Wednesday, 19 July 2006
The agony of the mundane
Posted in Eye Rollers by Chris at 09:52
There’s this girl who has a popular vlog on YouTube. I’m not quite sure why she’s popular other than that she’s pretty in that young way and has a calm, nonidiotic demeanor. I don’t find her content compelling, but then again, I’m not 17. She Daniel does do a good job with the editing/production values. Gotta love the Mac, eh?
Anyway, she’s very young. And she put up a vlog called “Boy Problems…”, which is about her friend, a boy, who likes her in that way, but she hadn’t considered that possibility:
Anyway, uber mundane. And an act, I’m sure. Happens every day, possibly multiple times per person (particularly for women who put themselves in such positions). Here’s the genius part, though: another guy does vlogs reviewing other vlogs, and he did a review of the Boy Problems one:
The 1:25 – 2:45 segment is the key bit. Good ending too. The Renetto guy, now him I find compelling.
Update: been watching more Renetto. I think I’m going to write his name in the next election. One more original + response after the jump.
(she even shouts out to the woman who posted the first video above)
and now, Renetto…
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chartoo Said:
July 19, 2006 at 14:32
Renetto is funneee…
Not sure why the Aliens would be interested in his brain waves, LOL, but hey, what do I know about Aliens…
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Chris Said:
July 19, 2006 at 15:33
He’s in character, but other than the affected voice, I don’t know if there’s a common thread. Capote social critic meets absurdist, I guess. His other movies are funny too.
Check out his frames, though. Those are, like $750 mondo stylish ones. I don’t think he’s really a basement dwelling freakazoid… though I wouldn’t be surprised if he were.
Grumpasaurus.com » YouTube’s newest star Said:
August 14, 2006 at 12:16
[...] (note the callout to Renetto! hee) [...]
Grumpasaurus.com » I think that’s called ‘viral marketing’ Said:
September 8, 2006 at 10:47
[...] also, fraud. In an update to a post on a site to which I have no connection or affiliation, it turns out that the YouTube celebrity lonelygirl15 is a complete and utter hoax. A starlet wannabe affiliated with the CAA doing web videos as part of the pre-marketing campaign for a horror film to be released at some future point Lonelygirl15 appears to be an innocent, home-schooled 16-year-old, pouring her heart out for her video camera in the privacy of her bedroom. But since May, her brief posts on the video-sharing site YouTube and the social networking hub MySpace have launched a Web mystery eagerly followed by her million-plus viewers: Who is this sheltered ingenue who calls herself “Bree,” and is she in some sort of danger — or, worse, the tool of some giant marketing machine? [...]
Grumpasaurus.com » In other words, hoax Said:
September 13, 2006 at 20:29
[...] Updating an update, Lonelygirl15 not a hoax, she’s just a made-up character telling fictitious stories to credulous audiences and who wrote back to other “teenagers” while in character and never revealing that “Bree” was a mythical creation. The creators behind the Internet video mystery teen Lonelygirl15 want their fans to know they are not a front for a big Hollywood studio marketing some upcoming film. [...]