The Take
This is the Take. It's where you come to understand more about your favorite movies, shows and culture. Our video essays make the story worlds you enter richer and deeper. Think: Endings Explained, Character Studies, Hidden Messages and Symbols Revealed, Actor and Director Profiles, and more.
We want to share our love of visual culture with the world. So here's our Take.
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The Truth About Being "Too Much" | Trope, Expla...
14 min
2
And Just Like That... A Terrible Ending To Sex ...
35 min
3
The True Terror of Weapons | Movie Review, Symb...
11 min
4
The Financial Reason Behind Why It's So Hard To...
12 min
5
Rachel, Penny & The "Sitcom Hot Blonde Trap", E...
13 min
6
The "Gen Z Stare" Controversy, Explained
10 min
7
The Struggling Artist Trope, Explained: Why Mov...
12 min
8
The Sabrina Carpenter & Sydney Sweeney Controve...
12 min
9
Why Superman 2025 Actually Works
Analyzing why the one thing that's made some people so angry with Superman is actually the reason that the film works...
12 min
10
Our Shifting Perception of Color, Color Blindne...
11 min
11
Why Rich People Are Labeled Geniuses (Even When...
15 min
12
Why Looking for a Job Is Miserable Now (But So ...
11 min
13
How A Character That Wasn't Supposed To Exist M...
14 min
14
Modern Family: Cameron Was Right About Everythi...
11 min
15
Sinners Can Save Hollywood (If They Let It...)
10 min
16
The Lilo & Stitch Ending Change Controversy, Ex...
11 min
17
The Truth About the Lopsided Love Trope, Explained
14 min
18
Is Covert Narcissism Killing Critical Thinking?
16 min
19
Thunberbolts, Explained: When The Biggest Battl...
12 min
20
Did The Internet & Dating Apps Really Ruin Dating?
14 min
21
Sinners, Explained | Music, Symbolism, & Ending...
17 min
22
Why A Minecraft Movie *Didn't* Flop - How It Be...
11 min
23
Desperate Housewives Edie: an Underrated Icon A...
11 min
24
Unpacking The Handmaid's Tale Season 6 (Episode...
17 min
25
The (Actual) Snow White Problem, Explained
12 min