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 Banshees of Inisherin, Explained - What Tho...
Why do friendships break down – and once a conflict starts, can it ever really be over? The Banshees of Inisherin takes on these questions on both the personal and the political level...
14 min
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Friends' Rachel & Her Sisters: What’s Really Dr...
Rachel’s sisters on Friends are unimpressive human beings – so what was it about Rachel that let her escape their spoiled, stunted adulthood?
10 min
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Andrew Tate’s Empire Proves the Toxic Male is T...
Andrew Tate’s rise to fame has been rapid, but how did someone with such openly misogynistic views build up such a devoted following in a short space of time?
12 min
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Leonardo DiCaprio & The Decline of The ’90s Hea...
Do young women still have a thing for Leonardo DiCaprio? Leo remains forever etched in our collective memory as the archetypal 90s heartthrob. But has our culture largely moved on from that 90s male ideal he’s clinging to?
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Why Today’s Content Creators Get So Much Hate
Content creators are some of the most famous, influential, and popular people in our culture… so why don’t they get the same amount of respect as other creatives?
14 min
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The Stay-at-Home vs Working Mom Binary Has Stop...
The stay-at-home versus the working mom. For too long women have been pigeonholed into these caricature-ish, loaded ideas of identity that prioritize capital and a social order over humanity and nuance.
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Austin Butler and Why Women Don't Get to be "Me...
Sure, Austin Butler has been mocked on social media for retaining Elvis' drawl for years after filming wrapped... but he's also still getting awards & puff piece after puff piece. The fact that woman could never get away with this style of method acting exposes a bigger double standard in Hollywood.
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How We Fail to Count Women: The Female Informat...
Gender gaps – we see them across the world, in almost every industry and aspect of our lives. But did you know that there’s a gap between men and women in information itself?
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Why Sex No Longer Sells in Hollywood
They say that ‘sex sells’, but if that’s true, why has it practically disappeared from modern Hollywood filmmaking?
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Why Your Favorite Show is Getting Canceled Soon
The streaming revolution has given audiences immediate access to a larger catalog of shows than ever before, but what good is that if they keep getting canceled midway through narrative arcs?
12 min
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The Toxic Male: Why We’ll Never Really Escape Him
The era of outrage over toxic masculinity is truly dead – and Hollywood and social media have doubled down to put the toxic male back on top and at the center of our stories.
12 min
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The “Industry Plant” Problem: Harry Styles is n...
Ever since going solo post-One Direction, Harry has been on a mission to establish himself as a unique, creative voice. But has he done enough to really stand out as an original artist? And how does he fit into the larger conversation of the problem with industry plants and how hard it is for original artistic voices to break through?
10 min
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Prince Harry’s Spare: What He’s Really Looking ...
Between Prince Harry's book Spare, the Netflix docuseries, and countless interviews, it feels like we finally got an inside look at the Duke of Sussex’s private life... so why does it still feel so unclear what Prince Harry really wants?
10 min
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You S4, Explained: Everything you need to know....
Don't miss our new video on the first half of You's fourth season, how Joe’s new European surroundings becomes its sharpest-ever critique of class, and how the show keeps getting us to empathize with this serial killer.
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Couples Therapy's Growing Problem: Weaponized T...
Couples therapy is on the rise – and that’s mostly a good thing. But is there a darker side of those seemingly good intentions that may be hiding something not-so-good?
8 min
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Star-Crossed Lovers: Why Their Stories Must End...
Some of the best love stories of all time are tales of star-crossed lovers... is part of the reason we are so drawn to these stories is because there is something cathartic about seeing when things don’t work out?
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How Magic Mike Complicated the Male Bombshell |...
Seductive, sensual and scintillating, Channing Tatum’s titular character, Magic Mike, is the epitome of the modern male sex symbol… so what’s the legacy and impact of the Magic Mike trilogy, as it finishes up with Magic Mike’s Last Dance?
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Why Young Celebs Look Old and Old Celebs Look Y...
Older celebrities are looking younger, younger celebrities are looking older…it seems like no one wants to actually look their own age. In our heavily filtered, face-tuned world, are we all in danger of trying to reach for some idea of perfection that forces everyone to turn away from their natural looks?
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Sex Work Onscreen: Old Tropes & Stigmas That Ar...
Sex work is slowly being de-stigmatized with more nuanced on-screen depictions that show what the reality of the industry is like — and it’s about time.
14 min
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How Millennials Outgrew These Tired Tropes
Millennials in the real world are full-fledged adults now, so why does millennial representation on screen often feel like a caricature rather than the real thing?
12 min
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Wakanda Forever: Shuri's Amazing Transformation
In Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Shuri's evolution shows us the power of grief as her losses compound, one on top of another, and she’s forced to make a choice between what will feel good and what will be good.
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Prince Harry’s Spare: The Conflicting Way He Pa...
With Prince Harry’s autobiography, Spare, we’re finally getting a look at their relationship from the inside... So does Harry’s loving account of Meghan humanize her more, or does it inadvertently throw fuel on the fire thanks to feeling like it has an agenda?
10 min
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The Nepo Baby Rage Trend: It's All Worse Than Y...
These days, it seems like the only thing more common than nepotism babies, is people hating nepotism babies. In today's video we're looking at why the nepo baby rage is so intense this time around, and how the nepotism plaguing Hollywood is a symptom of a much larger issue.
11 min
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Infidelity Onscreen: Why We Just Love Watching ...
Infidelity is one of the most traumatic, heartbreaking experiences someone in a romantic partnership can go through, so why does it often get glamorized on screen?
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The Modern Feminist is a GIRL'S GIRL | FEMINISM
The “Girls’ Girl”: She believes in uplifting other women, has a strong group of girlfriends, and always abides by the girl code. And her modern version is a reaction to our current feminism in crisis.
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