Скачать или смотреть A Different Take on Boogie2988

Like so many others, I had a passing familiarity with Boogie2988 growing up. He was never one of the people that I followed, but nonetheless, he was a well-regarded presence in the Youtube creatorsphere. And so when I started seeing channels like Turkey Tom and Joon the King documenting Boogie's fall from grace, I was sad to find that things had turned out so badly. But for some reason, the most recent (and thorough) report from Mike Clum has made the whole situation more real. Clum's doc, while it has its flaws, hits much harder simply because it was done with Boogie's cooperation, allowing viewers a long, protracted look behind the curtain of his media personality.

However, since the documentary's release, I've been disappointed by the conversations that have emerged. Large YT creators like Charlie aka Moist Critical and Mutahar of Ordinary Gamers have had plenty to say, but little worth hearing. Most of the commentary is so lazy that it can't even stand up to the slightest scrutiny. The idea that anyone should expend human thought on examining whether Boogie is a good person is so inane that it defies description, and yet that has been the bulk of all discussion on the topic. How boring.

I made this video because I wanted to try to express something that gave me pause during my watch of the doc: the idea that for all his faults, there is something redemptive about Boogie. It's less a reality than a possibility, but it is there. Anyway, I'll let the video explain the rest.

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