Policing & Les Miserables (feat. Neil Farrell from The Leftist Cooks)

[@hootsyoutube]

Songs: “Amanda, You’re Out Of Your Mind” 10:25 “What Else Is There?” 28:10 “Back Where We Began” 45:28 “All Cops Are Bastards” 47:49

[@artemisspawnofzeus7732]

Isn't the opening like 3 seconds from Masterpiece Theater III by Marianas Trench?

[@Personal_Chizo]

"I can excuse police brutality, but I draw the line at musical theatre."

[@TheLeftistCooks]

I love this musical but how come I had to learn so much?

[@d.w.stratton4078]

That's just how it is on this bitch of an earth.

[@WBWhiting]

Russell Crowe been real silent since this video essay dropped...

[@YourCapyFrenBigly_3DPipes1999]

😂

[@jacklynsheridan2322]

these songs all slap so hard that it honestly feels a little unfair to whoever ends up writing the novelization of this video essay

[@TheLeftistCooks]

Yeah, well I'm in the middle of that process now and the hardest part is actually that almost all of the characters are called "Little Hoot".

[@YourCapyFrenBigly_3DPipes1999]

@@TheLeftistCooks just give them numbers. Hoot 1, Hoot 2, etc. 😂

[@grapatin]

Little Hoot 2πr coming back full circle​@@YourCapyFrenBigly_3DPipes1999

[@ErosAnteros]

Was this... made for me? French revolutionary literature, musical theatre, genderqueer Irishness and ACAB all in one? Throw in some green chemistry and Australian solarpunk anarcho-socialism and you pretty much have my whole personality. I just love this... You continue to impress.

[@d.w.stratton4078]

I hadn't even considered the point about K9 units enduring cruel treatment and dying at rates over 1312 per year. Thank you for this. Just another way All Canines Are Brutalized.

[@hootsyoutube]

I see what you did there

[@TheHemphogChronic]

Your musical numbers honestly brought me to tears… I also love the framing device of trying to “radicalize” your shitlib friend, I can’t even describe how relatable that was. Really awesome work on this musical!!

[@YourCapyFrenBigly_3DPipes1999]

That's a good way to put it. We all know the pain don't we?? 😂😖

[@tananario]

Here’s the thing: we are out of all other options but to fight back.

[@thatlycantomboy]

I don’t even particularly like musicals, but. uh. this is just so charmingly informative and entertaining. I hope this person never stops doing whatever the hell it is she’s doing. I am scared how good her voice is

[@coreyparchem3470]

It's the musical nobody asked for but we apparently needed

[@holonholon1141]

I love this video, not only for being informative and entertaining, but also for awakening a terrible sense of emptiness at the lack of musical video essays. You deserve all the views! Keep at it!!!

[@d.w.stratton4078]

8:00 Always good to see Shaun making a cameo.

[@hootsyoutube]

Javert is bad, actually… The Liberal Cook (aka Neil Farrell): KZbin >> kzbin.info Twitter >> @TheLiberalCook Instagram >> @neilfarrellentertainments Special Thanks to Verily Bitchie, Sarah Moon, Simon Brook, and Sarah Oeffler for lending their voices, Leo Wolfe for recording and mixing my vocals, Adam Korenman for holding the camera, and the biggest ever thanks to ALEXANDER BLANK for additional orchestrations. You can follow the channel on Twitter @hoot_little and on Instagram @littlehoot_official. I also sometimes post as @amandahootman. Les Miserables, Hugo, A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & Cie. (1862) The End of Policing, Vitale, Verso (2017) The New Jim Crow (10th Anniversary Edition), Alexander, New Press (2020) “Cops Are Also Shooting Pets in Black and Brown Communities At Much Higher Rates”, Bloch & Martinez, Slate (2020): slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/07/cops-shooting-dogs-police-violence-racism.html Les Miserables: Law, Grace, and Redemption: www.ligonier.org/blog/les-miserables-law-grace-and-redemption/ “The Camden Police Is Not A Model For Policing In The Post-George Floyd Era”, McQuade, The Appeal, 2020: theappeal.org/camden-police-george-floyd/ “Inmates at UK prison perform West End production of Les Miserable to ‘boost morale’”, Wells, Yahoo! News (2018): sports.yahoo.com/inmates-uk-prison-perform-west-end-production-les-miserables-boost-morale-094521991.html Pimlico Opera Project History: grangeparkopera.co.uk/aboutpimlicoopera “Les Miserables at Dallas Theatre Center”, Smart, Arts and Culture Texas (2014): artsandculturetx.com/les-miserables-at-dallas-theater-center/ “Hunting for Humans”, Castle, Knock LA, 2021: knock-la.com/lynwood-vikings-sheriff-gang-origins-abuse/ “Los Angeles Had a Chance to Build a Better City After the Rodney King Violence in 1992. Here’s Why It Failed”, Hinton, Time (2021): time.com/6049185/los-angeles-rodney-king-misunderstand-what-happened/ “Remembering the 1906 Strike for Union in Windber, Pennsylvania”, Beik, Indiana University of Pennsylvania: iup.edu/archives/coal/unions-and-mining/remembering-the-1906-strike-for-union-in-windber,-pennsylvania/ “The Battle of Blair Mountain”, Andrews, History (2016): www.history.com/news/americas-largest-labor-uprising-the-battle-of-blair-mountain “The History of Policing in the United States: Part 1”, Potter, Eastern Kentucky University: plsonline.eku.edu/insidelook/history-policing-united-states-part-1 The Long 19th Century Timeline: www.preceden.com/timelines/280315-the-long-19th-century “How The US Got It’s Police Force”, Waxman, TIME (2017): time.com/4779112/police-history-origins/ “Insurrection in Paris - attempt at a new revolution, archive 1832”, The Guardian: www.theguardian.com/theguardian/from-the-archive-blog/2020/may/20/insurrection-in-paris-new-revolution-june-1832 “Police three times more likely to use force against left-wing protests: analysis”, Budryk, The Hill (2021): thehill.com/regulation/national-security/534210-us-police-three-times-more-likely-to-use-force-against-left-wing “Why Scandinavian Prisons Are Superior”, Larson, The Atlantic (2013): www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/09/why-scandinavian-prisons-are-superior/279949/

[@katied1744]

I think it's really interesting how much of a negative ending you've put together with the Broadway Showstopper™️. You know, in the confrontation scene the Brunch Buddy chooses to ignore the nuance being provided and then admonish the protag for use of catchy phrases and memes. And the protag's response is to...sing a song about ACAB. It kind of mirrors the moments of "Turning" vs "Can you Hear the People Sing (reprise)" which makes me think it's intentional, an endless cycle of revolution, then failure, then using that failure as inspiration towards further revolution. It's interesting to embed a conversation about Les Mis and policing through a framing device that is both a call to action and itself part of the continuous cyclical failure of meaningful, necessary revolution. This is in no way trying to say I disliked or even disagreed with the video really. I thought it was well shot and well performed, and your voice is absolutely amazing. I just think it's weird that folks are coming away with the sense of a happy ending when to me, it felt like the protag ignored the criticism she received (which as a working class leftist, I found echoes material conditions of my coworkers) and is dooming herself into that cycle just as Les Amis did. This is an unhappy ending, to me

[@d.w.stratton4078]

Excellent analysis. I agree. My own coworkers and friends largely don't get it. I think it's because Social Liberalism provides just enough Feel Good that they can have the kick of "I'd better write my congressman and consider voting in an off peak election cycle" in response to "hey the world is on fire and police are being used to brutalize anyone who dissents meaningfully" so that they can shield themselves from the bread crumb trail of extreme cognitive dissonance looking their actions and lifestyle choices directly to the systems of oppression that make them want to seek escape in the first place. They are bound upon a karmic wheel largely of their own making and refuse to examine the material conditions to find a way off the rack. It's hideous to watch.

[@arturo182]

HOLY SHIT, this was an amazing video! The lib wearing a Harry Potter shirt in 2021 is just the cherry on top 👌

[@simonbrook3076]

Hugo: “… and so long as ignorance and misery remain on earth videos like this cannot be useless [sic]“. 😉 everything about this is just fantastic. Brava!

[@JBNat]

Not me watching this halfway through a Schitt's Creek rewatch with When They See Us still sat in my watch list... Goes without saying that this was an incredible production, absolutely brilliant.

[@hootsyoutube]

Only put on When They See Us when you’re totally emotionally prepared. It’s beautiful but it’s a LOT. It’s ok to let it live on the watch list until you’re ready.

[@JBNat]

@@hootsyoutube ❤️

[@TheRealChibby]

Hello youtube algorithm, would you like another comment? The only Les Mis interaction I've had in my life was watching a junior version my younger siblings performed in as preteens (it was about as enthralling as you can expect a bunch of bible belt babies can be) and I'm generally lukewarm on musicals as a general rule. I will however, watch Neil Farrel watching paint dry so here I am, pleasantly surprised by this excellent video. How does this not have more views (just above 500 as of writing this)?

[@beesie5474]

I’ve ADORED Les Mis and have been singing it’s praises for years, despite mostly fitting into your description of opinionated theater kids, because of this reason and its so cool to find a video essay on it!

[@comprehensiblehorrors]

at one point when i was sorta seriously learning the clusterfuck of language that is french, i looked into the original french version of the musical, and the whole cast encore at the end is a lot more, you know, french. those franks do love their protests. anyway, some notable verses include "for every barricade that falls, a hundred more more will rise" and "a dream might die but you can never bury the future". as a final note, video pog.

[@TheKinkyBeast]

Damn, that was an amazing musical number at the end, really got me tearing up...

[@delphilashay-el5453]

So this happened to be the last of a long string of your videos( Mummy 1999 it’s a masterpiece) I watched after finding your channel. And when I tell you I also screamed when I heard you sing.

[@2rustysporks]

Its WILD that this only has 20k views. Absolutely fantastic.

[@maclark88]

Everyone on KZbin should be subscribed to this channel.

[@m.hiroshisutherland3035]

Feels a bit like hyperbole, but this is one of the best examples of what KZbin can provide. Entertaining, informative, a great showing of talent and ideals. So glad to have found this.

[@lynpotter6471]

I left this tab open for a year and two months before watching it because musicals make me nervous, but this is marvelous. It's great on so very many levels and a bit of encouragement I really needed at this moment. ACAB.

[@shelbymachado8712]

Holy crap those pipes.

[@nancyh4889]

Want to hear more? Check out the songs on her website. www.amandakhootman.com/music

[@EilonwyWanderer]

Dreamy, aren't they? Almost like a... Pipe Dream!

[@Rosencreutzzz]

Eating a whole baguette while I watch this to enhance the experience.

[@lyravale1148]

Your voice is so angelic, i cant help but listen to these songs on loop. Also this video essay is just superb

[@Rocketboy1313]

Your voice is angelic. This is a good discussion. I sometimes wonder at what KZbin essays could work as larger and more elaborate productions and this feels like an excellent example of one of those. Where a larger cast each going thru their own narrative on the topic would serve it well. This is good bedrock.

[@thisperson6708]

For the algorithm! (KZbin this deserves waaaaay more).

[@danwylie-sears1134]

Long ago, when I had a job running the wastewater system of a place that painted car parts, I was introduced to the distinction between an enforcement approach and a compliance approach to getting people not to do stuff like polluting the river. The Department of Environmental Quality wasn't there to catch bad guys. It was there to make sure people running wastewater systems knew what they were doing. We still would have gotten fined, if I had been a bad guy bent on dumping as much much phosphate as possible into the river. But nobody who runs a wastewater system is a cartoon villain. Setting up the system to try to catch the bad guys wouldn't have worked very well. Some people say we should abolish police and reimagine law enforcement with investigators who aren't also municipal soldiers. I've said that myself, often enough. But I also say we should abolish law enforcement, and deal with crime with a compliance approach, and when that fails, a restorative rather than punitive response.

[@Kitty-the-Bunny]

Holllllllllly shit. This was amazing. I was excited enough for Leftist Musical Theatre Content from the start but what I got was *in itself musical* leftist musical theatre content that had me crying and singing along and feeling inspired and a sense of togetherness at the end. Wow.

[@ZyllasAthenaeum]

This doesn't get old. Neither the sentiment nor the corded bread phone.

[@MulberryDays]

i mean, those bread phones are definitely going to get old. ...i hope they don't still have them. or they, i don't know, change the bread out. :/

[@oeleos6730]

(just a quick note : the more liberal July monarchy king was a d'Orléans, not a Bourbon. The division of french monarchists between the Bourbon-supporting "légitimistes" and the d'Orléans-supporting "orléanistes" defined a lot of the political transformations of the 19th century in France, it's pretty interesting if any history nerd's reading this)

[@ksenniavisitor6425]

Musical bread tube is the best bread tube! This was so well written, and amazing. I found you via a reddit link in the Lindsay Ellis subreddit, and have subscribed. When you were singing your voice reminded me of whoever played the youngest Heather in the Heather's musical I watched. And I was thinking, "wow! Heather really grew up and matured. I'm so proud of her." :D :D :D

[@hootsyoutube]

Ha ha I’ll take it! That’s the one that sings “Lifeboat” right? That show has some bangers.

[@ksenniavisitor6425]

@@hootsyoutube Yes! That's the one.

[@MG-hz7wi]

Omg, I'm so glad I found this! As a woman in her 50s, people like you give me some small hope that this f***** up world might get better

[@RenoReborn]

7 mins of what I can only describe as a self indulgent lecture with a thin venire of comedy before we even approach the topic of the video, now that's impressive.

[@reneeagatsuma1579]

This is excellent. I found you because of your MZB / Mists video. Yes ACAB. I love thinking of Les Mis this way...I think there's a reason that this musical always stuck with me. Maybe it helped me towards my abolitionist journey. I loved the trying to convince your liberal less progressive friend part and that you basically had her quote from "A Letter From A Birmingham Jail" at you I also appreciated the feeling of all of this repeating. But the thing is we can't stop fighting. Mariame Kaba talks about "hope as a discipline". That's what I try to keep focusing on. It has definitely been a history in our society that when progress happens, power fights back. But we have made progress in many fronts. And we can't be satisfied with the status quo. The thing about kkops is that all of it is controlled at the local/ city or municipal level and there are ways to organize folx to make changes there. It will take a lot. But we need dedicated people in all areas to organize, and push at the local level. And continue to hope and dream of the world we know there can be.

[@mollyshah1067]

How does this not have thousands more views?

[@BoboftheOldeWays]

This thing is true art. Your channel really deserves more attention. I will share this link everywhere I can. Bravo!

[@theoutletonmychest]

I really liked the way this was written and structured. It was really effective. So uh... thanks. To the Cooks, as well.

[@meowyowyow]

This is absolutely incredible! I'm actually kinda speechless and want to deliver a word salad of praise but all the words want to come out at once... xjrjfhwjeiodskanw 10/10 will be consuming every bit of content you have/will make 💕

[@HalfBananaWoman]

+

[@Polarseltzerdrinker]

As a fellow leftist theatre nerd, I am thoroughly impressed with your arguments and your vocal range. Brava! Keep it up!!!

[@rixavie]

excuse me WHAT how are you all so talented?? (amazing video, thank you so much!)

[@RestlessChildcz]

Testament to your acting is me forgetting completely that both characters are played by you 👏

[@br1na332]

But video essayist, musical enthusiast, and wonderful singer, surely you must be able to provide a fully workable multi-point plan of how we fix things right now! Lok This was truly amazing. I cannot believe I only recently started watching your videos. You're a revelation. You are elevating in the Wynn direction and I love it. Incredible work!

[@KristopherBel]

I just saw how many subscribers you have and I think it's terrible that you don't have more! The quality and production of your videos will hopefully change that. Also am loving this video! Thank you for the work you do.

[@georgeg2041]

may the algorithm be ever in your favor

[@laurengloriana1507]

I attended one of the Dallas shows, and MY GOD, was it moving and immersive in a way I wasn't expecting.

[@FluffyWonderwolf]

Ma'am, your finale song gave me goosebumps! You have an incredible voice! Also, I agree with all the other stuff and you presented it well. ^_^

[@odedsayar4345]

Such an amazing video you've made! Really inspiring

[@TheMrVengeance]

Yeah, audio wasn't great on this. Volume wasn't balanced and many segments (like around 15:00) sound very muffled. Which is a shame because the audio production quality on the songs is _excellent,_ so the tech/knowledge is there.

[@hootsyoutube]

Working on getting captions up as we speak. The KZbin is just taking a long time to sync so I'm waiting for them so that I can edit the timings, but the script is somewhere in the ether!

[@davidwh2653]

wow you have a really great voice!!! i love your channel and also your podcast!

[@caraxkins]

I just finished watching the Tom Hopper movie and was laughing at how it ends with the big barricade in the sky. Super interesting takes.

[@YourCapyFrenBigly_3DPipes1999]

I doubt most people here don't already know this but just in case bear with me while I state all the following: Police in America today exist for one reason and one reason only... Actually for TWO reasons: ONE, the "revenue generation" aspect; aka the demand or taking from us what's ours by force aka THEFT (extortion, racketeering, whatever you wanna call it, the tickets and bogus vehicle stops (harassment) part; "civil asset forfeiture", literal legalized stealing) And, TWO, To keep the jails and prisons full. Mass incarceration can't happen by itself you know. THIS IS THEIR MAIN PURPOSE. THAT IS IT. *IT.* Emergency response is just something they have to do to justify their existence. It's literally like 5% of their time. The rest of the time they're sitting on their ass or doing revenue generation or harassing people trying to find people with open petty warrants (often the homeless because it's the easiest, or they'll cruise thru a poor neighborhood), because all that is MONEY for the state or county. That's the only reason they do it, altho racism certainly plays a part too. Why do you think cash bail has been around for so long and they fight its removal tooth and nail?? Who wants to give up that gravy train?? And then finally you have your detectives who do investigations of supposed "serious" crimes. They don't cruise the streets usually and to my knowledge they aren't the ones causing the problems (although some are amoral and have knowingly forced convictions out of people they knew were innocent or ordered the picking up of random persons, often black, to try to force confessions for unsolved major cases). We need the first responder and investigative parts yes (preferably without the evil forced confessions part), but do we need the other two?? No of *COURSE* not. That's we why need full and complete abolition of those functions and all "police-ING" in this second-rate country. Policing for profit is literally the name of the game in America, and I call that no different than mafia tactics, corrupt, oppressive, and an unacceptable violation of every citizen's personal and civil rights. Then there's all the violence and shooting, often fatal, that these animals initiate from their deliberate and intentional aggressions (because they are unstable, brainless, psychotic or what I would call evil) with ZEROOOO consequences 99.5% of the time. Police in this country are often (not always but often) no better than any other criminal gang, simply legitimatized in the public's eye due to TV programs and the fact they wear a magic suit. You're GODDAMN RIGHT I want to see that end. Too bad very few of the politicians care about how these predators are acting towards the rest of us out here, much less end the intentional practice of mass incarceration and the *billions* of dollars it generates annually, not to mention all the jobs for people who profit from it or get off on controlling others, that it provides from one end to the other.

[@twistysunshine]

Thanks for putting so so much work into this!!

[@DrAnarchy69]

This is amazing, congratulations on this masterpiece!

[@heartlknj]

14:45 This articulates perfectly why I'm so mad the West End has removed the revolving stage.

[@Dinnyeify]

Amazing showstopping spectacular ❤️

[@bioscotto]

You are amazing - thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and humor with us!

[@MWB_FoolsParadisePictures]

Just watched this for the first time in Feb 2024: still relevant.

[@nondescriptname]

I enjoyed this a lot, mostly because it very subtly shows the way in which liberals arguing in favor of the status quo will concede 90% of their argument but still insist that change for the better is impractical or unpopular.

[@MrMephistoMori]

This is too much talent in one video for my brain to comprehend. Well done all involved on and off camera.

[@katiebatten5794]

I think for liberals there’s a difference between believing an idea is right and knowing how an idea can be implemented. Like a lot of times you have a better shot at convincing a lib if you can explain how that idea can be made reality, and it feels like the policies libs want are far-fetched and hard to get anyway (convincing a police department to even minorly change their policies is hard) so a path to progressive ideas seems unimaginable in comparison

[@Talmonis42]

You're absolutely right. As I lost my idealism over the years from the never ending failure to achieve any meaningful progress, Liberal with an emphasis on Harm Reduction is where I ended up. There's a lot of "nice things" I wish America could have that socialists want, like universal healthcare, housing, etc. that I know we won't ever get. There are just too many conservatives in America to even pretend to believe in getting enough votes to enact anything more than what the most skittish moderate can understand. So we (as in Liberals) do what we can to keep the right from dragging us backward. Pinning our hopes on what is practically impossible, is just going to get more right wing bastards in power. And yes, it truly sucks.

[@YourCapyFrenBigly_3DPipes1999]

I really appreciate both of your statements, and I think you're really right on regarding many libs. Their heart's in the right place but right now, things look very discouraging, so pull back on their expectations, consciously or otherwise. That's understandable. And it's true, they really do, BUT, I believe it's incumbent upon us to try not to give in to this same feeling. I'm not ready to give up on fighting for real change just yet. I think we should keep on fighting as hard as we can and basically just resolve to keep doing it for as long as it takes until we die, to put it bluntly, and hopefully if all the good changes that good socialists (I call myself a libertarian socialist but it doesn't matter; Leftists are Leftists) like us want aren't realized by then, then they will be taken up hopefully to be acheived by the next generation. Better to die trying for ALL the marbles than give up right?? I totally understand tho. The US has slid SO far backwards over the last 40+ years it's truly a wonder anything still works. Let's hope all that is about to change. I'd rather die trying for better, than let the less-than-moral corporate-serving guvmint assholes that exist today and some less-than-aware comfortable middle-class Dems set the agenda. I completely understand the feeling tho. It's only natural, but we can't give up though. Future generations need us to get out there and do the best we can. Victory- or die trying!! Hoorah! lol ✊🏾✊🏼✊🏿✊🏻

[@armorclasshero2103]

Most libs only pay lip service to their morals. When the rubber hits the road they instantly become conservatives or fascists.

[@kazza6078]

Your MP David Morris voice was a great Margaret Thatcher impression

[@bookbook9495]

I have no idea how and where I found you, but I love this

[@Brilchan]

this is both so funny and smart thank you

[@maybelore]

I can't get through this video without crying, this is amazing thank you.

[@luluvaage]

important topic, great songs, fantastic voice! Thanks little hoot

[@MainelyMandy]

Rewatching this now and I just giggled so hard at the "What is it about white women and serial killers?" bit. I do love me a murder podcast.

[@hootsyoutube]

Seriously what is it?

[@NoaWatchVideo]

@@hootsyoutube I think it’s the idea of random crime happening in suburban communities really scares white people, particularly women who have more of a reason to fear strangers

[@hootsyoutube]

@@NoaWatchVideo those of us who grew up in the 80s and 90s also consumed a steady diet of stranger danger and “Unsolved Mysteries” and “Dateline” going nuts over every time a girl who looked like one of us went missing or died.

[@ookamiblade6318]

Also that the priorities and disjointed isolated state of our law enforcement in the USA for serial killers to get away with it longer leading to higher body counts and for them to get good enough to attempt higher risk targets like upper middle class white women....(higher risk due to media coverage being more animated when showcasing white women victims and the likelihood that the victim would have a relation in a position to pursue cop involvement for longer) that being said there is also the argument that they just get caught more often in the USA leading to greater media coverage and sensationalizing leading to more, let's say morbidly interesting stories surrounding serial killers. Either way middle class white women are in the sweet spot of theoretical security both bodily and financially to be prime consumers of media that lets them get in touch with their fears with out reminding them too much of the daily potential for violence experienced by lower classes. It also alleviates those fears by suggesting by watching you can prevent this from happening to you. Interesting enough true crime has recently expanded to include more POC audiences also targeting the middle class....

[@DavidLindes]

Hahaha, the breadphone cracks me up!!! Still watching, but I felt a need to say that. :)

[@cfalde]

You should totally do a collab with thought slime. You humor would mesh so well

[@GaasubaMeskhenet]

Land lords should quit their "jobs" Property hoarding should be illegal Rent is extortion Eviction is violence No one gets a second house until everyone has one

[@GaasubaMeskhenet]

Anyone reading this, Please look at my eviction and homeless vlogs if you have time. Fund links in descriptions

[@thehristokolev]

Someone needs to cut the song into a separate video!

[@hootsyoutube]

I told Neil that they might want to put them up on Distrokid or something so that they can be streamed on all the services! Looking into it now!

[@arosem7990]

This has made my weekend go from good to awesome. Thank you

[@thetimeis1517]

This was brilliant! :) Was Javert crazy? Well in the end he went in Siene! ;P

[@RodrigoLopezandfriends]

Hoots may think of herself as a theater kid, but a protagonist in a video searching for a thesis to said video is so such film kid energy.

[@EccentricNature]

Justice. YEAH!!!

[@socialist_audiophile]

Loved it! Informative and entertaining throughout. The dialogue levels were uneven on occasion, but overall I thought this was very well put-together. Bravo!

[@connerblank5069]

Oh wow, your singing is _excellent._ After Niel's part I was expecting something much more amateur, but you just belted it out. Excellent work.

[@seanchinhengo]

This is the best thing ever!!!

[@gorimbaud]

I had a bunch of leftist youtubers bookmarked to catch up on, and was finally making progress on the list, so when i finished watching all of the Liberal Cook's oeuvre and their latest video mentioned a musical they participated in, it really worked out that it was a video from someone else on my list! Great video.

[@TheLeftistCooks]

Welcome to the Leftist Cinematic Universe.

[@LennyPowers]

This was delightful.

[@echidna564]

"All Cops Are Bastards" is like if the famous people "Imagine" thing actually had a spine. This video was great work as always.

[@randomtinypotatocried]

I'm here for the geeking out about musical theatre

[@narupiv]

I know it's just a character but 'centerist neo-libral' hoots in that first scene with that obnoxiously smug little smile and head tilting makes me want to commit the violent crime of making her sit in time out so they can just...not make that condescending expression while being so...ugh. God I just found your channel yesterday but you are an insanely good actress.

[@charalampostsakirides-pala2761]

23:53 *Talks about the new era of machine warfare* *Immediately proceeds to wipe an ultra-sharp chef knife perfectly without even looking* *Mental note: "remind me to stay away from them talons. And provide due peace offerings."* Great one hoots, from a new sub.

[@VeganMarx]

This was such a lovely watch. Combined so many elements I love in life. What a gambit of emotions. ❤️😂

[@liberpolo5540]

This is an Incredibly high quality video, HOW has this not gone viral yet...!?

[@SebastianSeanCrow]

11:09 was not expecting this to be a musical lol

[@phangkuanhoong7967]

This and all your vids are criminally under-viewed.

[@hagbardceline7118]

That friend with a degree in forensic psychology learned a hunknscience invented by cops as well.

[@ConradW]

This is outstanding

[@Notveryimpressed]

Was wondering yesterday when you were going to produce a new video. Now I know.

[@HahtaanDaetori]

This was great little hoot!

[@তুহিন_জানা]

algorithm nom nom nom

[@TheProject1228]

I'm sorry I can't be around for the whole segment, but I'll do my part for engagement algorithm ! Great dress, great writing!

[@esequindoves3080]

How you gonna make me cry watching this video? So amazing to put your skills on the line for something you believe in. I mean you were preaching to the choir with me. But hell if this video isn’t magical fire. ❤

[@Kuudere-Kun]

Vidocq was the inspiration behind a lot Fictional characters in 19th Century France, both Heroes and Vilnians, making him largely an indirect basis to all of modern Superhero fiction.

[@cmmosher8035]

Wow. I had heard of Vidocq before but I never realized he was an actual person.

[@Kuudere-Kun]

@@cmmosher8035 Yep, and I know facts beyond what Wikipedia covers largley because how oftne he's discused in the introductions to Brian Stbaleford trnalsations of Paul Feval novels published by BlackCoatPress