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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How K-Dramas Used Classic Movie Magic To Create...
11 min
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Parks & Recreation: April Ludgate, The Secretly...
11 min
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Can We Trust *Anyone* We Meet Online Anymore? F...
16 min
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Abbott Elementary's Principal Ava: The Good Sid...
14 min
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The KPop Demon Hunters Phenomenon, Explained | ...
16 min
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Samantha Would Have Saved Sex and the City Rebo...
12 min
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"Immortality Tech" Is Coming, But... Do We Real...
14 min
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The Truth About Being "Too Much" | Trope, Expla...
14 min
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And Just Like That... A Terrible Ending To Sex ...
35 min
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The True Terror of Weapons | Movie Review, Symb...
11 min
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The Financial Reason Behind Why It's So Hard To...
12 min
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Rachel, Penny & The "Sitcom Hot Blonde Trap", E...
13 min
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The "Gen Z Stare" Controversy, Explained
10 min
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The Struggling Artist Trope, Explained: Why Mov...
12 min
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The Sabrina Carpenter & Sydney Sweeney Controve...
12 min
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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
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Our Shifting Perception of Color, Color Blindne...
11 min
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Why Rich People Are Labeled Geniuses (Even When...
15 min
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Why Looking for a Job Is Miserable Now (But So ...
11 min
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How A Character That Wasn't Supposed To Exist M...
14 min
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Modern Family: Cameron Was Right About Everythi...
11 min
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Sinners Can Save Hollywood (If They Let It...)
10 min
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The Lilo & Stitch Ending Change Controversy, Ex...
11 min
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The Truth About the Lopsided Love Trope, Explained
14 min
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Is Covert Narcissism Killing Critical Thinking?
16 min