool in how it also plays into the theme of the juxtaposition stuff!
Amazing ❤️ Couldn't enjoy a explaination better then being given examples
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"To me... this is America." Dude... that hit me so hard. Beautiful video as always, you always touch my soul with your words. Thanks man, you help me realize that I'm not even close to as woke as I thought.
I FEEL AMERICAN
taht line was corny af tho
Agreed. It really hit different after this video.
Legitimately one of the greatest videos I've ever seen. Ever. On TH-cam.
This is brilliant.
❤❤❤
Didn't fancy seeing you here, Mauricio
"This is America" makes me feel deeply disturbed but in a way that feels good for me? It's hard to really describe. Maybe it's less that it feels good for me and more I just admire Donald Glover for making something that evokes such emotion from me. It's just really good art even if it leaves me unsettled. Plus it's catchy as hell
I totally feel you. There's definitely a satisfaction in that sense of "thank god someone's using their platform to talk about this shit", hahah.
I agree, it almost feels cathartic
Ok 💀
HAHAHAHAHA @ "The Water Bottle Man."
Seriously, the way you build up to that moment and get our expectations going and then flip everything on its head-it's genius. I paused the video right there, at that moment, to type this comment. And I think I did that because the writing teacher in me, the guy that assigns craft analyses every semester, just loves that you've centered on something so specific and seemingly minimal at the start of your video. And, even if it's totally going to turn into another joke the moment I hit play again… I might love that even more, because it would then be playing with my expectations that you're about to turn something seemingly trivial into the thesis of your piece.
Anyway… gonna go press play now and see what else you've got for me.
Yes. I subscribed right after that point in the video. Brilliant.
He is doing that thing that he explains its like the first gun shot in the video
The water is a symbol for purity and survival. For those two rappers to teach more and insight more people they both need water, to be pure and survive what challenge it will be. Our generation, especially in America needs to open their minds, maybe... that’s why they need to the symbolistic water
I also wondered what was up with the water bottle guy when I first saw the vid.
I subscribed at that moment. LoL.
"Wait is that Sza" lol
YDKM thats a trans.
This hits hard in June 2020, post-George Floyd and all the protests.
Not to mention those face masks on all the kids with cell phones up on the terrace...
i come from the futureee
Human Beings Suck
(At logic)
Can I have that on a T shirt
Someone make it and send it to me so I can wear it a bunch plz and thnx.
Make Stuff Just make it a patreon reward
But... But *I* want the reward...
Open a P.O box and I'll do it 😂😂😂😂😂
Make Stuff Subscribe to MY patreon and I'll make it a reward
I was so scared when you starred talking about a water bottle man like honestly thought this ish was about to turn into a horror story😂
Absolutely the best commentary I've seen on TH-cam. I had this exact discussion a while back with some friends and we came to the same conclusion. There's so much more that could be said, but I appreciate all of this so much.
4:29 Yas, best interpretation so far AND you back it up with references and stunning editing!
You're so right to say we would normally be numb to these kind of violent clips if it wasn't juxtaposed with rad dancing and silly faces. The sheer amount of attention this video had gotten and will continue to get is proof the message was well-communicated.
Great video and editing!
I love the TH-cam video essay community. You think you've found someone who has the best editing, the best reasoning, the best voice, and then you just find another. No matter how many poor critiques there are, amazing ones always rise to the top of the cream and receive the well deserved views that they need. Keep on the great work.
*THE WATER BOTTLE MAN😱*
I am honestly appalled as to why you don’t have as many followers as you deserve. The interpretation, the editing, and the overall quality of your videos gives me the impression that you put so much energy and passion into everything you do. You have a way with words and analysis. Even to this day, every time I listen to Wait for It and Hurricane, I remember your interpretation in the back of my mind; it was that impactful. Now i’m sure that every time I happen to come across This Is America again, this interpretation will be at the forefront of my brain. Wow, thank you for this video.
Liked as soon as he said:
"The Water Bottle Man"😂😂
Okey first, great subject matter.
Second Great start of the video.
Third, I love what this video did with his split screen and reverse effect.
Thank you because it took VERY LONG.
Make Stuff it's great that you take your time for making good content.
Another masterpiece... I love your interesting take on This Is America. As a longtime Childish Gambino fan, I'm so happy he is finally getting his due. But back to you... I rate you among the best, commentary TH-camrs out there; right up there with Austin McConnell and Nerdwriter. Thanks for making more stuff for us to consume. Looking forward to the next video!
Nobody:
Make Stuff: *Builds Suspense*
Me: *Interested*
Make Stuff: " *THE WATER BOTTLE MAN* "
Me:*Dies laughing*, "Well this is going to be a masterpiece of a video."
God, I know I've already said this, but I just rewatched this without the stress of making my own video in the way and I'm re-realizing that this is an absolute masterpiece. Legitimately. It is so good man.
That was so great.
And man, it just flew by.
My water bottle man dealer gave me bad water. I need to find him.
dang. this is one of THE BEST analysis essays abt that song. deserves way... way.. more views
Your best video yet - I can see your style strengthening, and love your sense of humour getting more airtime. Well done!
Great video man, I've been increasingly frustrated by an over-saturation of mediocre video essays about very popular topics, and it was refreshing to see a Donald Glover video essay handled with a bit more care than the typical 'fan-boy waffle'.
Minimal editing used to great effect, a great script which balanced arguments with actual funny comic relief, all delivered with good energy into a mic setup which sounds lovely.
All you could ask for from a great video essay, keep it up man
This is the best video I've seen covering this topics.
I truly love the way you direct, and create your videos. Amazing.
I don't even have words to describe this video, just...wow
This is really, really cool. Your analysis is deep and your fascination is clear, which in turn, transfers to us. Making the video even more fun to watch. I also love that this video was a conversation, not a rant, and becomes extremely refreshing because of it.
This is amazing thank you omg you’re so good at this, keep making stuff
you have to watch the video with your phone facing a bathroom mirror with the lights out to see the secret demon hidden message @ 3 minutes and 36 seconds in that when you read it while saying your crush's name out loud three times fast that A THIRD WATER BOTTLE MAN APPEARS.
😱😵
Stop playing......Too scared to try it😂
wow...I actually love everything that you're doing right now, all your videos are so refreshing to watch
The main problem with people searching for "THE definite meaning" of "This Is America" is that it's incredibly multi-facetted and layered. The discussion shouldn't center around it being about "Black Lives Matter" OR gun violence OR the entertainment industry, it should be about how those aspects of "This Is America" overlap and intersect and what THAT tells us.
In my opinion, this crypticness but also openness to interpretation is what elevates "This is America" above a mere music video for entertainment purposes and into the realms of fine art.
Thank you! Your editing was great and I liked your take on this.
Both you and Gambino are amazing! Fantastic interpretation and editing!
So well put together. Love it.
Wow, it's a very nice and clever analysis! Thank you for the work!
I can truly appreciate all the time it must've taken to complete this video & I'm sure it's not easy, but let me just say that I'm so glad you take the time to put out such amazing, top-notch art.
Spectacular video. The ever present spotlight on juxtaposition really hits home and (imo) dials in what makes the video so interesting and polarizing in the first place.
As a side, I have incredible respect for the amount of work and effort you put into this video, it really makes it shine. Thanks for sharing.
I both agree and disagree with this interpretation (like the video, there's some, uh, contrast, in my thoughts on your thoughts on the video). I think to some extent, the dancing is supposed to contrast against that violence, but it also functions as a distraction. I think this is most obvious in the way the audience has responded to the video, more than anything else. The video is saying 'hey, we distract ourselves with spectacle in the face of violence, and that's bad, so I'm going to force you to look at both at the same time so you can't just meme-ify this and are forced to see the violence for what it is through this contrast' but also what the audience then proceeds to do with it is, well, meme-ify it and focus on the funny donald glover dancing and the rap easter eggs and the kids. In this way, the video juxtaposes not just the content within the video to craft an argument, but contrasts the videos argument itself against the audience's reaction to it (a reaction that was almost certainly anticipated, since it's what we do with **everything**). It both functions as an argument against the way America distracts itself from its own violence with spectacle, and a piece of media the public used as spectacle to distract from violence. In this way, the audience doing EXACTLY what the video is arguing we shouldn't do makes the video prove its own thesis, so to speak.
So yeah, the video, to a keen viewer, does use the spectacle to contrast and accentuate the violence, but the general audience misuses that spectacle, and thus it functions as a distraction as well, which to my mind strengthens the original contrast and the overall argument. The video is doing both in a way that somehow manages to be coherent because the video is operating on like a dozen levels of 'holy-shit-this-is-bonkers-and-amazing'.
Nice analysis
I think the problem with calling it a "distraction" is that it kind of undermines the artistic work that went into making the dancing and choreography expressive and arresting to your attention. To say it's a distraction means it's not as important as everything going on in the background when it's actually the opposite - if it were just violent imagery, it would lack an emotional connection. Both elements are equally integral in creating a sensory intensity for audiences.
this was a long way to say
"why not both??" :)
why not both indeed
Your editing is amazing. Also great insight!
Very well-edited video, I love the content of the video and you communicate this very very well... Loved it.
Yo! Medium D sent me. And I gotta say, I'm glad he did. Your videos are top notch! I love how you don't dumb anything down or sugar coat, like most people feel they need to, you just say it like it is and then continue to explain further. I'm subbed for the long haul. Keep up the good work and the great videos.
Keep up the good work! I am amazed at the creativity, logic, and smoothness of this video. Well done once again sir!
Woahh, was not expecting to hear the music from The Last Night in the middle of this. Sweet video man!
Amazing song for an amaaaazing game trailer.
Incredible video, thanks for uploading this
You are fucking brilliant, what a video. This is gold, honestly the best video essay type video i've ever seen. Keep it up
This video is a work of art! The editing with the black and white the juxtaposition theme is genius... This video has so much though into it and I'm all for it. Grate job man, truly a masterpiece in itself!
Holy shit, I don’t know how I just found this. But I love it. I want you to post more and I just, I am amazed and speechless. Great job.
This videos visual aspect was way cooler then I expected as this is the first video that I have seen of yours
This is interesting ,love the way u put things together
Great video and amazing editing!
I enjoyed this video so much. Thank you for putting this out there!
You have a great knack for keeping yourself grounded and funny and impactful. Great work. Keep it up.
YESS Another video!! Love your videos! Keep going and you'll get all the subscribers you deserve!
Amazing analysis. Thank you for this.
Wow. This video is just wow... Glade it popped up on my feed. Amazing as well keep it up😊
Excellent video!
This is the first video I saw from you, and omg mate this analysis was pretty brilliant.
I really love this video, since the music video came out i tried to give a literal meaning to every detail but you're right. I don't have to give a literal meaning, i just have to enjoy it and contrast this hole masterpiece. Well done 👏👏
This was good.
I am also scared.
You did the same thing
Started mystrious that dropped my jaw and i couldnt put it up until the end of the video
Thanks for your great work and keep up👍
What a brilliant idea, interesting facts, bgm and video composition, and funny lil jokes as well. Truly brilliant.
Nice and thought out breakdown. Helped me think more about it.
I love your videos Make Stuff! Always such interesting content! I loved the Hamilton video, too!
Fantastic Video! Thank you for making this.
Really, really, really good video. Much enjoyed, evoked much thoughts.
Wow! Fantastic Video, and the breakdown
This is the best analysis of that video/song I've come across. 👏🏻 Subscribed
My dude, you make quality video. Amazing edits that's fun to watch. Good shit homie.
I came to this video because I remembered watching it several months ago and I was looking for the word "juxtaposition" LMAO! I forgot that word but remembered your video!
WOW! Absolutely the most amazing commentary I have seen on TH-cam thus far. I mean in literally anything! WOW! I agree with almost every single point you made; this world does not make sense. At. All. and maybe its been designed that way. Thank you! I was thinking the same thing for the past 3-4 years.
Epic discussion!!! Don't know where to start. your conclusion was well articulated. The feeling of anything is possible is the feeling of modern America.
This editing is FLAWLESS. Thank you.
This was powerful! Well done.
The editing on this video is very satisfying
I was hanging out thinking about this song and thought "I wonder if anyone has gone deeper into TIA analysis than the 'outfits and horse man' videos". I am SO satisfied! Great analysis and presentation. I really appreciate the work and thought that went into this video - I couldn't figure out what it was about this video, but I was sure that I was only picking up surface things. With the concepts of irrationality and juxtaposition It brings the ideas into clarity! Anyways. THANKS :D
the editing of this video is absolutely accurate and fantastic
you probably wont see this but i loved everything about this video. the editing, humor, actual meaningful analysis...liked and subbed, keep it up man
Another brilliant "explanation"/learning opportunity! Thanks!
Wow great video man!
This video was yet another masterpiece on the masterpieces of modernity, well done!
Loved the video. What makes this so great is the subtlety that stays with you. Thats why i feel spike lee fails with his 4th wall pov jamming idea in your face approach.
Great editing, supported the content of the video quite well.
yes!! I love how in the hamilton video you made your own motifs and in this childish gambino video you made your own juxtaposition!!
Ahhh don’t know why I’m just finding you now but you’re awesome 😍
This video would lend itself well to a larger discussion of the language of trauma. Many trauma theorists express that trauma is often communicated illogically, without temporal sequence, in a repetitive manner that is difficult to make sense of. Definitely something to think about with respect to racial trauma, racism, intergenerational trauma etc.
Superb analysis
good work// the video is the best representation of the million contradictions most everyone feels from the moment they wake up/ the meaning is so blatant that we search for something in-depth // juxtaposition like you say though makes us think something is hidden and in my opinion, everything is, as is
This was a GREAT video. Glad I saw it.
Very well done sir. Third was a fantastic video
this is a great breakdown video.. .. thank you
I really liked this ..
i have seen this video at least 50x an thought i understood it .. put u pointed out some things i didn't see thank u
Amazing analysis
INCREDIBLE ANALYSIS👏🏾👏🏾
Thanks for that. I really enjoyed it.
I love finding good video essays
Amazing video!
best analysis out there!!
Wow.. this is everything. Fine work Good sir!