Don't you guys ever get the urge to make a blog or a youtube channel to talk about books?
With all those channels that only talk about YA isn't there a place on YT for discussion about serious books, isn't there a demographic for this? And I'm not really talking about academic level of discussion, just channels were people don't read just infantile shit, I mean, I can't find ONE channel that talks about Milton or Kafka in a more casual way.
Do people that read great books become more self-aware and, therefore, more afraid to receive critics for talking about more deep works?
Do it Avoid being a psuedo intellectual Learn to edit Keep them under 10mins and post weekly or bi-weekly
I look forward to the memes and shitposting that will someday be based on you, user
Henry Clark
>youtube channel Gay.
Angel Martinez
Maybe if english was my 1st language, my accent would be so thick that I doubt anyone would understand anything
Why is the lit community so afraid to embrace de plebeian way of having fun with the media? Are we more afraid of being exposed by the frauds we are than people that focus on music and cinema?
Jose Gomez
gays do have more fun than straight people tho
Grayson Peterson
bump
Joshua Perry
Kafka was a pussy so he wrote like a pussy
Chase Price
>I can't find ONE channel that talks about Milton or Kafka in a more casual way. That's good. They don't deserve shallow analysis.
You know how shitty music and film criticism are in the mainstream press. The study of literature has been bastardized enough. It doesn't need further abuse.
Blake Clark
I would like to do this I think. or a kind of casual podcast where you talk about non shit books
Dylan Robinson
I see your point, and I agree in most parts but don't you talk casualy about the books you like with your friends, colleagues, whatever? I mean, everytime somebody asks you why you enjoy The Divine Comedy you need to talk for 2 hours to make a point? I'm not talking about a channel that does a in depth study, but I guess most readers will feel offended if somebody makes a 6 minutes video on why Gravity's Rainbow is good.
I dunno, maybe there is no way to make this idea work, and thats why nobody have tried, or maybe people that read serious literature are just too afraid of being judged by other readers
There's a difference between talking casually about something to a friend, and going on the internet to do some research expecting to learn something. What's the point of a 6 minute video of some dude going, "Wow this Gravity's Rainbow book is sure confusing."
Grayson Harris
>and going on the internet to do some research expecting to learn something. but by saying this you are assuming that this will be the target audience, somebody trying to learn about a book in a deep way, I mean, why do you come here, on Veeky Forums? This place is full of shitposting, shallow analysis, meme talking sperlords, bookshelf egomaniacs and still we come here all the time
I'm talking about a chitty chat comfy kind of channel, and I know, thats pleb territory, but still baffles me how nobody have even tried to do this with book, probably because serious readers don't have sense of humor to pull that of?
Mason Jones
The shit on Veeky Forums is really easy to wade through to get to the good stuff, just as easy as ignoring crappy videos on youtube.
Honestly any reader studied enough to read and enjoy GR wouldn't care for a chitty chat shallow overview of it, and people interested in a chitty chat youtube show about books wouldn't care to hear a talk about Gravity's Rainbow.
Seriously this type of thing has been attempted on youtube. There are channels of people reviewing heavy literature in a light manner, but they're all pretty much ignored or dead.
Hunter Thomas
GIVE US A Veeky Forums FANTANO
Alexander Thomas
I would only blog about young adults and children's books too myself. I don't read philosophy books or Shakespeare like most of Veeky Forums seems to.
Personally, I don't see the point. Books are not a medium that can be discussed through video unless you're analyzing literature.
Brandon Price
Not gonna lie; if I'm looking up lit on YouTube and I don't see a blackboard or a podium in the thumbnail pic I'm not clicking on it
