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The Take by
ScreenPrism

My edited insight videos analyze and provide commentaries on TV shows and films. I develop and edit videos using clips, photos, graphics, soundtracks, and original narrations to create distinct video content for The Take. I also do script analysis and advise on appropriate changes to improve the narration. Originally titled ScreenPrism.

Desperate Housewives: How Susan Became The Show's Accidental Villain... | Explained

Good for Her Horror: The Power of & Problem with the Trope, Explained

Scary Teen Girl of the New Millennium: Harnessing Her Rage to Reclaim Control🔥🖤(Scary Teen Series)

Agatha All Along Explained: Every Major Witchy Detail & Reference So Far 🔮🖤 Episodes 1 - 3

The Big Problem That Ruins Teen Show Reboots & Revivals 🤔 iCarly, Gossip Girl, Gilmore Girls & More

Desperate Housewives' Gaby: Clawing Her Way from Rags to Riches (Twice!?)

Why Movie & TV Wishes Always *Ruin* Your Life | Monkey's Paw, Genies, Deals with the Devil & More

My So-Called Life, The First Actually Relatable Teen Show & How It Changed TV Forever

Desperate Housewives' Bree: Breaking Free From The Secret TradWife Misery | Explained

Enemies to Besties: More Than Just Frenemies 💖 Trope Explained

Annoying Main Characters: Loveable, Relatable &... A Little Hateable 🤨❤️ | Trope Explained

Clueless: How Cher Was (Almost) Totally Right About Love, Life, & Relationships | Explained

Movie & TV Vacations, Explained: 1% Luxury to Relatable Trips | Family Vacays, Solo Travel, & More

House of the Dragon, Explained: Rhaenyra & Alicent's Deeper Fight (& Their Linked Doom)

Giving Up Everything To Win Love (vs Those Who Want More) | SATC, Euphoria, Barbie & Beyond

Why Millennials Seem To Be Aging So Slowly | Explained

Movies & TV 's Unrealistic 30s Personal Finance: Expectations vs Reality | SATC, New Girl & More

The Yoko Ono Trope, Explained: Why She's Hated | From Yoko to The Idea of You & More

Why Everyone On Screen Kind Of Has The Same Face Now | Explained

Seinfeld's Elaine Benes, Explained: Comedy’s Unconventional Feminist Heroine

Curb Your Enthusiasm's Larry David: Grumpy, Over The Top, &... Surprisingly Relatable?

Shōgun's Toda Mariko: Uncovering Her Hidden Power

Why Reality Shows Are Obsessed With Getting Married ASAP

Avatar: The Last Airbender's Most Tragic Romance, Sokka & Princess Yue

Community's Annie: How She Beat The Smart Girl Curse

What Movies & TV Always Get Wrong About Being An Influencer: Personal Finance, Lifestyle, & more

Movies & TV's Most Unrealistic Grand Gestures: Dates, Proposals, $$$ Gifts, & more

Big Bang Theory's Sheldon: Being Super Smart Isn't Everything | Young Sheldon

Priscilla: The Truth About Her Lonely Life With Elvis Presley (& The Drama Behind The Film)

The Terrible Best Friend Trope - A Strange Message in So Much TV

The Full Time Child Trend: A Strange New Career Path for Millennials & Gen Z

The Fascinating History of Mickey Mouse and Disney’s Crucial Copyright Battle, Explained

Online Generations: How When We First Logged On Shaped Us

The Feminism of Hyper Femininity - More Than a Style

How Sitcom Wives Shook Up Family Dynamics In Every Era

Goodbye "Friend Zone," Hello Platonic BFFS

The Wire’s Marlo: An Iconic Villain with a Terrifying Message

The Best Celeb Food Interviews Ever: Who We'd Invite to Our Dinner Party

Plastic Surgery Regrets: How Stars Shape Dangerous Fads

Leonardo DiCaprio & The Decline of The ’90s Heartthrob

The Toxic Male: Why We’ll Never Really Escape Him

Sex Work Onscreen: Old Tropes & Stigmas That Are Dying

Why "Perfect-on-Paper" Love Interests Always Come Second

How "Toxic" Discourse Can Do More Harm Than Good

The Ugly Pretty Girl: It’s the Stories That Need a Makeover | TROPES

House of the Dragon: Rhaenyra, Her Own Worst Enemy

Female Friendship Stories - How We Finally Moved Away from Rivalries

How House of the Dragon “Fixed” Game of Thrones

The Hateable Socialite - Why We Love to Hate-Watch Her

How the Con Artist Became a Weird TV “Hero”

The "Dead Girl" Story - Why It's Dangerous to Simplify Her

Closeted Bullies are all over our screens. How real is this trope?

The Wilds Season 2 Ending Explained

The Takeaway | Prime Video

Age Gap Relationships Onscreen - Why They Bother Us

The Special Girl Trope - Moving Beyond a Male Creation

The Celebrity + “Normo” Romance Boom - Normal is the New Fairytale

The Imperfect Mom Onscreen - Ending The “Selfless Mother” Trope

The Pretty Girl Trope - The Pitfalls of "Pretty Privilege"

How the Madonna-Whore Complex Still Reigns

Let's Stop Talking About If Female Characters Are "Likable"

How Film & TV Do Climate Change Wrong

The Anti-Disney Messages of… Disney Movies

A Tale of Two Lindsay Lohans | Screen Icons

The Meme-ification of the Royal Family

Why Gen Z is already burning out (and how to cope)

The Nag Trope - It’s Time to Write It Out

How Film & TV Misrepresented Neurodiversity

The Dangerous Woman | How We Package Female Sexuality

Rick and Morty - Why Rick is Actually an Adolescent

How Self-Aware Teen Movies Almost Killed the Genre | Time Capsule

Judas and the Black Messiah, Explained - Self-Preservation Won't Save You

The Angry Woman Trope | Why She's Angry

Toxic Takeaways - How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

In Defense of Basic | What Does It Meme?

The Bombshell Trope, Explained

Which Lord of the Rings Character Are You? A Video Essay Quiz

Sex and the City - Carrie's Friends Aren't Real

The Boys - What's Wrong with Superhero Culture

The Final Girl Trope, Explained

The Independent Woman Trope, Explained

The "Bury Your Gays" Trope, Explained

The Neurotic Type A Woman Trope, Explained

What Time Travel Stories Are Really About

One X-Cellent Scene - Becoming an X-Woman

Rick and Morty - Have We Outgrown Rick? (Season 4 Explained)

Superhero Movie Tropes, Explained

Bart Simpson and the Decline of the Slacker

Community's Abed - Live Like You're On TV

Doja Cat - The Ups and Downs of Viral Fame

The Simpsons' Homer and Marge - Why Women Settle

Bojack Horseman - Princess Carolyn, Working Woman

Avatar: The Last Airbender - A Fire Personality, Explained

The Bad Boy Trope, Explained

The Weird Girl Trope, Explained

Home Alone's Secret Meaning: Adulting is Hard

BoJack Horseman Ending, Explained - Then You Keep Living

The Evolution of Harley Quinn - Birds of Prey

Riverdale’s Betty and the Death of the Nice Girl

Luigi (Not Mario) Is the Man We Need Right Now

Star Wars Defined - Kylo Ren's Rage

How Rick and Morty Killed the Simpsons

Why Rick and Morty is (Symbolically) About Time Travel

Rick and Morty: The World Hates Smart People

You Know It's a Tim Burton Film IF...

Breaking Bad's El Camino: Ending Explained - Jesse's Getaway

The Little Mermaid and a History of Mermaids

The Devil Wears Prada - Emily and a History of Workaholics

A History of the Joker

Shawshank Redemption Explained: Andy's Inner Life

What Pretty Woman Says About Money

The Matrix of Today: Influences and References Explained

The Matrix Ending Explained: A Guide to Freeing Your Mind

The Sixth Sense: Ending Explained - We See What We Want to See

Forrest Gump: The Myth of America

Clueless - Cher, Master of the Argument

Forrest Gump Explained: What the Feather Means

John Wick: Ruled by Consequence

Breaking Bad: Mike Ehrmantraut - Turning Off the Tap (+ Better Call Saul)

Veep Ending Explained: Satire in the Age of Trump

Veep Ending Explained: Don’t Give Up Your Gary

Game of Thrones: Why Daenerys Was Cersei All Along - Two Sides of the Same Queen

Game of Thrones: Brienne, The Real Thing

Mean Girls: Regina George, The Psychology of a Dictator

Game of Thrones: The Free Folk/Wildlings and What They Represent

Game of Thrones Symbolism: The Dothraki

The Office: Kelly and Andy - A Love Story Never Told

Game of Thrones: Gendry, the Last Baratheon Standing

Vice: The Essay Film and the Creativity of Adam McKay

Black Panther: Too "Popular" for the Oscars?

A Star Is Born's Deeper Message: Don't Be "Shallow"

Mad Men: Ending Explained

Gunther: The Cautionary Tale of Friends

Jack Ryan: Action Hero for Our Times

Nicole Kidman: Under the Surface

Harry Potter: Think Like a Ravenclaw

Spider-Man: A Metaphor for Puberty

Remaking Suspiria: An Homage to a Feeling

Why Hollywood Keeps Remaking A Star Is Born

How to Listen to Film Music: Ryuichi Sakamoto

Breaking Bad: Marie Schrader - Walter White, Lite

The Office: Why Michael Scott is Actually the World's Best Boss

Star Wars Symbolism: Hands Off!

Avengers: Infinity War - Ending & Themes Explained

Avengers: Infinity War - Infinity Stones Symbolism

Breaking Bad: 4 Camera Trademarks and What They Mean

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Pure Fantasy or Feminist Trailblazer?

ScreenPrism Talks Oscars 2018! Also, Predictions.

What Black Mirror's Hang the DJ Says About Love

Black Mirror USS Callister: Goodbye, Toxic Fanboy

Star Wars: How to Live Like a Jedi

Rick and Morty: Why Morty Matters

Mulholland Drive: Ending Explained | Video Essay

Blade Runner Ending Explained: Is Deckard a Replicant?

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