The Take

The Take

This is the Take. It's where you come to understand more about your favorite movies, shows and culture. Our video essays make the story worlds you enter richer and deeper. Think: Endings Explained, Character Studies, Hidden Messages and Symbols Revealed, Actor and Director Profiles, and more. We want to share our love of visual culture with the world. So here's our Take.

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Why Bruce Willis (And His Career) Deserve Respect

Why Bruce Willis (And His Career) Deserve Respect

Bruce Willis is more than an action hero, and as he ushered in a new kind of movie star, he cemented his place as one of the most influential actors of his era. So how did he do it? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

30 Apr 202220min

The Antihero Problem - What They All Fear

The Antihero Problem - What They All Fear

Most antiheroes repeat the same mistakes in their lives and commit monstrous acts as they pass their emotional trauma on to future generations. But why? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

28 Apr 202224min

Bridgerton Season 2 - Why We Love Enemies-to-Lovers Arcs

Bridgerton Season 2 - Why We Love Enemies-to-Lovers Arcs

In Season 2 of Bridgerton, Anthony Bridgerton and Kate Sharma are star crossed lovers, but rather than being thwarted by external forces, it’s their internal hostility to one another that gets in the way of their obvious desire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

26 Apr 202220min

The Other Woman Trope - Demystifying The Villain

The Other Woman Trope - Demystifying The Villain

The "Other Woman" is a threat to the family unit, always wants what she can't have, and is seemingly motivated to 'steal' a married man. Despite attempts to humanize her, The Other Woman remains a powerful, often hated taboo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

23 Apr 202224min

The “Real” Jennifer Lawrence - Cool Girl or Serious Star?

The “Real” Jennifer Lawrence - Cool Girl or Serious Star?

Who is Jennifer Lawrence, really – the cool girl who can hang with the guys she long acted like in public appearances, or the steely, resilient and deep heroine she’s often played onscreen? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

21 Apr 202223min

The Kanye-Kim-Pete Feud - How It Mirrors Back to Us

The Kanye-Kim-Pete Feud - How It Mirrors Back to Us

The surreally intimate and disturbing Kim-Kanye-Pete feud, as well as celebrity drama as a whole, reveal a lot about the state of social media and fame today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

19 Apr 202212min

The Heather Trope - Why We’re So Obsessed with Her

The Heather Trope - Why We’re So Obsessed with Her

The Heather is popular, coveted, and mean. But she's also often unhappy and voiceless. So what can we learn about pop culture’s most mysterious, and most misunderstood archetype? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

16 Apr 202219min

The Buff Clown Trope - A New Masculine Ideal

The Buff Clown Trope - A New Masculine Ideal

The Buff Clown has become one of today’s masculine ideals that seems to dominate blockbuster movies, and he’s often used to skewer stereotypes of toxic masculinity and ridiculous egotism. So who is this new Hollywood hero? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

14 Apr 202218min

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