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Topic: Storytelling on YouTubePosted By: MortSahlFan
Subject: Storytelling on YouTube
Date Posted: August 04 2022 at 09:05
Is it just me, is is the art of Storytelling dying out?
I would have thought with YouTube, there would be some amazing revival.
I ask around (to very little response), so I'll ask here.
I'd
really like to check out elderly YouTubers. There was this one guy I
used to watch, but he died. He would just have this old webcam, be all
alone, and talk into the microphone whenever he felt like it. Nothing
else on the screen - no special screen, no sponsors, just a man telling
stories in his 80+ yrs. Some really sad stories, some happy ones, but he
was a very sincere guy and had a ton of views. Another benefit of older
people is that in a few years, you'll never have access to them, how
things were like in the 1940s. I'm not really interested in things made
in my lifetime -- I already know it! I'm trying to figure out how we got
here, and it's nice to compare stories, what people went through a long
time ago, but also what they stress. It was why I collect newspapers,
too.
Lately, besides
stand-up comedy, I get most of my humor from YouTube comments (or other
places) and I guess the humor "sticks" because people who are watching
the same videos probably understand the references and point of view.
I
do like Americans living abroad, but they're mostly YouTube Tourist
Guides. Very little stories, and mostly highlighting the differences
between both countries, which is also interesting, but it would be cool
just to hear stories abroad... I'd also like to hear foreigners talk
about their time backpacking throughout the US.. One of the highlights
backpacking were the talks in hostels with people from all over the
world, trying to get a better understanding of the world and people.
This
is one man I have watched, Bernard Albertson. It's been a long time,
but I wonder if there's any others like him in the same kind of format.