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Hey, I'm Candace Lim, and you're listening to I-Cy-Y-M-I-M-I.

In case you missed it, Slate's podcast about internet culture.

And this was the week of Justin Timberlake attempting a comeback.

Jennifer Lopez producing a Bob the Builder movie at Mattel.

Will this be like her like Hustler's redemption?

And Def Battelle returning to the big screen because he is starring in and directing his first film it's called monkey man it's produced by jordan peel and let me tell you

something i will be sitting in a theater with a coca cola i see on my left and an amc a list

stubs card on my right because because Dev Patel Girlies, we're back.

So on today's episode, we're going to talk about a phenomenon you've seen and probably lived with for your entire internet life, and it's called video essays.

Now, video essays are kind of the bread and butter of YouTube,

along with like prank videos and babies named Charlie.

These are anywhere from 30 minutes to three hour long videos

where someone will sit in their room and speak straight to camera about anything.

From why we keep retelling Persephone's story to an excruciatingly deep dive into

the Avatar theme park, to the failure of Victorious.

That video, by the way, is five and a half hours long.

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