Andrea Long Chu

Oh my God. Yes, I did. That was a long time ago. Yeah. Oh my God.

Oh my God. Yes, I did. That was a long time ago. Yeah. Oh my God.

Oh my God. Yes, I did. That was a long time ago. Yeah. Oh my God.

Well, I think it's an excellent question because sometimes artists have no idea what they're doing. I do try and find, you know, absolutely everything I can to a kind of absurd degree. And I really enjoy that, just one, because I... I have that kind of archival impulse.

Well, I think it's an excellent question because sometimes artists have no idea what they're doing. I do try and find, you know, absolutely everything I can to a kind of absurd degree. And I really enjoy that, just one, because I... I have that kind of archival impulse.

Well, I think it's an excellent question because sometimes artists have no idea what they're doing. I do try and find, you know, absolutely everything I can to a kind of absurd degree. And I really enjoy that, just one, because I... I have that kind of archival impulse.

And because I like finding, you know, little hidden gems where it feels like someone has exactly said the thing that I was suspecting they thought but that they hadn't said yet. Or places where you can see it clearly, you know, bleeding into the work. To some extent, the work of the essay is for them, right?

And because I like finding, you know, little hidden gems where it feels like someone has exactly said the thing that I was suspecting they thought but that they hadn't said yet. Or places where you can see it clearly, you know, bleeding into the work. To some extent, the work of the essay is for them, right?

And because I like finding, you know, little hidden gems where it feels like someone has exactly said the thing that I was suspecting they thought but that they hadn't said yet. Or places where you can see it clearly, you know, bleeding into the work. To some extent, the work of the essay is for them, right?

Well, what I mean is that not that they would like it necessarily or even that they would benefit from it, but just that I think that I can show them what it is that they are actually up to because I don't think they're, for the most part, aware of it.

Well, what I mean is that not that they would like it necessarily or even that they would benefit from it, but just that I think that I can show them what it is that they are actually up to because I don't think they're, for the most part, aware of it.

Well, what I mean is that not that they would like it necessarily or even that they would benefit from it, but just that I think that I can show them what it is that they are actually up to because I don't think they're, for the most part, aware of it.

Yeah, I mean, they're doing all kinds of stuff unconsciously that they don't have awareness of. That's the sort of psychological level. There is also a level that is material. One of the chapters in the book is a piece about the television show Yellowstone.

Yeah, I mean, they're doing all kinds of stuff unconsciously that they don't have awareness of. That's the sort of psychological level. There is also a level that is material. One of the chapters in the book is a piece about the television show Yellowstone.

Yeah, I mean, they're doing all kinds of stuff unconsciously that they don't have awareness of. That's the sort of psychological level. There is also a level that is material. One of the chapters in the book is a piece about the television show Yellowstone.

And for me, like, the most consequential thing about that piece is that this guy, Taylor Sheridan, who created Yellowstone and is, you know, making all of these shows for Paramount+, he signed this, like, whatever, nine series deal with them so that he could...

And for me, like, the most consequential thing about that piece is that this guy, Taylor Sheridan, who created Yellowstone and is, you know, making all of these shows for Paramount+, he signed this, like, whatever, nine series deal with them so that he could...

And for me, like, the most consequential thing about that piece is that this guy, Taylor Sheridan, who created Yellowstone and is, you know, making all of these shows for Paramount+, he signed this, like, whatever, nine series deal with them so that he could...

finance buying a ranch that is featured in Yellowstone and which he, you know, even taking away some level of sort of judgment, which, you know, I would not ultimately, but even taking that away, it's like, oh, like it's so interesting to think of a show as essentially a down payment on a property. That's not a metaphor, right?

finance buying a ranch that is featured in Yellowstone and which he, you know, even taking away some level of sort of judgment, which, you know, I would not ultimately, but even taking that away, it's like, oh, like it's so interesting to think of a show as essentially a down payment on a property. That's not a metaphor, right?