Welcome to a breakpoint, a daily look at an ever-changing culture through the lens of unchanging truth.

For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street.

On the day after the election back in November, several the hosts of ABC's The View pondered how Vice President Harris could lose despite her, and I quote, perfectly run campaign.

A few even wore black to demonstrate their

morning. That evening, a late-night talk show host wept during his opening monologue instead of doing

the typical comedy. And of course, on social media, a whole host of women announced the so-called

four-bee movement, which called for the boycotting of men, the shaving of their heads,

and undergoing collective hysterectomies.

Now, of course, people getting a little nutty about an election result is nothing new.

But the fallout this time has been even more theatrical than usual.

Pundits aren't just breaking down the results.

Some of them are actually breaking down.

And then, of course, they're uploading it to social media. Actress and filmmaker Justine Bateman,

better known by Jen Exers, as Mallory from Family Ties, recently weighed in on these performances,

which come complete with lighting and acting and even set direction, quote, have long been fascinated by the decision that many make to film themselves crying and upset.

This has been a practice online for many years.

As I'm a filmmaker, I'm curious about the origin motivation for them.

Do they have an upsetting experience, start crying, and then have the thought of,

oh, where's my phone? I've got to

film myself? And then prop the camera up and sit back down and frame and continue the crying.

Afterward, they stopped the recording, play it back, maybe do another take, maybe edit it together,

and then they make this decision to post it, to distribute it internationally on their account,

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