The Philosophy of SHIA LABEOUF - Wisecrack Edition
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ต.ค. 2016
- Join Wisecrack! Subscribe! ►►bit.ly/1y8Veir
Support us on PATREON ►► wscrk.com/PatreonWC
Check out The Nerdwriter! ►► wscrk.com/NrdWrtr
More Celebrity Philosphy!
KANYE WEST ► wscrk.com/KanyeWE
BILL MURRAY ► wscrk.com/BillMWC
Welcome to this special Wisecrack Edition on the Philosophy of Shia LaBeouf, exploring the motivations behind one of the most enigmatic actors and internet sensations around. After bouncing from one tabloid scandal to another, Shia LaBeouf emerged as an auteur of the bizarre with his #IAMSORRY installation - a performance art piece aimed at apologizing to the world with sincerity. Drawing from pop culture references like Deadpool, Spring Breakers and Brittney Spears, we dive headfirst into understanding how sincerity and apology works in a world of post-modern cynicism and disillusionment.
===More Episodes!===
DEADPOOL & Postmodernism ► wscrk.com/DeadpoolWE
The Inspirations of MR ROBOT ► wscrk.com/InsMrRbtWE
IS ZOOTOPIA RACIST? ► wscrk.com/ZtpRcstWE
SOUTH PARK on RELIGION ► wscrk.com/SthPrkRWE
Philosophy of SOUTH PARK ► wscrk.com/SthPrkWE
Philosophy of The JOKER ► wscrk.com/JokerWE
===Join us on Social Media!===
FACEBOOK ►► WisecrackEDU
TWITTER ►► @Wisecrack
Get Email Alerts ►► eepurl.com/bcSRD9
Get Wisecrack Gear! ►► www.wisecrack.co/store
Written by: Douglas Lain
Narrated and Directed by: Jared Bauer
Edited by: Ryan Hailey (www.ryanhaileydotcom.com/)
Assistant Editor: Andrew Nishimura
Motion Graphics by: Drew Levin
Produced by: Jacob Salamon
© 2016 Wisecrack, Inc.
Shia LaBeouf is a genius. He masterfully walks-the-line between fame and infamy. He toys with the juxtaposition between art and life. He's like a modern day Andy Kaufman.
I feel this to be true
That is a brilliant analysis
autism is very common now
Refined Gentleman Shia is that you?
Refined Gentleman I do agree though
Does anyone even remember that he was in the best book to movie translation of all time, Holes?
I do but man have time really changed him like many famous celebrity children
I think the reason that it was a good translation, where translations of other books fall short, is that Holes is a book that even an average paced reader could finish in a day. Putting it into a 90 minute movie without leaving anything out, is very possible, and therefore likely to make fans happy. Trying to do that with a longer books, i.e. Harry Potter, is bound to leave fans annoyed that their favorite book seems to feel abridged or hollow. Of course there is a decent amount of skill from the director, writer and actors to thank, but a manageably sized book is crucial, if not mandatory. I can't think of any really long book, translated into a single movie, that satisfied fans of the book.
I'm pretty sure Chamber of Secrets is not as long as holes.
Wouldn't it be cool if they started adapting books like LOTR and Harry Potter into TV shows to give it time to fully flesh out characters and events and not leave anything from the books out ? ... That would be awesome !
And yes I remember holes, it was good too.
Sam D It would be awesome. Problem is money. Movies make a lot more bang for your buck. Shows like that would cost a lot of money. Licensing the source material alone would be a nightmare and put the production over budget. Whoever owns the rights to those books, will probably never let anyone else do a TV/Movie adaptation, until they do a reboot in 10-15 years.
I think "the philosophy of `bojack horseman`" would be interesting. There are a lot of great nihilistic themes in that show.
+Joren Engelsman We're working on it now. Look out for it VERY soon.
YES, THANK YOU! That's my favorite show lol
FUCK YES. MY MAN, THANK YOU.
AWESOME
Like today soon?
jk, take your time
jk,we don't have forever
everything is meaningless.
"Is Shia LaBeouf a bold new voice, taking performance art to the next level? Or is he just a bored celebrity, pulling pranks on us all?"
Are they all that mutually exclusive?
#Deep
Congratulations, you have reached peak metamodern
How about the third alternative: Half the time he's on heavy stuff and the other half he's hungover.
I agree. I'd guess it's both. Don't think pranks as art is anything new. 'Hollywood' is basically an eponym for industrialized art/cinema. Of course growing up in that Laboef would be bored... His method of coping seem genuine, he seems to want to be 'a real artist'. I can see why metamodernism would be his post-adolescent rebellion of choice. It's refreshingly self aware & he's obviously intelligent. Just not sure if I enjoy it. Maybe his work is more profound in person (like the #sorry exhibit.) This Wisecrack video on him is definitely interesting though..
@Elle P - Wow, thank you. I said when Shia was on Even Stevens that he was going to be something special. My friends kept making fun of me. Then he started doing Transformers and stuff, and I was starting to doubt my statement, but held firm. I said these are his nestegg movies. Then he will be able to do what he really wants and what I think he is capable of. Then I saw all these strange things online. First thought was drugs. Then I was like, nahhhh. That's Shia. This HAS to be intentional and calculated. It wasn't until your comment that I started to get it. I never even thought of him starting as a child actor. So many want to break from the image they had as a child and appear grown up. Shia actually wants to shed the image as someone creating commercial art and be seen as a true artist. That's so profound. And we have to remember...Shia is delving into this just like anyone else who starts something new. The early stuff might not hit a homerun and click for people because he is learning to "ride a bike". The more he progresses, the better he will get. I am psyched to go along for the ride and say I believed in him.
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Just do it!
BigMarcello100 They can't cover Evangelion in just one episode. I've watched the series seven times and I'm just beginning to feel I have a grasp on all of it.
Nothing is impossible! Just do it!
totally agree
The anime is all about psychology, depression, anxiety, oedipus complex. I don't think people will like it too much cause when Wisecrack mentions Freud, or psychoanalisys A LOT if people goes crazy, it's a shame :c but hey, in my opinion it would be really cool.
Felipe Castro Inostroza
They could do a whole episode on Hideaki Anno alone!
he's starting to remind me of Bill Murray
i was thinking the same thing, but Murray is more post modernist-ish
Taelan Baylor nah
He is definitely one of or if not the most interesting celebrities I personally have seen
I was just about to comment the same thing.
I wouldn't give him that much credit.
I really grew to like Shia. He is kinda unique
So are you
Thank you! :D
You are unique, just like everyone else.
i want some love too!
From the videos I've seen of him in public, he has an undeniable presence and intensity.
He's making us think and reconsider our lives. I'm immensely thankful to anyone who does that.
I AM NOT A TH-cam COMMENT
DON'T LET YOUR COMMENTS BE COMMENTS!
So beautiful ....
"This is not a pipe."
(Grabs handcuffs) A likely story
TH-cam comments cannot experience emotions as they are not sentient.
PLEASE DO JADEN SMITH
No
HOW CAN MIRRORS BE REAL IF OUR EYES NOT REAL?!
but that's not true
Please don't
long story short hes a dumb rich kid who thinks hes deep and philosophical and his dad needs to set him straight cause they clearly dont believe in any kind of discipline
The refreshing thing about his performance art is that at least he realizes, admits and embraces how pretentious he's being.
self awareness that causes us to be self aware of our tastes
+DeathsEmbrace fuck man, you know some difficult words.
Scum.
A word used by those with chips on their shoulders.
A word used by people who usually are scum themselves.
Scum is to insults as crack is to drugs.
I also love how only one person agrees with you too. That is one tasty cherry.
+Steven Adams I also love how you come up with "your own" definition. Why should anyone care about how my statement makes you "feel"? Who are you? Oh! A nobody. And as a nobody, keep staying irrelevant.
DeathsEmbrace Mommy, Daddy, don't fight! You're tearing this family apart!!!
"Growing up is hard for child actors." Inserts 5 pictures of Lindsay Lohan.
Plus one of a singer and one of a reality TV person (idk). Wisecrack, that's cheap, and you didn't even have to do it, like, we get your point
Always thought Shia seemed like a real asshole.
In always wanted you to JUST DO a episode on him...
Out do too!
Lightno66 *an episode
Don't let your dreams be dream.
DO IT. JUST DO IT.
Do the Philosophy of *Filthy Frank*!
maybe george miller in general
nah thats kinda weird
He has to talk about how Frank and the Holy trinity are the saviors of TH-cam
Oh my god yes
+Brandon Alvarez (LeatheryDig) what is this holy trinity you speak of?
I've always liked Shia, even in his low moments. I think the phenomena of metamodernism is definitely an apt way to approach how Shia acts, and is similar to the process of, much like his 'Do it' video, "dank memeing". Hold on, allow me to explain. When internet memes became commonplace among mineal groups on the Internet (4chan), they oftentimes invoked feelings of sincerity, which was apropriated by major groups and so became "cringey". Organizations adopting memes was seen as a way to say "how do you do fellow kids?". As such, the creation of memes became cynical, and the phenomena of "dank" memes was embodied by those who perpetuated popular memes. However, by creating a meme that makes fun of the nature of memes, one may feel hypocritical. Now we enter the golden era of memery with the creation of the meme: "Born too late to explore the Earth. Born too early to explore the galaxy. Born just in time to browse dank memes". This functions as a form of metamodernism in that it simultaneously acknowledges the trivial nature of memes but accepts their now everpresent spot in society to which we must indulge in or be upset by. h3h3 expressed this phenomena as "embracing the meme," and by one doing so, can enjoy memes while also being cynical about their presence in modern society.
Bryce You said absolutely nothing in your paragraph and it’s oddly fitting of metamodernism... saying things without actually saying anything
You took the words outta my mouth and left me without a word to say
Fucking word salad. The very definition of metamodernism.
It's pretty straight forward. I understood what he was saying completely. Maybe y'all are just a bit dense?
@@gdawgs101 on the nose
Do a video on Filthy Frank (AKA Joji, Pink guy, Chin-Chin and George Miller)
YES!
THIS
up vote pls
That would be very interesting!
'everyone is too sensitive' + be abrasive - job done. Really isn't much depth there.
Oh, so it's called metamodernism... Spring Breakers stuck with me for a very long time because it seemed impossible to me. On one hand, a lot of it is superficial and trashy, just like many consider the whole movie and everything about it to be. But on the other hand, I can't deny I felt *something* genuine and sincere in it. I couldn't come to terms with the fact that it could be both, like a cognitive dissonance in my head. I thought I might be reading too much into it and that it's really only trash. But... it isn't. So yeah, I can now let it go to rest by classifying it under "metamodernism", because all of it had to be intentional. A very fascinating movie indeed.
TheBurek Oh great.. We just found another catch all phrase to shove every tidbit of pop culture we can't accurately define. #overusedmeme
Bored celebrity pranking us or philosopher? Why not both?
becuase art is not a prank, sorry
Art itself is not a prank, but pranking can be a method of art. That's kinda the whole point of postmodern art.
but that's what's the question, whether it's intentional or not.
kinda like Diogenes?
How very metamodern of you. :p
Please do a philosophy episode on The Boondocks, The Thick of It or Doctor Who.
Yousexythang yesss
Why haven't they done this yet?
Two suggestions:
Philosophy of Cowboy Bebop
Philosophy of Bojack Horseman (My spirit Animal)
Miles Away love Bojack. May I add one. The Philosophy of Gravity Falls.
The Philosphy of Archer! it would be the best ever!
oh my god, we need that!! WE NEED THAT NOW!!!
Oh no, he isn't dead.. Shia surprise!!
Another great video! Thanks guys
thank you, i really needed some knowledge. some food for thought. 👍🏽
Nic cage?
Long hair or short hair Nic Cage?
This was a surprisingly good video.
This is just so beautiful!
Always appreciate the work you guys put in to these videos ☺️
wow! all I wanted now is a 'Philosophy of Jim Carrey'..,make one PLEASE!!! 🙏🙏🙏
I think the answer to your last question is : Yes
it is both a bold new voice taking performance art to the next level AND a bored celebrity playing pranks.
That is the metamodernist way. He is sincerely doing it, but at the same time acts to make us feel like he is not taking it seriously.
OUTSTANDING video! Love this channel.
Excellent insight. Very good video
What Shia LeBouf said was originally said by French footballer Eric Cantana while playing for Manchester United
He didn't try to apologize. A judge forced him to, so he did it mockingly.
you guys got me into Mr. Robot and now I love it and I can't wait for you to put the damn philosophy episode up
PURE GENIUS *keep coming back*
Wisecrack itself is an example metamodernism. Consider their motto "Laugh harder, Grow smarter"
wow very detailed great info never knew half of this
Nice video! really made me see shia and myself in a new light
Loved the Nerdwriter shoutout!
You know you've been watching too many internet videos when you actually know what Spring Breakers is.
Why? It was fairly advertised when it came out. Especially for an indie film. It had a decent amount of buzz.
Not true, I've been watching way, way too many internet videos and this is probably the first time I've heard of that trash.
zwerko Ugh, very true. It's not my fault you're oblivious. Anybody even remotely into film would at least have an idea of that films existence. And you call it trash, yet you haven't seen it.
Harmony Korine knows his shit. You don't have to like the movie to respect it. The real way you know you've been watching too many internet videos is when you start trying to educate fools. As if it would make a difference, shame on me.
yOU'RE being attacked which is unfair. I'll just say this, Spring Breakers is a masterpiece and if you can look past surface level aesthetics, then you'll see one of the best films made this decade. It is truly an amazing movie.
Can you please do Bojack Horseman
Don't worry! We're working on it! ;)
hell yeah!!!!
Wisecrack you are becoming to idiotic, you are so stupid, philosophy pf what.
philosophy of some rich bore spoiled idiot piece of shit.
YOU SHOULD PUT IN YOUR TITLE PSEUDO-PHILOSOPHY
Which (I think) is also another good example of meta-modernism
it's the same as Rick and Morty minus the sci fy
I think his work is very interesting and does inspire a dialogue. I have loved how bizarre and emotional his events have been. I hope he keeps it up.
loved this!
do Neon Genesis Evangelion next
Hell yeah!
YES
yaas
please!!
Do philosophy of Wonder Woman. It is her 75th anniversary after all.
Great video as always.
Great stuff!
Shia is a God meme
He is my favourite performance artist of the moment.
Great vid!
I just understood why I found Spring Breakers so weird lol
Your videos are amazingly enlightning, it is exactly what I was looking for! :)
Very interesting video, can you please do a philosophy of Sherlock Holmes? That would be great
Please do an episode on COMMUNITY!!!!!
Yes please!!!!!!
Wisecrack ought to do a Community month with a Hidden Meaning of Community, Thug Notes for each season and of course an B-Bit philosophy of the 8-bit video game episode.
Yes!
The drunk philosophy of Dan Harmon!
Yes! Typical high school friend group dynamics in an adult setting.
This channel is AMAZING.
This is fantastic.
Do Philosophy of Bojack Horseman!
+Emanuel Charest It's coming VERY soon!
Awesome
+Wisecrack then so am I
+Tyler Rafferty ... which? awesome or coming?
I Rosencrantz coming in an awesome way.
Could you do the philosophy of bo burnham
GREAT VIDEO
hey i learned a new thing thank you wisecrack
RESEARCH TIME!
Legend has it that if you comment 5 seconds after the video launches Wisecrack will respond
myth pending... lol
real artist.
Thank you for explaining metamodernism in such detail!
what an amazing video good job wise crack people
Yeah, let's just forget that this started after he started dropping acid.
Evan is actually great but he did not post a video this week. This makes us all quite sad.
He's a hard-working guy doing it all himself! Gotta give him credit!
I do! I think his work is actually great: clever, honest, meticulous and relevant to a huge deal of people. That makes his absence noticed and I really think it can be encouraging for him to know so.
Evan, if you're reading this: keep up the good work!
I do! I think his work is actually great: clever, honest, meticulous and relevant to a huge deal of people. That makes his absence noticed and I really think it can be encouraging for him to know so.
Evan, if you're reading this: keep up the good work!
He moved to Venice so couldn't make one
Wisecrack ad on a Wisecrack Video.
Finally an ad I don't want to skip.
probably the #1 channel on the internet. we definitely need some bojack horseman analysis on here !
I want to watch spring breakers now
Do Asterix and Obelix!
yes this would be the bomb
Scienced YES
best one yet! i love this shit!
I loved this
Please do the philosophy of Donald Trump!
lol. His philosophy is "Make America Great Again!"
I think I can explain it really simply
Cssshina
money
you're fired !
Narcissism. Done.
Philosophy of Louis C.K. pls
i love louis but hes pretty straight forward lol and if you watch his tribute speech to george carlin he pretty much explains how he built his philosophy
He tells joke and he does it good.
Check out nerdwriter's video: Louis CK is a moral detective.
keeping women hostage while he masturbates because he is a predatory piece of shit.
I know it's a long shot but a video of The Philosophy of Mobile Suit Gundam could be super interesting. There's a lot of heavy themes behind the giant robot battles. Specifically in the U.C. timeline. Love the channel by the way!
This was so ahead of its time
so meta mordenis is kinda you been sincere, but, talking in a sarcastic tone?
mestre12 think Bo Burnham. Sarcasm and irony with an underlying theme of depression and futility. Metamodernism tows the line between sincerity and insincerity, modernism and postmodernism.
It's the belief that, while there are pure, perfect experiences, you can never show them or embody them; the only way to achieve them is to experience the moments in which they live. Thus, you attempt an open parody of them because you know being a "good bad" example is the closest you're going to get.
So, would you say that when Rick (in Rick & Morty) ironically says "wubadubadub dub" with underlying pain, he is engaging in meta-modernism?
Yeah, that makes sense. Metamordernism tends to concentrate on the more positive emotions, but any real emotional response works.
+Daniel Gehring true. Because, the translasion of Rick catchprashe, is more or less, help me, i am pain. But, he say in a more goofy way.
Needs to be updated for 4Chan curbstomping him.
I think he's defiantly an artist. There is beauty in it that doesn't connect with some people. But reverberates strongly with like minded people. keep up the great work wisecrack.
Interesting video. Hay wisecrack I really love these philosophy videos. Can you do a video on Wes Anderson and Avatar The Legend Of Korra. Oh and also one on Adventure Time. That would be great. Can't wait to see what you do next.
Please do the philosophy of Conor McGregor. :D
up
Pshhhhhhhht ... I rather see the philosophy of Ewan McGregor.
philosophy of youtube
there ain't any it's just a really profitable company
unless this have changed since 2015 YT doesn't make google any moeny
Demonatised
Keep up the good work 😃😃😃😄😀
Thank you for finally explaining me what metamodernism is!
This will NEVER be done but I'd like a philosophy of Sam Hyde lmao
I too would like to see this
lol i rly didn't expect ppl here knowing about him or supporting this lmao but thanks😂
this would be amazing
Tbh yeah it would. There's so much to analyze though idk if they'll ever get to all of it lol. And the reason I originally stated that it'd never be done is because this show usually covers more mainstream stuff and not alot of ppl have heard of him(hyde), and also idk he might be a little too rated R for this show lol but this channel has given criticisms to PC culture so idk maybe they'll be open-minded to it lol. Sam Hyde has definitely inspired many-a-thoughts in me haha which is why I wanted it to be done so bad. Maybe one day :)
So metamodernisim is just being non-committal.
I find postmodernism to be more non-committal. At least both the metamoderns and the modernists would agree on some kind of truth and ideal
True, but this metamodernisim stuff tries to attain that truth without putting in the legwork nessisary for impact. At least postmodern cynicism doesn't pretend to be something else.
I guess its one of those things where, we have to understand why the metamodernism movement came about, as a response to postmodernism.
See, cynical as postmodernism is, its also a philosophy that does "not" work with many previously established systems. Nor is it a system, I find, would be relateable to certain movements that ahve been associated with postmodernism.
To explain: we live our lives with purpose. Or rather, at least most people do. If you go to work, go to a bank, or even if you are just a basement dweller watching anime, you can at least say you are having some form of reason or motive. Aristotle would consider this the telos, Kant mentioned the categorical imperative and so on. But the postmodernists took Nietzsche's "On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense" and pushed it further by saying there was little to no truth and nothing really mattered. This sounds fine and dandy for your coffee drinking hipster or pretentious art student, but its not just relevant to, a sI said, previous belief systems. Thats not to say they are wrong either - there are people who, afetr some form of tragedy or loss, lose reaosn or meaning in their lives because a belief system may be found to be lacking (a point, I find, Nietzsche was trying to convey. amongst others)
That, I find, is the strength of metamodernism. If I have to use a superhero example, there is a scene in the Avengers where Nick Fury says "its an old fashioned thing". Which it is. Working together, as a team, is old fashioned. But it works. And while it is nocommittal, that doesn't mean you can't believe in it, or have some semblance of it be relevant to you. Sure, Shia's video may be seen as a joke video. But, sometimes, I have found people who were motivated, ironically enough, by the Shia video to actually do things. That, I find, to be the goal of metamodernism - a means of accepting the lacking objectivity of a belief system, yet, working with it because "it still works"
Nice explanation. I still see metamodernisim as modernism without the conviction nessisary to stand by the sincerity, allowing distance from the tender core of itself through the "joke," but now I can respect the basis of the philosophy more.
I wouldn't say it's not putting in the legwork, it's just putting in a different kind of legwork.
Instead of just outright telling you the truth, it shows you how the "insencerity" of post-modernism can be counterproductive, kinda like instead of just telling you to believe in a truth, it shows someone ridiculing it, then becoming a hobo because of drug addiction and going through a sincere experience of the truth.
Basically, delivering the truth through the antithesis of the modernist ideal, a modernist ideal with a postmodernist methodology.
Great Video! Can you do The Philosophy of Andy Kaufman? I think he had a huge impact on the evolution of comedy and is very underappreciated and misunderstood.
F*ck that was an awesome breakdown. Love the channel, Jared. Keep up the hustle -RR
People get pissed off when they see things that go over their heads, and that's why people mostly dislike Shia. He's actually extremely intelligent.
Oh yeah, "He will not divide us" really showed just how smart he is.
Also, actually you have to be really smart to understand Rick and Morty.
Do the philosophy of Netflix as the leader of the ogliarchy of world-wide-web based networks. And also Netflix Original Series, which seem to focus on the "villain" being the protagonist as seen in House of Cards, Orange is the New Black, Bojack Horseman, Narcos and so on.
You completely misunderstood narcos.
Lemme guess: Illuminati?
morgengabe1 What I meant is that Netflix focuses on having the aduience sympathize with what society would consider "bad-guys" most of their original series show us the human side of what some people would consider to be "the villain"
I feel like he wants to get many messages across and has been searching for ways to get them understood properly. "Touch my soul" made me feel sad, like those days where we feel unmotivated or disconnected. Reaching for something to bring us back to the feeling of fleeting life.
Thanks man I agree with this
philosophy of filthy frank
I will probably be lost in the sea of comments but here goes, i challenge you jared to make a philosophy episode on homestuck and its characters...its hard its long and its silly but i think the characters are interesting enough to make you want to do a video about it and now is the perfect time since its finally over...take as many videos or as long a video as you like i will comment and thumbs up the shit out of every single one if you do
More and more I see Shia LaBeouf as someone who struggles with deep, numbing depression and has to resort to extreme and experimental behavior in order to reclaim his feelings and sense of self. Through this he discovers more and more how the most direct pathways toward meaning and value involve interaction with and inclusion of other human beings.
Can't wait for the next episode! wubalubadubdub
Do The Philosophy of DONALD TRUMP.
Philosophy of Donald Trump: *BLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAGGH!*
even if they did, chances are, they are "WRONG!"
That pig contains no philosophy
Doooooooo jaden smith!!
When I first saw the title, I was kinda..."really?" After watching, damn that was unexpected. I mean it wasn't mind blowing but it puts what he does in a newer light. Very dope video.
Super interesting.