Video Analyst Gifts

What can I get you? I'll have a mocha, a scone, and an explanation of Beyonce's "Formation" video. Ok. Would you like that for here or to go? Here would be good. Ok. Last month, Beyonce released a music video that expressed pride in her black heritage. Pride in black culture, pride in black physical features, pride even in the Black Panther movement. The reason this is ok is, for centuries, mainstream culture has been telling black people to be ashamed of all that. They've been told to straighte

'Their offense is shifty and often ruthless. I want you to study the videotapes - especially this one showing their quarterback robbing a convenience store at gunpoint.'

In the Guru District

"You're losing the audience. Switch to the Powerpoint presentation."

"They grow up so fast."

"I've seem an awful lot of movies ever since they cut them all down to two minutes."

News and Magazines. Celebrity gossip. Sports scandals. Political bickering. We're out of the "information age" and well into the "too much information age"!

"And now here's Cathie with the hypothetical portion of the news."

'If only every year was an election year.'

Press Freedom

"...And do you Sean Spicer take Kelly Anne Conway..." "The marriage of alternative facts"

Studies show foods work miracles!

There's a crew here from 60 minutes and they're coming this way.

"This just in: According to a recent poll, painkillers have replaced religion as the opiate of the masses."

Video Henge: made from melting and molding 3,000,000 obsolete VCR tapes.

'Contrary to the popular view, our studies show that it is real life that contributes to violence on television.'

'All right! Who put my dozing-off during our last meeting on youtube?'

Lies/Damned Lies/Social Media

"We've won control of the congress. Our next objective is to win control of the media."

"I'm going to miss it when they stop warning us"

"We live in the golden age of fake news, alternative facts and spin control. Your resume is too truthful."

"Britain's Got Talent is now in its tenth astonishingly brilliant year!"

"Which news channel should we watch?"

"Er...nothing much has happened yet today...."

'This one is for keeping 'On Message' in the spin wars.'

'My plan for the mid east has approval of both Houses of Congress, Oprah, Larry King, Lettermen and Leno.'

"I actually saw ten gay characters on television this week—which almost balanced out the 2,174 straight characters I saw."

"That newspaper has been showing up ever since you started reading the news online. I think it feels betrayed."

Fifty shades of Leveson.

'Apologists today said little white lies -- but not the big lie -- may have played a part in Iraq Policies....'

That feeling when you know the preacher is talking directly to you.

Newspaper suicide.

'Georgy Porgy kiss 'n' tell story.'

"I'll never forget you."

"'C' is for free CONTENT!"