the hidden dramaturgy of Deadlock is CRAZY

Описание: its obvious who the Archmother is based on, but who the Hidden King is supposed to be appears to be a deep cut...

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this video contains a lot of firsts for me. i've never written a true video essay like this and i learned a lot about what i will and wont do going forward here. i've also never animated anything ever before so that was a really fun thing to try. i think i wont be making videos this long every month, especially not ones where i need to read a whole book in order to finish the script (my dyslexia hates me for doing that). i'm really excited for what i have in store next, and i cant wait to share it with you all (: 🩷 - gemelli

chapters:
0:00 - intro
0:28 - dramaturgy
1:31 - is dramaturgy necessary?
4:20 - deadlock
5:08 - the thing that excites me
6:10 - who is the archmother?
7:50 - who is the hidden king?
10:12 - the king in yellow breakdown
19:10 - final thoughts on the book
19:57 - further contrasting points
20:18 - music analysis
22:31 - final thoughts

footage from "Sinners" available on HBO Max. All rights to HBO
footage from "Stranger Things" available on Netflix. All rights to Netflix

'The King in Yellow' ebook courtesy of Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8492

music visualizer: https://maok.us/playbox/projects/mvmnt

deadlock patron music extended editions by:    / @calpolmeister  

all Deadlock music rights to Valve
all Undertale/Deltarune music rights to Toby Fox
all Celeste music rights to Maddy Makes Games inc
all Hallow knight music rights to Team Cherry
all Chrono Trigger music rights to Square Enix
all Risk of Rain music rights to Gearbox
all Pokemon music rights to The Pokemon Company/Nintendo/Game Freak

the outro music is an instrumental excerpt of the song 'Cosmos Dreaming' from my album 'Transitional Funk' which you can find here:    • Cosmos Dreaming  

the font used in the video and thumbnail is OpenDyslexic, an open source font designed to alleviate symptoms of dyslexia. find out more about it here: https://opendyslexic.org/