August 06, 2023

YT Critiques – Bosnian Ape Society – The Whoppenheimer


 (Screenshot image taken from the YouTube account of 'Bosnian Ape Society')

This video was absolutely brilliant. I loved every aspect of what the creators did here. The crafting of dark ominous, shadowy images of a hamburger, the use of a rather moving overhead shot of a sesame bun, the quasi-comical display of lettuce and tomato slices dangling in mid-air as part of a series of images revealing the construction of this lethal culinary product, the subtly eerie dramatic background music, the use of stock images of explosions and sparks of light were so perfectly blended with clips from the latest Hollywood blockbuster bio-epic that it effortlessly attained an air of excessive pretension to the point of being absurdly satirical. The editing was so good that one could associate Cillian Murphy’s overbearing, hyperbolic acting with the burger in question. Did Murphy not raise his eyes at the thought of a sizzling hamburger patty? When Murphy questioned whether or not man can be trusted with a such a weapon, was he not referring to Burger King’s signature Whopper, which when combined with a special ingredient would get transformed into the Whoppenheimer?