The Owl House Was Too Good to Live

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The Owl House is a show for weird kids with imaginations, and for that it must die.
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[@themorbidzoo]

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[@Advent3546]

**SPOILERS** The Owl House ends with its unapologetic neurodivergent bisexual hero and other middle age queers with their cryptid son curb-stomping a fascistic religious fundamentalist into the mud. It was the story we needed, deserved, and I will miss it.

[@thirdcoinedge]

Also said neurodivergent bisexual hero is granted the power of a bigender deity whose religion has been appropriated by said fascistic Christian fundamentalist.

[@andrewdreasler428]

Not quite: The neurodivergent bisexual hero chooses to simply walk away and leaves the weakened fascistic religious fundamentalist to slowly die and dissolve in the boiling rain. It is the hero's gay girlfriend, her middle-aged surrogate mother, said mother's non-binary fiance, and said mother's adopted cryptid son who stomp the fascist into the mud. A minor quibble, but Luz specifically chose to NOT engage in petty vengeance; she did not know her friends were going to choose to be petty when she took the 'high road,' but she let them have their fun, not even looking back on the scene.

[@Advent3546]

@andrewdreasler428 Fair point but I included Luz being all NOW EAT THIS SUCKA as part of the curbstomping

[@thirdcoinedge]

​@@Advent3546 Fair enough. I mean, she physically wrenched the fascistic religious fundamentalist from his Christ pose by his f***ing ribcage. And then her not even saying anything when he begs for mercy while melting away...not gonna lie, that's pretty metal.

[@SeanMania213]

Indie. Indie is what we do about this. Support indie, donate to indie, fund, watch, and play indie

[@charlesmoore3569]

Broke out a whole charcuterie board for this

[@SpoopySquid]

Boy i love living in a capitalist hellscape where art is outsourced to machines while humans are ground to paste

[@daneverharen1694]

Ok squid

[@SpoopySquid]

@@daneverharen1694 or am I a kid? I scream for I do not know

[@daneverharen1694]

@@SpoopySquid ink is the only true constant

[@272arshan]

"I don't know what to do about this." Genuinely: You look at indie art and you be patient with its pace. We spent 100,000 years without regular seasonal infusions of art from all around the world, we can cope.

[@notlurking2128]

I totally get what you're saying BUT I feel like modern media has all but replaced modern folklore ( well for the general public- I know that Creepypasta and internet mysteries can also be a form of folklore, my point is that those are relatively niche). What we experience now as a tailored media consumption may have been experienced as stories tailored to a village green or a market square, or even parents to their children or siblings to one another. In my opinion, all stories (and art) are conversations. Before the tv or books or scrolls or whatever, they may have been literally conversations. Now it feels like being shouted at with no room to question or respond.

[@notlurking2128]

Ok no my actual point is that asking people to just wait for indie media is kind of asking them to live with a hole of community through media that was previously filled by tv, but has existed longer than that and has been monopolized by modern corperations. Idk tho I might just be talking complete nonsense

[@My1es]

tech is taking over indie spaces too. innovation is spaces where surveillance capitalism/ technofeudalism hasn't gotten its claws in yet, or where laws haven't constrained them.

[@benjaminkhoury4250]

I have felt a very unnerving unspoken anti-art stance from Disney, Pixar, and other media corporations. This is a very good video that explores the creative recession we seem to live in. I hope more people learn about this channel and are able to learn.

[@ElevatorEleven]

Corporations and businesses are literally always anti-art on a fundamental level. Not to say that ALL businesses or the concept of business is a bad thing, but art is inherently a chaotic thing because art is always New. Every new piece of art is made from scraps of inspiration from everything that came before, but also old art viewed by a new audience produces new inspirations and interpretations which are themselves colored by inspirations from everything that came before. Business, however, is about stability. The process of making money, of acquiring resources, is about efficiency and reliability. Even before getting to any moral or philosophical stance, just on a cold mechanical level, long term moneymaking really doesn't go well with the chaotic process of making art. Commerce isn't itself an inherently bad thing; I think the problem is that businesses, notably corporations that are supposed to be selling art, have gotten waaaay too big. They have too much control and they control too much stuff, and so their intrinsic anti-art nature has taken over enormous chunks of the culture.

[@sporovid5856]

@@ElevatorEleven Something else that I find interesting is the eternal conflict between the artists who produce the work, and their employers who fund, distribute, and advertise it. The relationship between artists and corporate overlords reminds me of those little birds who pick the scraps from alligators’ teeth. There’s mutual benefit from working together, but there’s always the risk of the alligator snapping its jaws shut-which is exactly what happened to The Owl House. At the end of the day, both parties want different things. Artists want to fill their lives (and the lives of others) with romance, but they also need money to make ends meet. Executives derive their ambitions from the basic evolutionary principles of expansion and consumption. They will do anything to increase their dominance over the environment. So basically, artists are emotional and executives are mechanical. Fundamentally different kinds of people forced together, neither one liking it very much.

[@Hubbletheory]

Capitalism strikes again

[@level5650]

sporovid5856 I wouldn’t say art is inherently romantic, a large part of the lead-up to the French Revolution was art shifting to a focus on logic and examining objective reality in response to the crown’s insistence that their rule was good and just by virtue of irreproachable divine right. I watched a character analysis video a while back that talked about how they thought all art is an attempt at seeking the truth in some way. An attempt to process a moment of inherently amoral, chaotic reality where everything and anything can happen and thus everything is equally trivial by making their thoughts and feelings about that moment a real, tangible image other people can experience too. Personally I think art and business are inherently opposed to each other because If Art seeks the truth, Corporate’s goal is to “make”the truth.

[@harrier-dubois-king-of-disco]

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[@TheNickofTime]

23:48 “Evil certainly exists in this show, it’s just that evil isn’t any more reflected by appearances or social status in the demon realm than it is in the human world.” I think this puts into words one of the key contributors to that inexplicable sense of ‘something special’ that this show manages to pull off. The two biggest baddies are Belos, who follows the standard tropes of a monstrous personality with a monstrous physicality to match (at least by the end) and the Collector, whose aesthetic is all sunshine and rainbows and playfulness. It’s not as simple as direct reversal of the the typical rules to become cute thing bad bad, monster good. That would be novel for a moment, then you learn to compensate for it and it’s gone. Instead, it really does give the impression that external appearances tell you absolutely nothing at all about the role a character will have in the story. It helps cut through the barrier of fantasy and ring true for the viewer in the real world. It’s very satisfying to have someone finally articulate what I’ve never been able to grasp, now I can appreciate it properly.

[@noahfortner8519]

This is a GREAT point

[@themorbidzoo]

And I think it again works as a really lovely metaphor for the “weird” kids who fall into the lgbt or neurodivergence brands of weirdness, for whom threats are often disguised as helpful and caring and actual care often comes from the margins of society

[@ardsam6922]

"Appearance means nothing in this world" is SO RARE. I have seen so many stories where the angels are either outright villains or some rigid theocratic analogy that it's an expectation at this point. Maybe it's because you need multiple examples of many things, but good lord.

[@princessjellyfish98]

This analysis really tracks with other, earlier Gen-Z cartoon horror. It's a shame the Owl House couldn't air on one of the other kids' networks, because Cartoon Network had a whole slate of similar horror interpretations in the early 2010s. Chowder, Flapjack, Adventure Time, Regular Show--they all borrowed horror aesthetics from the previous generation of kids TV, and then dug deeper into the true horrors beyond the aesthetic. Adventure Time in particular did a really great job of this. Shame the Owl House was trapped on a network that didn't see the value in its storytelling to their stupid brand

[@themorbidzoo]

💯

[@thirdcoinedge]

"You are strong, child...but I am beyond strength. I am the end of everything. And I have come for you."

[@dragonfluf]

Huh. That was an incredibly convincing thesis on the superficially crackpot theory of "Disney killed The Owl House because it told kids it's okay to be different". I especially liked the bit about TV being a delivery tool for cultural expectations and the line "creativity is a risky investment".

[@themorbidzoo]

Thanks for watching ☺️

[@jacqueshardin4601]

The Holy Trinity of canceled Disney cartoons: The Owl House Wander Over Yonder 101 Dalmatian Street

[@TurbopropPuppy]

hopefully Moon Girl doesn't join them

[@PossumGod12]

Rip 101 Dalmatian Street. Idk why Disney cancelled it, it was pretty episodic from what I remember.

[@SomeplaceScary]

Still devastated about Wander Over Yonder😭

[@Schurik]

The quality of your scripts is insane. They feel pared-down to the bare essentials, and still meaty and full of character. Your videos are appointment viewing, not as background noise, full attention. Thanks for doing what you're doing!

[@themorbidzoo]

Thanks ☺️

[@vovlasc9817]

That one Invader Zim episode where he steals other kids organs haunts me...

[@elliart7432]

What made Owl House honestly shocking was how directly it portrayed things adults are STILL trying to downplay. The "metaphor" is so thinly veiled the veil is practically non existent. The antagonist is a _blatantly religious_ man who took control of a land and it's native people in order to commit cultural genocide through manipulation and force. The entire plot centers on this conflict. It's resolved when Belos is expelled from the Boiling Isles, and we see a complete return to their original way of life. There is ZERO compromise ever even proposed, that is the _only_ acceptable answer, full stop.

[@skechers28227]

One of the series (including Big City Greens and Bluey) that i love, that unfortunately, i probably would have never given a second thought to had i not become a father. My kids get to introduce me to great media that i actually do appreciate with my adult brain, and after everything else, THAT'S my favorite part of them.

[@TheSimocor]

I haven’t watched the video yet admittedly but the finale to the Owl House is the perfect counter to the ending of Harry Potter. Whereas Harry was all but groomed into his sacrifice and had no sense of agency about walking to his death, Luz accepted her death of her own volition. It was a thousand times better if for no other reason than it not being written by a TERF

[@LeoFieTv]

In this day and age I think the most important thing to keep in mind is that this dystopia we're living in is boring.

[@themorbidzoo]

That’s its absolutely biggest sin

[@jeremysmith4620]

Can we set the 2nd Golden Age of Television ending the week BEFORE the final episode of Game of Thrones. We've all seen that final episode. I think most of us should agree that the GoT finale belongs outside of the golden age. As for me, that final episode is more emblematic of the "new" media reality where everything is bad, no endings are fulfilling, and the hope for great media left to buy a pack of smokes May 19th, 2019 and never came back.

[@William1w1]

There's still good tv out there. The following come to mind: -The Glory (2022) -Severance (2022) -Shogun (2024) Those are all on different streaming services, so hopefully you have access to at least one. Plus, speaking of Game of Thrones, I haven't had the chance to watch House of the Dragon yet, but doesn't everyone love it?

[@thirdcoinedge]

@@William1w1 I think it's less that good TV isn't getting made, but more so that streaming has encouraged mass quantity of content over quality content. We've passed peak TV, which means that we're still high on the graph up in terms of quality televised entertainment, but we're likely at the beginning of a decline in overall quality that will progress more over the next several years.

[@gengisgio]

imho, GoT stopped being good already with season 5 and season 7 was as disastrous as season 8

[@ollieblass9370]

@@thirdcoinedgeBetter Call Saul, Andor, and Squid Game are pretty good. I do agree that the amount being produced seems to make everything seem worse but I don’t think the last 2 shows would have succeeded on normal TV

[@My1es]

@@gengisgio yeah, season 5 was the call for the downfall.

[@AnarchistArtificer]

The Owl House is such a great show. Luz as a neurodivergent protagonist is so good

[@froginaclog]

A queer neurodivergent protagonist, even better

[@noahhubbard1819]

@5:06 "...like a Texas summer spoils milk in a broken fridge." Knowing that Mariana is from Oklahoma, I can't help but wonder if this is a blatant (yet not-so-blatant) jab at old rivals across the Red River lol

[@themorbidzoo]

OK summers ruin the milk in your broken lawn fridge and then set your lawn aflame and then blow both fridge and lawn into the neighboring county, if anything this line is a compliment haha

[@rubyy.7374]

I can’t imagine the temperature in Oklahoma being that dramatically cooler than Texas lol.

[@craigford9360]

I've lived in both, and the summers are definitely worse in Texas. Maybe not significantly so, but at least a couple of circles of hell lower. Based on the state government, probably circle 8

[@themorbidzoo]

@@craigford9360 def hotter, fewer apocalyptic events

[@craigford9360]

More idiots though, so I guess it's a wash

[@marcimoments]

super good video but there's a continuous high pitched noise in the background that fully convinced me there was something wrong with my car 💀

[@themorbidzoo]

Big sorry, I tried to tell the bugs to stfu but it turns out they don’t speak English

[@marcimoments]

@@themorbidzoo the folly of language 😩 but seriously it wasn't too distracting, i was just scared that my car was going to explode until i paused the video and realized it wasn't on my end.

[@frederickvictor2038]

​@@themorbidzoohave you tried spanish?

[@joaomrtins]

Which sound? I think it's your car buddy

[@catalystcomet]

It's a cricket

[@absurdist_scribbler]

With the quote from the previous head of NBC, I can't help but think about Twin Peaks and the start of that shift in TV and what it could be, could do A fantastic look at TOH and the media landscape changes; definitely glad the show got an ending, even if truncated from what we could have gotten but a celebration of weirdness and expression

[@michaelduguay7698]

Can we also agree that Gravity Falls is peak and a miracle that it had a full series finally and was made by Disney

[@themorbidzoo]

Yeah before the streaming wars ended and solidified everyone’s corporate presence again there was a nice little pop of good stuff. Gravity Falls is awesome (and has a lot of Owl House production team crossover)

[@CarlosGarcia-rf5tw]

holy shit Morbid Zoo drop! i feel like an ancient greek visiting the oracle to talk ab societal progress

[@rhysd5435]

I think that's why i loved this show so much. Im pushing 30 so i cant perfectly relate to this generation, but i think we share similar struggles and social progression that links us. Dana melds those for a show that we can all find joy and hope in.

[@seeleunit2000]

Why am I not shocked Fox News would dare to talk badly about Mister Rogers ? Because they're awful. Anyway this video was very interesting. I'm pleased to have watched this

[@koreilly9369]

Almost cracked my phone screen hitting play

[@zan8289]

The owl house had so much content crammed into its last full season, it could've had 3 seasons out of all that.

[@Braindouchedotnet]

Huh. So all those kids cartoons with horror themes led directly to all the horror-flavored comedy that erupted and defined Adult Swim. like, its a direct cause and effect. 14:39

[@themorbidzoo]

Yeah I’d guess they’re part of the same cultural moment

[@Cheskaz]

Hella psyched

[@GoblinWife]

The ghost story is alive and well in tabletop roleplaying. I continue to find the greatest hope for the future of communal storytelling in ttrpg’s. The shows you mention here are a huge catalyst for my lingering love of all things weird. I would add Who’s Afraid of the Dark to your list. Incorporating elements of my favorite shows into the tabletop games I ran as a kid was a huge part of my love for tv, and I’m sad to think that kids don’t have the same access to that kind of experience, if they want it. I don’t know what to do either. I hope the answer involves dice.

[@pockystyx4087]

So many of the people I know; who have watched the show, mention something about wishing they had a show like this growing up. Myself included; but damn it am I glad that it exists in any form at all. Dans and the crew deserve all the happiness in the world.

[@dubitataugustinus]

Amazing video. I feel the same way about TOH, and as a bi enby who sttuggles with ADHD and grew up in Latin America (xD) Luz has meant the world to me. Never I imagined, growing up in the 1990s, that we'd see anything like it.

[@willherondale6367]

New Morbid Zoo video, we're feasting good tonight

[@theanonymousunknown1949]

This is the reason why I want to become an indie animator. To make something amazing and awesome and have my imagination and creativity sore. Owl house was a great show that deserved more than just three seasons. But that’s ok. As long as everyone put the effort to make something they loved, that is worth it. I want to make something like the owl house too, someday. Not today, but someday, hopefully. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this gem of a show and have a wonderful day👍

[@ethangood9875]

I've had so many people recommend The Owl House to me, but I think I'll finally go watch it now! Very excited to hear your take on Civil War, because oh lordy, I had a lot of feelings about that one.

[@jam-toast-enjoyer]

Fantastic video, as alway. It very much feels like these massive corporations have taken nostalgia to an extreme, mistaking the fond memories of art that we share on various platforms as permission to continuously rehash old creations and limit anything new or unexplored. What is really grating is that we live in a time where art is more accessible than ever and to more classes of people than ever but that fear of offending too many or not maximising profits is also limiting the scope of what art gets funded and subsequently created. I feel that as long as capitalism demands growth the more entrenched companies liked Disney will become in creating safe and bankable art that doesn't stray far from the established brand.

[@Maccycheez]

Morbid, you may not know this, and I don’t wish to alarm you, but there may be a cricket in your recording booth.

[@Unf0rget]

The scariest word any person with a passion can hear; *businessmen*.

[@Enjoyurble]

The only place i can find the Linda Simensky quote is from a book called Generation Digital: Politics, Commerce, and Childhood in the Age of the Internet. I know the quote clearly exists from that, but what is the "The Early Days of Nicktoons"? I think a more appropriate conversation from her was from "Early Nickelodeon Days with Linda Simensky! | What's In My Head Podcast". In it, she talks about how they set out to make their animated programming creator-driven instead of feeling factory made and toy-driven, all of which reinforce the criticism of the Disney brand more than the other quote. The overall message is the same, regardless. I feel like the comment about kids still being kids is less important than the overall idea that cartoons like Avatar, Infinity Train, Gravity Falls, Steven Universe, and Adventure Land understand that children not only appreciate but deserve depth, originality, and emotional maturity in at least some of the shows directed towards them.

[@themorbidzoo]

It’s an article in a book, I’ll put the sources in the description today. She talks about creator-driven programming in the same article, it’s excellent. I picked that quote because it fit the argument where I needed it, I’m not as concerned in this video with Disney being cookie-cutter and consumerist so much as how Disney manages to market consumerism to children as morally good and productive to society, which is pretty mutually exclusive to telling kids they should just have fun doing weird kids stuff

[@zanecurtis-olsen2889]

Your analysis matches well with "The Slow Cancellation of the Future," by Mark Fisher. Also, "Retromania," by Simon Reynolds.

[@debdebberton]

you can't spoil what i've already listened to front-to-back 37 times 😤

[@evelynstarshine8561]

Going from tech companies creating the illusion of choice to reinforce a specific accepted cultural norm, to ground news, was brilliant

[@Aisubun]

OH MY GOD?? YOU MADE A TOH VIDEO?? YO??

[@buriedintime]

"complication is something the market will not tolerate" - fucking nailed it. In all things, most Americans cannot handle nuance. a complex narrative is simply too time consuming because there's too many of them and it would force them to try and understand a system that is connected and entangled. It's much easier to digest easy answers that dead end the issue and mark it resolved so they can then regurgitate a conclusion and reassure themselves they understand the world.

[@HellecticMojo]

1:20 There it is! we are back at horror again

[@George_M_]

Still haven't watched the last episode because I don't want it to be over.

[@tjones590]

Wow, I watched this yesterday and I am about 10 episodes into the owl house. Thanks Mariana, loved the video and TOH!

[@richwrites5683]

Ah yes, my favorite genre of KZbin video: Long ass video essays about something I have never heard of

[@themorbidzoo]

I aim to please

[@richwrites5683]

@@themorbidzoo great video btw!

[@themorbidzoo]

@@richwrites5683 thank you! ☺️

[@msl2299]

Adding a comment so that it can boost the video- this is an amazing one and deserves so much traction. Thank you for it. Really brought a lot of thoughts together into something more coherent.

[@manuel3821]

Is that Beatrice Horseman teaching a child magic? I guess I can add this to the list of children's cartoons I started watching this year.

[@Ech_The_Sentiant]

Admittedly when you said weirdness for its own sake, my mind leapt to literally everything Sam lake worked on and also kill six billion demons. But mostly just Sam lake’s acid trip games. I dunno. Everything he touches is just so bursting with deranged personality that it feels made by people, not a corperation.

[@thirdcoinedge]

Yeah. Also, I appreciate that Sam Lake has become so well known outside of video game circles after the release of Alan Wake 2 (he's recently met Robert De Niro, for Christ's sake!). He's like Hideo Kojima, with the cinematic inspirations, big themes, and celebrity cameos, but if he was more capable of subtle writing and actually had the time to make his convoluted narrative work more cohesively. Also he's weird in a fun Lynch-esque way (SHOW ME THE CHAMPION OF LIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!!!!!)

[@aragoonn]

I dunno if I'd call Sam Lake weird for the sake of weird? He's just using surrealism, and dream-like story telling to challenge the ususal video game narratives, and tell post-modern (non-detogatoey) stories. Could call it Lynchian, but I dunno that feels a bit reductive because they're both doing different things with use of surrealism.

[@Ech_The_Sentiant]

@@aragoonn Fair point, but also control’s story needs to be taken into account. He also seems to be doing it because I’m pretty sure he’s a big fan of weird narratives and appears to be writing what he likes.

[@aragoonn]

@Ech_The_Sentiant oh for sure! He is clearly a huge fan of weird stuff. And those are the story's he wants to tell. But I never found surrealism in his works there 'just for the sake of it'. Control is so weird. But you could make the point that it's weirdness is there to further the narrative weight of an unknowable, massive department of the government, and the eldritch SCP vibes. To make the player feel more like the protag who's wandering into this living entity of a building and having to wrap her head around the new logic. Like the brutalist architecture that reinforces the dehumanisation of those kinds of beurocratic organisations. To me, the surrealism in his works help contextualise gameplay the player's experience both as an audience and an ctive participant in the story (cause lets be real playing video games is a surreal experience in of itself), and the themes of the work itself.

[@MegaDawnofwar]

Fantastic video as always, few creators make me stop and reflect the way you do.

[@themorbidzoo]

Thanks 😊

[@trinstonmichaels7062]

Companies rediscovering why Hanna Barbera was so massive in the 1960s. The secret is Making things as cheap and quick as possible.

[@schmaliboy8683]

I might not be able to support you via giving you money (i literally have no income atm), but i just wanna say thank you for your videos. Because even though you often talk about rather depressing things, your videos never fail to have an uplifting and comforting effect on me. I enjoy having my world views challenged by you. Also with all the AI stuff going on and art seemingly loosing significance, it’s comforting to hear someone talking about it so passionately. Art is everything to me. Thank you for making life a little less miserable!

[@themorbidzoo]

Thanks so much ☺️

[@benwillock7457]

Another brilliant video. Everything mobid zoo puts out is a banger

[@1drumshark]

Excellent work as always! So stoked whenever you release something new!

[@btarczy5067]

I haven‘t even watched the show and still this was incredibly sad for me. Probably because I don’t have kids of my own I haven’t even put much thought in the formative media children have been subjected to lately. I do believe that there’s cause for hope with independent media… And even that experimental art will make a comeback in the mainstream as even Disney had to employ out there directors to keep audiences engaged in former cash cow franchises.

[@kostajovanovic3711]

Ah, reclaiming essays stolen by James Somerton, one topic at the time!

[@felkin1]

Can very much relate with the cultural void sentiment. One has to hope the pendulum swings and we enter a new golden age. But at the same time, society is becoming increasingly more docile when it comes to our entertainment, with companies having figured out increasingly more elaborate ways to direct our attention at things that do not have any inherent value.

[@Jjames763]

What a phenomenal analysis. Outstanding work. Why doesn’t this have more views!?

[@br1na332]

Banger video. Don't really have anything to add. Appreciate you doing what you do and look forward to August! ❤

[@josephh3993]

Morbid Zoo drop!!! Hype train!!!

[@Sey318]

The Owl House feels like the kind of show Del Toro would make, or at least love.

[@Dungeonmaster20]

I wonder if things are going to get better.

[@rachelsiminski9717]

Off topic but I have NEVER found someone else with the same(similar) last name as me. When you said “Simensky” I was like no way. Seeing it spelled is different of course but so cool nonetheless

[@themorbidzoo]

lol that’s wild 😄

[@danieldykstra3079]

I like that the lights behind you look like a face.

[@arlwiss5110]

Star Trek: Prodigy barely dodged a similar cancellation for what I suspect are similar reasons. It was a lightly serialised Star Trek show for kids which tried a little harder to be good than the utterly bland and status quo-accepting modern live action Star Trek shows that Paramount is still running. Prodigy's thing was rebellion against unjust parenting, but that was still more than (checks notes) the sequel show to TNG having Picard uncritically torture a war criminal, for example. The other shows around it were either depressing for the sake of being edgy, or just plain uninteresting in terms of the worlds they painted. Prodigy had hope - the struggles it showed were struggles that the characters were there to overcome one way or another. And I think that, and a general dismissal of kids' and animated content as being worthwhile in any way, is why Paramount almost got away with quietly cancelling it before the first season was even fully out; until the petitions started

[@marocat4749]

Shimoneta is pretty good, its literally 1984, in a japanese highschool.

[@arlwiss5110]

shoutout to JJJ for being the cause of this excellent video c:

[@luke1723]

Remember kids, like the video and comment under this saying something nice to help with engagement, or mama can't eat this week.

[@themorbidzoo]

I liek food 🥺

[@hayleymartin1802]

Your critical analysis of media is refreshing as always. I’m usually more of a silent lurker and liker, but you hit the nail on the head with every damn video you produce. Thank you again 💕 See you in August.

[@themorbidzoo]

Thanks so much ☺️

[@Agatosh]

Had family over, needed something to watch while hiding, so perfect timing! Algor fed, comment offered.

[@camc0rder_c0rpse]

i love your content sm. please never stop posting haha

[@batnacks]

Oh, that's what Hooty's deal was. I assumed that he was meant to genuinely be annoying in a way that just didn't come across

[@Nopynchon]

I love your videos and insight. I joined your Patreon to show my appreciation.

[@themorbidzoo]

Thank you!! ❤

[@Whimsly]

Clear-headed and articulate. Good stuff 👍

[@riccardomazzaro1901]

This was such an excellent video, and I think you absolutely nailed what Disney's ideology is. Wonderful stuff.

[@gunparade9128]

Patrick basketball meme: Another 10/10 Morbid Zoo video

[@dyllistan]

Great video! although the cricket noises were a little distracting

[@blahthebiste7924]

I liked them

[@joshuawinestock9998]

Love this! I do want to point out that the Paul Klein quote doesn't describe the philosophy of everyone who made TV back then. There were plenty of individual creators (and maybe some executives) who were invested in making real work with heart and thought in it; MASH comes to mind. Also the oligopoly was just America; the BBC was doing some pretty great things!

[@chinnochio4179]

Yessss. Been waiting for a new video!

[@ItsRebeccaRose]

Very insightful video. Thank you so much for taking the time to make it!

[@themorbidzoo]

Thanks ☺️

[@shmuelhoit7118]

FINE I'LL WATCH THE OWL HOUSE Every queer friend has been hounding me to do so and i thought I could avoid this and relax with my favorite youtube channel but now she's been lost too

[@themorbidzoo]

Joiiiiiin usssssss

[@shmuelhoit7118]

@@themorbidzoo I'll trade my devoted loyalty to the Owl House, Bluey and fuck it god damn Steven Universe in exchange for a Bloodborne analysis

[@kayleechristine9568]

First time I've seen your work and this is great, thank you for your perspective on a show that is near and dear 💖

[@themorbidzoo]

Thanks ☺️

[@andrewdreasler428]

7:30 Rowling, consciously or unconsciously, patterned the Wizarding World after the romanticisation of the Colonial Era, where "Western Civilization" (aka, the Western European nations) shouldered the "White Man's Burden" and brought "civilization" to the "savages" (aka, all 'those people' over there who don't drink tea, and who have 'dusky, moorish' complexions). (It's really hard to dance around the fact that, ever since Europe rose to power in the Middle ages, Europe has been, openly or subtly, really really racist, and passed those traits onto their 'daughter nations.' Those kooky guys running around in white bedsheets and pointed white hoods claim that they are just continuing the tradition of the 'White Man's Burden.') Rowling just substituted "Wizard/Witch" for "Whiteness."

[@austinmorrison6953]

Don’t be sad it ended too soon. Be thankful it happened. Be glad we still got an amazing story out of it. Be thankful it not only had a proper finale but an amazing one at that

[@tikki2340]

I’m so glad for more morbid zoo

[@isaacwelborn7297]

Only halfway though, but I like the background music

[@My1es]

New viewer to the channel only seen two videos of yours now. I have trouble with your video essays because while your academic script writing is A++... I often wonder "why is this a video essay and not something I'm reading with video clips". The visual component becomes stagnant during these long periods of someone staring at the camera reading a script. I feel I would understand better reading this over watching because the visual becomes a distraction when they're not supporting the elongated concepts I would understand easier if I was reading. While I say that, I have noticed the upgrade in your 'breadtube aesthetic' and you're doing a great job improving! Thats why I wanted to comment.

[@pokeholicmaster]

I'm a simple person. I see a new The Morbid Zoo video, I click

[@Calzonelly]

11:02 why did it have hair??

[@scribbleshrimp]

Many such cases!

[@99brickstudios]

Obscure?!

[@user-md2ep5vc5b]

I have been fed today. Great video. Posting for algo

[@JustinStarrPhotography]

Great video, as usual! I was curious about your thoughts regarding one thing that was not mentioned in the video. I assume, based on the programs you cited watching as a kid, that were *roughly* the same age, generationally speaking (I’m 41). I see your point about what Disney Channel was airing vs Nickelodeon, but I was wondering how “The Disney Afternoon” fits into the comparison/narrative, if at all. This programming was carried by a different channel than The Disney Channel. When I came home from school is a youngin, it contained decidedly NONhuman characters compared to The Disney Channel’s programming - Gummi Bears, Chip n’ Dale’s Rescue Rangers, Duck Tales, TaleSpin, Darkwing Duck, Goof Troop, Gargoyles, and more. i wonder how three themes/morals/etc of Disney Channel compared to the Disney Afternoon.

[@bectoons]

Presumably The Owl House, creative and non-conformist, would have embarrassed other shows/films, especially with Disney's decision to rip the imaginative heart from Pixar and have them only do sequels?

[@emmac1105]

this video was incredible! (like always) but omg civil war isn't til august?! i cannot wait to hear your thoughts on it!!!

[@ceciliakeller957]

videos that make you realize how similar the owl house is to Fullmetal alchemist (????????)

[@TheForeignersNetwork]

Godd@mn this video is so good. Thank you for everything you do

[@themorbidzoo]

Thanks :)