Jon Cozart, formally known from the YouTube channel “Paint”, is a YouTube personality that uses his musical talents to create quality satirical videos about pop culture, social events, and politics. His original and witty lyrics make the videos entertaining and the quality of his videos improves as his channel grows. Jon Cozart uploaded his first video in 2010 titled “Share The Love (Original Ukulele)”, which was an original song he made to share positivity and humor with a large audience. Now with over four million subscribers, Jon Cozart still produces original and quality entertainment. The YouTube personality Jon Cozart, or “Paint”, may seem like an amateur artist in some videos, but Cozart’s production and music skills are well-crafted
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One major purpose is to entertain and inform the audience about different topics. Cozart’s most popular video, “After Ever After” is a Disney Parody and is a comical video about the popular Disney princesses lives after the movies end with the happily ever after plot. While these videos are primarily made for entertainment, they also relate to societies problems and how if these movies were real what would happen instead of the fairytale. For example, Jon Cozart sings through the perspective of Ariel form The Little Mermaid and discusses the effects humans have on the ocean’s environment through the consumption of sea life and pollution, such as the oil spills that took place in 2010 by the company BP and was a dramatic event the ecosystem. Moreover, he sings through the perspective of Jasmine and how she is terrified and does not know where Aladdin is because of the War on Terror that is taking place in her country of Agrabah, which would be in the Middle East. The War on Terror is a military campaign launched by the United States government after the September 11 attacks and is a controversial event that has lasted for many years and caused a lot of destruction. Therefore, these types of videos inspire the viewer to think more critically about the social events happening in the world through a creative and comedic way. However, the subject matter can be challenging and the cynical humor may not be for …show more content…
For example, in the “Politiclash” videos Cozart sings through the perspectives of Hilary Clinton, Donald Trump, and Bernie Sanders. Respectively, he mocks the candidates and the way the 2016 election was less about the platform of each candidate and more about the drama between them. Moreover, he mocks Donald Trump’s attitude, intellect, and his bigoted views through Hilary and Bernie’s perspectives. He also mocks Hilary for the email scandal, being a white feminist and not advocating against the oppression of women of color. This provides a creative perspective on the controversy of politics and the subject matter and diction Cozart chose for these videos suggests that the videos were intended for a mature audience. Also, the humor in his videos can be taken offensively for younger audiences. Especially in the “After Ever After” videos where he parodies Disney movies and describes the princess’s life as if it was in real life. The videos abandon the innocence theme that is evident in the Disney movies and intended for younger audiences and suggests a more realistic view on
One major purpose is to entertain and inform the audience about different topics. Cozart’s most popular video, “After Ever After” is a Disney Parody and is a comical video about the popular Disney princesses lives after the movies end with the happily ever after plot. While these videos are primarily made for entertainment, they also relate to societies problems and how if these movies were real what would happen instead of the fairytale. For example, Jon Cozart sings through the perspective of Ariel form The Little Mermaid and discusses the effects humans have on the ocean’s environment through the consumption of sea life and pollution, such as the oil spills that took place in 2010 by the company BP and was a dramatic event the ecosystem. Moreover, he sings through the perspective of Jasmine and how she is terrified and does not know where Aladdin is because of the War on Terror that is taking place in her country of Agrabah, which would be in the Middle East. The War on Terror is a military campaign launched by the United States government after the September 11 attacks and is a controversial event that has lasted for many years and caused a lot of destruction. Therefore, these types of videos inspire the viewer to think more critically about the social events happening in the world through a creative and comedic way. However, the subject matter can be challenging and the cynical humor may not be for …show more content…
For example, in the “Politiclash” videos Cozart sings through the perspectives of Hilary Clinton, Donald Trump, and Bernie Sanders. Respectively, he mocks the candidates and the way the 2016 election was less about the platform of each candidate and more about the drama between them. Moreover, he mocks Donald Trump’s attitude, intellect, and his bigoted views through Hilary and Bernie’s perspectives. He also mocks Hilary for the email scandal, being a white feminist and not advocating against the oppression of women of color. This provides a creative perspective on the controversy of politics and the subject matter and diction Cozart chose for these videos suggests that the videos were intended for a mature audience. Also, the humor in his videos can be taken offensively for younger audiences. Especially in the “After Ever After” videos where he parodies Disney movies and describes the princess’s life as if it was in real life. The videos abandon the innocence theme that is evident in the Disney movies and intended for younger audiences and suggests a more realistic view on