If you want to suck the blood of the youth, YouTube is a great place to start: Enter “Mina Murray’s Journal,” a 21st century update of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula,” drawing final blood just in time for Halloween.
Told as a series of vlogs — or video journals, as Mina insists on calling them — the new web series puts Mina Murray center stage, giving her the unfortunate task of visiting Dracula’s mansion in Bucharest, rather than her fiancée (updated to boyfriend) Jonathan. Writer-director James Moran wisely makes use of the novel’s epistolary structure in his adaptation, and the episodes flow naturally between Mina’s vlogs and those made by the three secondary characters: Lucy, Jonathan and Jack. Moran takes liberties with the novel’s plot by centering female characters and playing up Lucy’s romantic interest in Mina, but it’s a welcome revision that honors the spirit of its source material.
Told as a series of vlogs — or video journals, as Mina insists on calling them — the new web series puts Mina Murray center stage, giving her the unfortunate task of visiting Dracula’s mansion in Bucharest, rather than her fiancée (updated to boyfriend) Jonathan. Writer-director James Moran wisely makes use of the novel’s epistolary structure in his adaptation, and the episodes flow naturally between Mina’s vlogs and those made by the three secondary characters: Lucy, Jonathan and Jack. Moran takes liberties with the novel’s plot by centering female characters and playing up Lucy’s romantic interest in Mina, but it’s a welcome revision that honors the spirit of its source material.
- 10/31/2016
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Sam Pepper, a popular YouTube personality, has landed in hot water after posting a series of videos titled “Fake Hand Ass Pinch Prank,” with many calling his “social experiment” an offensive stunt.
Sam Pepper Sexual Harassment Prank Video
Pepper, a former Big Brother UK contestant, uploaded the first “Fake Hand Ass Pinch Prank” video on Sept. 20. The video features Pepper walking around L.A., asking young women for directions and then sneakily pinching their backsides.
The video immediately went viral – Pepper boasts 2.4 million subscribers – and caused outrage. Many were appalled by Pepper’s nonchalant attitude towards sexual harassment, and comments were heated. The video was taken down from YouTube after being deemed offensive.
Post by Sam Pepper.
Not only did Pepper receive overwhelming negative reactions form the public, fellow YouTubers also spoke out against his actions. Friend and collaborator Mazzi Maz publicly said he thought Pepper had crossed a line with his new video,...
Sam Pepper Sexual Harassment Prank Video
Pepper, a former Big Brother UK contestant, uploaded the first “Fake Hand Ass Pinch Prank” video on Sept. 20. The video features Pepper walking around L.A., asking young women for directions and then sneakily pinching their backsides.
The video immediately went viral – Pepper boasts 2.4 million subscribers – and caused outrage. Many were appalled by Pepper’s nonchalant attitude towards sexual harassment, and comments were heated. The video was taken down from YouTube after being deemed offensive.
Post by Sam Pepper.
Not only did Pepper receive overwhelming negative reactions form the public, fellow YouTubers also spoke out against his actions. Friend and collaborator Mazzi Maz publicly said he thought Pepper had crossed a line with his new video,...
- 9/23/2014
- Uinterview
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