Why Pop Culture?: Alexandre O. Philippe at TEDxMileHigh

What is the role popular culture plays in expressing our values of community? Take a fresh look at the icons that our collective consciousness brings to the surface and the rituals that celebrate them with this entertaining documentary filmmaker.
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[@NepNep110]

who else is having to watch this for a English essay or just a essay in general

[@boogrlovr]

lol, me too

[@knightofthewindthehedgehog1650]

Literally me right now lol

[@repulser93]

Coming from CSUN.

[@oksusceptible5040]

Human geography for me for some reason

[@BigBop.]

senoir paper ✋

[@sauceysauce2690]

BASICALLY, everyone here is because their teacher gave them this video's link in a Microsoft teams assignment

[@jourdanenicolebulosan7105]

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

[@hydrogahd7754]

Truuuuuuue

[@orsmo7]

Just about to assign this to my students!

[@rachelgrace2311]

Who else is here for an online school essay

[@polkamit]

oj tak tak, to ja

[@nsukujuvenile6268]

Me😃😃

[@Катя-КаринаБендик]

Ahaha, me

[@ChelseaMozingo]

🙋🏻‍♀️

[@Daboo31]

Amen.

[@Moneystackk]

Everybody here for school work 😂

[@noahfletcher3090]

Legend y’a bmhs

[@obwii1007]

Dang what u said is legit AHAHAHAHAHAH

[@todorashi_7]

Yea, for essay

[@marysiamilach8460]

Last year I volunteered at film festival in Wrocław, where we had screenings of "Memory - The Origins of Alien" and he was one of the invited guests I worked with. Really nice guy, was always on time and where he was supposed to be. And he actually cared about using his guest pass too see as much films as he could fit into his schedule. All the best for him, and may we meet again!

[@cityeternal3328]

He's now in Korea. Gonna meet him on GV after the screenings of 78/52. I'm very looking forward to it.

[@ocsy1665]

i am here for my pop culture class ^3^

[@kthei1817]

msae

[@ocsy1665]

@@kthei1817 ^3^

[@lorraineobriquebesa1595]

Samedt

[@TheMac7attack]

Same

[@cloroxbleach3122]

Out of all the TED Talks my school choose to give me this one for an essay.....

[@isabelle7888]

lol same RIP

[@GiancarloCordero-f7n]

Originally released back in 2013 and now after 10 years, this video is still one of the most-viewed TEDx Talks specials that I have ever found and is already a classic that is sure to be available for generations. I believe that Alexandre O. Philippe should make a second talk during 2024 at the same place that he was there to attend as the lead speaker for this event as pop culture is discussed exclusively in front of a live studio audience.

[@MegaHellrasier]

God he's great....I really feel a lot like he does when it comes down to the pop culture world we are in now with how much love and respect we and all other people like us have for it no matter what it is that we love about it.

[@dr.nidhishendurnikar5126]

Excellent.. conveys a lot of conceptual clarity about pop culture in a simple way

[@VisuallyMediocre]

he does not say luke.

[@tiffanykopchak]

What a fun guy. Loved the message.

[@bluedebussy5799]

pop culture is just that, popular culture. not long lasting or deep, its the general dominant very much western internet based culture. it does bring people together but it also divides them like any facet of human culture.

[@MegaHellrasier]

i disagree with the idea that pop culture isn't long lasting and deep for i believe pop culture much more grander than that but i think your right for the most part actually

[@verbimu]

It says something about our better nature 🥺

[@boogshbini]

i was srsly thinking about how should I paraphrase what he's saying and suddenly the gangnam style got me bawling..

[@naungyoe3215]

Fun fact - it's actually "no, i am your father"

[@artshayler8747]

He calls himself an expert on Pop Culture and then wrongly quotes possibly one of the most iconic cinematic quotes ever.

[@xtremeruleroflife]

Forest Park, brought me here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Goooo Archerssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@atheistcrusader1160]

How's this on Ted?

[@addelineansley5412]

Here for my college geography class lol

[@Stormnorman15]

Hello from Mr. Joyce’s class!

[@emmagillespie7095]

On here for my STLCC Sociology 101 class

[@tiffanybian4743]

Is anyone else here bc of AP Human Geography

[@danielawesomestudiosxx12hg49]

yep, unit 4

[@rachelelisabeth1189]

The statistics about film being lost before the 1920's and half being lost after the 1950's - very debatable.

[@cityeternal3328]

What is your take on that?

[@crazypanda7451]

Very good speaker!

[@feyolation]

What's the point of this talk?

[@yeet2.0plays2]

Did anyone else get this video from their teacher, I’ve gotta look at this for history.

[@adalineadia]

Since we are all here for assigments does anyone have the Apa citing already done? Can you share? Lol

[@LiborSupcik]

culture as a language is just culture specific..'pop' is universal? perhaps in terms of US Anything you add to instincts (smile is relaxing) gets 'interpreted' by cultural specifics of bee holder's eyes

[@mrroutray]

vhug7uu8u pop

[@ndlovukazim318]

It's very Western centric so I would argue that it really only speaks to people in the West and nowhere else.

[@tcash_money2108]

Who else is here in 2022 for an online essay

[@jitnaq7374]

Time to write an essay..

[@latonyaknight3278]

I am here for a class

[@Mamba151-]

Darth Vader also never says "Luke I am your father"...

[@rezzwrld4060]

Who else is here cause of English class

[@skyfo2130]

me

[@emiliebryant5348]

One direction literally united the world and it was viewed as unimportant so uh yeah

[@sanyaaynas7832]

There is no future. Empty dreams don't cost anything. Dreams are just dreams. Only good deeds do.

[@allansaputra308]

2:52 That is not just regular WW2 soldier but 'Hans get ze Flammenwerfer' WW2 soldier!

[@adrianacalderon2316]

here for my global media course lmao fun

[@captain4166]

Pop culture is like a trend now

[@book_greek123]

AP Lang Synthesis essay!

[@verbimu]

"Why must we be so serious about what divides us, and trivialize, what brings us together?" ... Imma just sit here after that. 🙎

[@maryangelajanaban2570]

Who else is here because your younger cousin or sibling that is chatting you to watch this and answer the given questions for her exam?

[@nightingale_55curse81]

Doing this for AP Lang PASTAS. Oof

[@biagiochiovari3042]

America is not the first civilization that made fun important

[@igedeagussastrawan2688]

Did zombies just came out?

[@writtenlaw5883]

I'm just watching this to find out how to be normal. Because according to my sister I am different.

[@anoneee]

Each individual has qualities that may be unique from another, so being different does not necessarily mean that it's a bad thing :)

[@ObeySilence]

HE CAN NOT DIVIDE US!! * hihi *

[@kath6870]

Pasayloa ko sir pro wala ko may nasabtan. Essay hikhok

[@LouisGardinerBRFC]

This lecture is boring trivial and doesn't even touch what pop is

[@idafitri3447]

Someone can give me the point of this video for my Exam? Haha😂😂

[@jescelsoteo6666]

(2)

[@justinpaulevangelista1099]

sinong nandito dahil binigay ang link sa MS Teams at gagawan ng essay HAHAHAHA

[@myboi_kth5157]

me HAHSHSHSHAAHHAAHA

[@Midknyte182]

2013, pop culture references, lol.

[@ChromeheartDavinci]

IDS-404

[@adalineadia]

That's what I'm doing right now:)

[@eddiefernandez3459]

who else has to watch this for a pop culture class taught by quite possibly a communist professor?

[@VondeeDelaTorre17]

LAPAG NYU REFLECTION NYU SA VIDEO DITO

[@tongsu7246]

everyone here is for essay, hahahahaha

[@dacooooo]

PSY IS NOT POP CULTURE and HE DOESN'T MATTER because Pop culture has to be some kind of art as well. Then only it will be respected. Gangnam style was bad example. Ever since that gangnam style came Psy couldnt replicate the success because he is not ACTUALLY talented ..Now a days...Tik Tok people get millions of views. I won't say that they are pop culture!

[@30minutelunchbreak]

*No, I am your father

[@westernessence7644]

Protect your kids from "pop culture".

[@FranciscoJimenez-db8oy]

I've never seen a Ted Talk that wasn't cringe-worthily lame.

[@dingojones3392]

this is an insult to serious thought..

[@theodorefrazier2989]

Just like the subject matter.

[@onesixsixidktm2969]

Pop culture also includes: games, movies, books, etc...

[@cevan2116]

need to watch this just for the sake of a fking recitation in class

[@Sajeeeya]

We are all here for school work, ppl! HAHAHAH

[@adelanjani7806]

wait, you guys had a pop culture class?

[@jilliansmith6526]

anybody NOT here for a school essay but because you, too, are a pop culture geek?

[@thewhoman3182]

I am a pop culture enthusiast as well and I watched this out of choice

[@sintiwung5506]

i’m here for my pop culture class xixixi

[@1D8B8N8]

Indeed it's a universal ♾️ language 🕊️✌️

[@GLOVES_GAMBITS]

Can I copy anyone's reaction paper here in comment section? Because I don't feel any reaction rn

[@luckfeather5453]

Agreed. I like tv so obscure that it’s on the public domain. Just entertain yourself with whatever works for you.

[@rupertplum1709]

*Gangnam Style saved the world*😐

[@RicardoSumpay]

I'm assuming all of us are here for the school essay

[@anthonydurante7109]

I’m trying to be a plumber WTH does pop culture have anything to do with that

[@Meowsi]

Here for my online humanities class

[@omarromero1042]

Prof Ramsey?

[@daniellejaneurboda6162]

Pakopyaa nalang ako guys haha

[@chirichkilipaaripresents]

billion people downloaded on KZbin.... .. Why like this to me youtube... i can not download anything from youtube..? .. 8:27

[@miadeleon13]

Yeahhh here from University of Washington! SKO DAWGS.

[@andreyrussian2480]

Pop is low qualified property that unites poor people for not to demanding high qualities))

[@robotfightingreplicasertwa8351]

Lol

[@zacharypaik2463]

Hi everyone

[@LovelyLinTanyao]

here for my PhilArts requirement. lol

[@zuutlmna]

American popular culture, in my opinion, is a deconstruct culture.

[@tackofall2399]

not really

[@Cummer24]

No elaboration or anything lol

[@ivythay4259]

Nice wording there, Carl.

[@fabiocarvalho9724]

Miley Cyrus. Enough elaboration?

[@JimKanaris]

This is a good Tedx Talk that exemplifies, I think, the third of four categories Bruce F. Forbes and Jeffrey H. Mahan describe in their book _Religion and Popular Culture in America_ (2003) describe as "popular culture as religion".

[@orlandofurioso7329]

The thousands of school assignments about this video proove that your teachers are freaking Star Wars Boomers

[@canesvenatici4259]

Yeah Star Wars hasn't been good since at least the '80s, hence not many Star Warsers are born past 1965.

[@orlandofurioso7329]

@@canesvenatici4259 could i ask some of the stuff you smoke? Because it really seems powerful

[@canesvenatici4259]

@@orlandofurioso7329You think I'm wrong about Star Wars?

[@orlandofurioso7329]

@@canesvenatici4259 yes, because episode 7 and 9 were made by a guy that had your same reasoning regarding only the first three as real Star Wars

[@Rkroe24]

Pop culture is all about trying to relate

[@theodorefrazier2989]

I don't see the point of trying to be interested in something that you're not just because the majority is interested in it. There are other ways to relate. The weather, almost everyone has a family, etc.also I'm a big proponent of people finding their try versus trying to relate with everybody.

[@eduardodias1830]

CCXP (Comic Con Experience) in São Paulo Brazil had 280k visitors in 2019

[@letsdothisnomore]

HI SA MGA KAKLASE KONG MANONOOD NETO MAHAL KO KAYO !

[@rivai01]

betu betul bantu kerja skripsi ku ini tedtalk haha

[@remikamal2302]

Why would I hug? Didn't make sense

[@rizzellemae539]

is anyone else from plm school?

[@flavour3187]

Rory be like

[@zippo1918]

SHOUTOUT SA ITEP01

[@remikamal2302]

Hiroshima

[@al5896]

Hi 2C

[@storageaccount9833]

🐧

[@katalinaxue1994]

有谁是来做作业的

[@irais.4824]

Bruh

[@pops1507]

Note on TCM/"39 Steps" He says Donat and Mr. Memory appear "at the same theatre" in the opening and concluding scenes. I don't think so. The first is a raucous music hall with a lively bar crowd. The last is the more-sober London Palladium.

[@MrSensical]

Popular culture as "universal" and uniting "across racial, political, and social divides"? I couldn't disagree more with this definition of popular culture nowadays.

[@tiff826]

TED TALK? NERDTALK.