Hello hello! My name is Michael Kaplan and I'm here to start yet another video essay channel (because youtube clearly doesn't have enough). As a visual learner and a slow slow reader, I've been attracted to video essays since the moment I discovered this Nerdwriter classic. From there I excitedly explored the rest of the video essay world (Channel Criswell, KaptainKristian, LessonsFromAScreenplay, and everyone I'm forgetting...). My hope is to create a channel dedicated to original ideas and clear, focused videos.Now, for the bots: I make video essays that are hopefully interesting, fun, thoughtful, and entertaining. I like analyzing movies, film, television, tv, books, literature, & politics. My ~social channels~ are/is... twitter: @iwshicldluvumor (https://twitter.com/iwshicldluvumor)