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Bodied

But then you have these guys who are doing competitive poetry -- which is what it really...

Bodied • 2017
But then you have these guys who are doing competitive poetry -- which is what it really is -- and they're
selling out venues

Full Transcript

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But then you have these guys
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who are doing competitive poetry
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-- which is what it really is
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-- and they're selling out venues.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
44
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:04
Uploaded
Jun 29, 2025
Genres
comedy, drama, music
Production
YouTube Originals

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Movie Summary

A progressive graduate student finds success and sparks outrage when his interest in battle rap as a thesis subject becomes a competitive obsession.
They're getting tens of thousands, - Bodied 00:05
They're getting tens of thousands,
And instead we're giving awards to middle-aged - Bodied 00:07
And instead we're giving awards to middle-aged
You want the Swedish Academy to start awarding - Bodied 00:05
You want the Swedish Academy to start awarding
-Like, battle and... -[Laughs] - Bodied 00:07
-Like, battle and... -[Laughs]
Do you really want to be another white guy - Bodied 00:05
Do you really want to be another white guy
On page four twenty-three, Dostoevsky has Maximov quote - Bodied 00:10
On page four twenty-three, Dostoevsky has Maximov quote
But there's one thing still troubling me: - Bodied 00:06
But there's one thing still troubling me:
Now the poet Batyushkov is referring to the popular - Bodied 00:13
Now the poet Batyushkov is referring to the popular
[Imitates jumping] - Bodied 00:06
[Imitates jumping]
The first is of course from LL Cool J, - Bodied 00:28
The first is of course from LL Cool J,
Ladies, Seinfeld is a seminal text, - Bodied 00:05
Ladies, Seinfeld is a seminal text,
Ladies Seinfeld is a seminal text - Bodied 00:09
Ladies Seinfeld is a seminal text
I was wondering if you had a minute to talk about - Bodied 00:04
I was wondering if you had a minute to talk about
You know, I'm just spitballing here, - Bodied 00:08
You know, I'm just spitballing here,
Wait a minute, sounds familiar, - Bodied 00:06
Wait a minute, sounds familiar,
But if you look at the scene going on now, - Bodied 00:10
But if you look at the scene going on now,
That's the whole point of the humanities - Bodied 00:09
That's the whole point of the humanities
The rise of comic book movies as the ultimate crisis - Bodied 00:05
The rise of comic book movies as the ultimate crisis
So he shut you down entirely - Bodied 00:20
So he shut you down entirely
Because it sounds like he heard your idea, - Bodied 00:12
Because it sounds like he heard your idea,