Let's reflect back on one of the best series to ever grace YouTube: LPS Popular by SophieGTV.
This is a project I've been wanting to make for awhile, and I had a lot of fun making it! I look forward to reading your comments about LPS Tube, so please feel free to share anything you'd like. My next video will probably be out in the next month and a half (or so), as I hit a tiny emotional snag in writing it...but it'll be fun I think!
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Table of Contents:
00:00 - Introduction
06:56 - Season One
18:06 - Season Two
26:54 - Discussion & Analysis
27:19 - The Hierarchy of Littlest Pets
34:25 - LPS Popular is a Beloved Series
37:03 - The Continuity & Structure of LPS Popular
39:11 - The Appeal of Authenticity in Amateur Content
40:51 - Postmodernism in LPS Popular
44:28 - Shattered Nostalgia & Retrospectives
48:07 - In Conclusion
50:52 - Credits
51:20 - Final Exam
Video Essays about LPS Popular:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmu5YwDesZR4alFghTiBZrAntYsKwpCA_
Research Sources:
- "Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture" by Henry Jenkins (1992)
- "YouTube: Online Video and Participatory Culture" by Burgess & Green (2018)
- "Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism" by Frederic Jameson (1990)
- "Media and Nostalgia" by Niemeyer & Wentz (2014)
- "It Was A Most Unusual Time: How Memory Bias Engenders Nostalgic Preferences" by Carey Morewedge (2013)
- Fading Affect Bias by sketchplanations (also sorry I said affect wrong in the video lol)
- "Rosy Retrospection" by The Decision Lab (2021)
https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/rosy-retrospection
Media Sources:
YouTube videos featured
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmu5YwDesZR7t99lsqYltJUQq5h1gCXtZ&si=a_li9Cbf3gT1tTuG
- Riverdale S3E15: "Big Fun"
- Clue (1985)
- Mean Girls (2004)
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Instagram Posts:
https://www.instagram.com/p/C6CfzcUxf7f/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CtSpzvSMJEc/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CezRJHau1HZ/
https://www.instagram.com/p/C56GdrjuuMN/
https://www.instagram.com/p/C6q--9lxLvP/
https://www.instagram.com/p/C29L9fEOJaG/
https://www.instagram.com/p/C5n91SvrqJ-/
Tik Tok Posts:
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLqa11nr/
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLq5b2n4/
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLq5WCDC/
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLq57jTG/
Paintings mentioned:
- Les Demoiselles D’Avignon by Pablo Picasso (1907)
- Convergence by Jackson Pollock (1952)
- The Dance by Henri Matisse (1910)
- The Florentines by Alfred Maurer (1929)
- The Painter’s Studio by Gustave Courbet (1855)
If you've made it all the way here to the bottom of the description, here's a little treat: one of my early YouTube videos...watching it literally made me laugh so hard I cried :)
https://youtu.be/JITcAJKNGrM