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Discussion on: Hollywood vs. the attention economy

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DrDeception

Mr beast is great at keep attention with all his optimizations and video tricks, but when it comes down to it, he himself is just not that interesting as a personality. A lot of the things that keep people entertained are stunts that are interesting in nature. You could replace Mr. Beast and the video itself would objectively be equally as interesting. He neither detracts or adds value.

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Maven

I would disagree slightly. He has some appeal for being an average guy, and the audience can relate to that. He’s not some unattainable / hyper good looking / extremely smart personality, and that’s where his charm is. I think his down to earth nature is what makes him fun to watch in extreme situations.