Rhett and Link on Good Mythical Morning

A talk show made by man-children, for man children

By: Briana Waugaman
   
Good Mythical Morning is a youtube morning show made by two men, Rhett and Link. They have been making these videos for the last seven years and upload videos almost daily. They built their company on entertaining there views and have come a long way from where they began. In this paper I am going to review one of there more recent episodes. It is called You’re Showering Wrong.
  
  Entertainment
Good Mythical Morning covers a lot of different topics, but the main thing that the creators want you to get out of it is humor. They use comedy in every video to make it entertaining. On this particular episode Link, who is kind of a neat freak, is telling use the right way to take a shower. Throughout the whole video there is a lot of banter between Rhett and Link which is a huge thing that draws fans to the show. They came up with this idea based on the conspiracy theories that Rhett usually does in videos. The content of the show and the people performing both make it very entertaining.
    Artistic
They also are very good at artistic value. They have a crew of people managing the cameras and lights in their studio. The are very good at getting camera angles that, in this particular episode, highlights Rhett's annoyance or Link’s enjoyment. There sound is clear and there crew is very good at editing videos. In this video it is mostly Link talking, but to balance that out they show a lot of Rhett’s depaned expressions, which helps us focus on the fact that there are two people doing the show. It also makes it more entertaining to gets Rhett’s reactions to what Link is saying.
    
Educational
This particular video Link is telling us the “proper” way to shower. This is educational even if it is technically a opinion. It also informs us more about what these two people are like. Other videos of theirs are better at showing educational value but this video still has it. It improves our lives by bringing humor into the world. The main theme in any of the videos is a reprieve from the hardness of life. It gives a lot of people an escape from reality. That's why people tune in to listen to Link talk about his showing habits.
Literary
    Storyline is a huge part of what they do on GMM. Every episode is well thought out and planned before it is shot. There are conflicts between Rhett and Link. Rhett is annoyed at what Link is saying… but not really. They act certain ways because it makes the whole show more comedic. Rhett is not really annoyed at what Link is talking about, but him making deadpan faces makes the show more fun. All of their videos leave the door open for more things that they could do. This is the first step by step video Link has done, but because it was well received it will probably not be the last. What makes that brilliant is that they most likely thought of that before hand. They make up plots very well in just fifteen minutes, which is amazing.

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