Booksology Crying on the camera
I think the only time I realized Booktok is another animal was when I saw a video of someone openly sobbing and depicting millions of visions while reading the end of the book (I think it was a bit of a life, but I’m not sure). As they are reading the last part of the book, if they start crying outside of the book, you don’t expect people to say they’re reading the last part of the book, so you don’t expect them to say they’re setting up the camera. But we also know that many creators know that #BookSthatMademesob videos can get lots of opinions, and that those opinions can come with cash money from the creator program (and the guest spots on national television). It’s a short video on social media, so I’m at the point like it’s a “real reaction” video. Be careful with sclorers.
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The opening track for Taylor Swift’s new album is for the Bard Head
See, I don’t know that Taylor Swift’s reference to Ophelia regarding “The Fate of Ophelia” is particularly original or interesting. This song is about falling in love with someone, so here we avoid the fate of Ophelia, who is thought to die from a faintly corned affection. What does this actually happen to Ophelia? Maybe (I’m a camp where her father’s sudden death is more responsible than Hamlet’s rebellious nature). Are you happy that Shakespeare’s references will come out of the mouths of the world’s biggest celebrities? “The longer the day, the more cheerful it is.”
