“Short video”

“ooooh im gunna hop over the dmz if you dont quit it girl” absolutely hilarious

honestly thought there would be way more information for the runtime of this video but it was too much delirious cackling especially near the end where it should have been the most interesting

After all that, the ending is what finally made me cry. That song!!! All those creative, inquisitive, playful people, trapped inside a dystopia.

perma-afking thyself

Amazing video man💯

you and wendigoom are the only people ever on this website to keep me entertained for 5+ hours on a single video wow good job

Great job. The north Korea video i had seen.

I lived in a cult community for a short time as a child. My mother is still a residing member of that cult. Much of the eclectic components of the cults you have presented are the foundation of the beliefs of the cult my mother is emersed in. Thank you for the video.

I watvhed this entire thing, and this is unironically one of the best Documentaries/video essays of a North Korea topic i've ever seen.

This is really good

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Great vid 👍 I learned a lot from it

33:29

Very juche.

woner when the northkorean explore warthunder xD there they can get awsome blueprints for new weapons i guess?

I don’t think you know the difference between communism and socialism

Where does one watch these movies?

I'd like to coin the term "metacult" as being an amalgamation of all the crazy fringe cult groups into one global supercult, united only in their hatred for outsiders, while - of course - entirely missing the irony.( Ever noticed how un-ironic those cults are? Irony deficient)

4:49:45 The way you casually brushed off this woman possibly being unalived or imprisoned makes this video come off as propaganda...

I'm two hours in. And when you started talking about him doing the most reasonable thing, I was like. Oh, is this when we get to the kidnapping thing? Because I watched a Rotten Mango video on that one and that's the source of all my knowledge on North Korean films prior to watching this.

Socialism bastardized itself through every country it was attempted in. Seriously, not a single attempt without strong inhumane dictatorship and terrible mincing of the country's culture. And all my ancestors of two generations are from different Soviet Union republics, you don't want to not slander the worst ideology on the planet.

Now do this with Indian cinema and to industry please

You should search for materials of romanian movement MISA

The history section had a few disrespectful parts imho. While I commend you for doing the minimum of touching on the atrocities inflicted by America and Japan to establish context for the North Korean cultural zeitgeist, it brushes over just as much to maintain the overall narrative of the entirety of North Korean cultural output as the product of Kim Il Sung. In particular, the video's portrayal of violence against colonial policing force as savage rather than necessary is bad; glossing over the actions of the South Korean government and widespread massacres in the leadup to the Korean war; and hesitance to show the brutality of the genocide conducted by the US in North Korea in order to not stray from imagery of American air power that not only are American audiences desensitized to but are often proud of. In particular, the Americans in Teen Guerilla Force are not "comically evil" according to some propaganda effort, that was genuinely the conduct of Americans in the war. They came up with a slur for Asians because they thought the way their heads split open when ran over with tank treads looked funny. Edit: tbc though it is still very accurate to say that this sequence of events were what allowed Kim Il Sung to solidify his cult of personality and establish a dominant authoritarian grip on the country, but the most effective propaganda always contains an element of truth. And in this case, it was the portrayal of the conduct of Korea's enemies and the necessity and bare reality of resistance that spoke deeply to North Koreans. And of course, the theses of these movies were all "and then Kim Il Sung was the answer". Not even socialism, as you covered in the later section which was really interesting- socialism is no good if it's not Kim Il Sung's socialism, naturally.

1:30:33 FSK.

Let me watch this before I start studying, finished it started a 1hr video again

40:10 for people who are curious they released a new update on this game i think they were privately under development

What a fantastic "little" documentary here. Thank you so much for your dedication.

1:48:30

I wish I could see the reaction they had to ABBA

58:28 the centre of the photo looks like a "yes"

Hey I really loved this video! The last part about Mr. Rogers made me tear up a bit (even I've never watched him I did see a movie about him that put me in the verge of crying) and I really loved how much effort and gratitude you put into the credits section, it felt like an actual person thanking everyone. Also p.d. the Dan Schneider situation didn't really age well but it was still a good vid! :)

I think that even stumbling through a name is more respectful than not even saying it. If you took 18 months to study this stuff it seems a little silly to not even have a rudimentary ability to pronounce the names. Saying "sorry" just seems quite a bit disrespectful, like you didn't even care to try.

I wish you would have uploaded it without with nonsensical comments, save your American propaganda for public schools

22:49 You're absolutely right, that doesn't make any sense at all. Do you think it's possible that maybe the history told in the western world is skewed towards favoring the western world?

Maybe the hatred is the real completed game

ALL Countries with "Democratic" in their name are anything BUT.

Time to watch this again 🙏

Haven’t started yet but I can tell this is going to have some interesting takeaways!

I can’t believe this video ended on a full Jack Black style “School of Rock” moment. Getting there was worth it. Lol

36:42 I just had a crazy Breath of the Wild flashback.

this only took 18 months??

Can't believe I watched a 5h long video on entertainment in north Korea But I'm so glad I did lmao

Oof. The Schneider thing really hasn’t aged well!😅

Fun fact: my grandmother lived in Lynchburg, VA a long time ago and actually dated Jerry Falwell. 🙃 She didn’t make good choices in life.

about the one dude who most recently ran across the border is back in the us. Sweden and natural country's made a deal with the us and north Korea.

i am 2 hours in and it’s great

When I clicked on this video I would have never though I'd watch it all the way through to the end. You have some serious talent for delivering information, and I think this topic was really important. Big ups!

Besides being all propaganda, NK is one of the biggest feeders for the furry fandom.