Wall-E as Sociological Storytelling

Help me make more videos! https://www.patreon.com/popdetective Pixar’s Wall-E is a masterpiece of animated filmmaking about two adorable robots falling in love, though I’d argue it also serves as an excellent example of sociological storytelling. Social systems are one of the most important, and most misunderstood, concepts in my work on media and masculinity. So in this video essay I use Wall-E's Axiom star liner (and the board game Monopoly) to illustrate how social systems operate in our culture. PATREON This video was made possible by support from viewers like you! If you’d like to see more videos focusing on the intersections of entertainment, politics and masculinity, please head over to my Patreon page and help fund this web series: https://www.patreon.com/popdetective PAYPAL If you'd rather make a one-time donation you can do that via PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/popdetective LINKS • Watch Allan G Johnson explain social systems using Monopoly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rxL3ik9sJA • On why systems of privilege aren't just people by Allan G Johnson http://www.agjohnson.us/glad/arent-systems-just-people/ RECOMMENDED BOOKS • The Forest and the Trees: Sociology as Life, Practice, and Promise https://www.amazon.com/Forest-Trees-Sociology-Practice-Promise/dp/1439911878 • The Gender Knot: Unraveling Our Patriarchal Legacy https://www.amazon.com/Gender-Knot-Unraveling-Patriarchal-Legacy/dp/1439911843/ • The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love https://www.amazon.com/Will-Change-Men-Masculinity-Love/dp/0743456084 FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT: http://popculturedetective.agency/2017/wall-e-as-sociological-storytelling COMMENTS YouTube comments are held for approval due to harassment of this channel. If you would like to participate in constructive online conversations about this video, please share it on your social media networks. When videos get popular it's not always possible to short through every comment but I do the best I can. FAIR USE All multimedia clips included in this video constitute a 'fair use' of any copyrighted material as provided for in Section 107 of U.S. Copyright law, which allows for criticism, comment and scholarship. Learn more about fair use with this awesome app by New Media Rights! http://newmediarights.org/fairuse CREDITS Writer/Producer: Jonathan McIntosh Motion Graphics: Jonathan McIntosh Logo Design: Justin McIntosh Outro music: Jonathan Mann https://www.patreon.com/jonathanmann TRANSLATIONS Help us caption and translate this video here: https://amara.org/v/cMiH/