Eyebrow Cinema's video: The Wendy Theory is Bad

Kiyoshi Kurosawa's PULSE is now streaming on MUBI in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Get a whole month of great cinema FREE on MUBI: https://mubi.com/eyebrowcinema Like and subscribe if you'd like to see more video essays about movies. 0:00 - Introducing 2:40 - Unpacking 8:10 - Unraveling 14:13 - Questioning 23:43 - Confronting Support me on Patreon! Benefits include early access, exclusive vlogs, and more: https://www.patreon.com/eyebrowcinema In this video essay, I respond to "The Wendy Theory", a popular fan interpretation of Stanley Kubrick's The Shining which argues that Wendy Torrance is the true villain of the story, popularized by Youtuber "Rob at the Movies". My goals are not only to debunk "The Wendy Theory", but also to explore film and media interpretation more broadly. The Wendy Theory Link: https://youtu.be/wRr_0W-9hWg Filmography: https://letterboxd.com/pgcooper/list/the-wendy-theory-is-bad-filmography/ See also: "The Birth of a New Avant-Garde: La Caméra-Stylo." Alexandre Astruc. 1992. "A Dialectic Approach to Film Form." Sergei Eisenstein. 1949. Music Featured: "No. 8 Requiem" by Esther Abrami "Love Him" by Loyalty Freak Music "The Plan's Working" by Cooper Cannell "Marxist Arrow" by Twin Musicom "The Wind" by Komiku "Martian Cowboy" by Kevin MacLeod "Both Flanks" by Small Colin "Setup with an E" by Small Colin "Measured Paces" by Kevin MacLeod "Strange Stuff" by Matt Harris "The Six Realms" by I Think I Can Help You "Northern Lights" by Chris Haugen Marxist Arrow by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/ Martian Cowboy by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100349 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Measured Paces by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100164 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ More Stanley Kubrick Videos: Barry Lyndon - The Unworthy Protagonist - https://youtu.be/hSXoNYzguqI Hierarchies of Violence in The Shining - https://youtu.be/tMw2YWOBeoM Stanley Kubrick's Favourite Actors - https://youtu.be/Uon8unTCEX4 The Shining Dissolves - https://youtu.be/K3H6cWt38zQ More Eyebrow Cinema: The Death of Michael Corleone - How I Learned to Love The Godfather Part III? - https://youtu.be/9U-lG3U6QZ0 The Last Picture Show and the Legacy of BBS - https://youtu.be/IDssdiXddLs This Might Be My Masterpiece - Inglourious Basterds and Lady in the Water - https://youtu.be/uCPMlynZnuE The Film Bro is Dead - https://youtu.be/KS-tAU8x4Jc Villains Reformed in Batman: The Animated Series - https://youtu.be/S19TB-6j1AA Listening to Blade Runner's Terrible Voiceover - https://youtu.be/3V2Hyq546gE No, Superhero Movies are Not Like Westerns - https://youtu.be/SiV-bOulZl8 Dark Souls Difficulty and the Easy Mode Debate - https://youtu.be/z_lRIP8AkXM The Fly - The First Horror Movie I Loved - https://youtu.be/u3tyznXp7-o Dune, Star Wars and Building Sci-Fi Worlds - https://youtu.be/d_W823JT5Bs On Her Majesty's Secret Service and The End of James Bond - https://youtu.be/Ko492zTs9xs Long Movies are Good, Actually - https://youtu.be/YGhsxpsXgF0 Harry Potter - 10 Years Later - https://youtu.be/H0VjWs6aivw Never Say Never Again is a Waste - https://youtu.be/GsdMCujvmMA Being John Malkovich and the Office Movies of 1999 - https://youtu.be/sI3Obe0tiDU The Plot Holes of Vertigo (and why they don't matter) - https://youtu.be/xP9EDhntal4 Learning to Love Batman v. Superman - https://youtu.be/o3W_qrWdewE The Decay of Cinema - https://youtu.be/hjDNtwh2i5M Sleepless in Seattle - Crying at Action Movies - https://youtu.be/UZLyIdVeLaM Star Wars Can't Move On - https://youtu.be/ESWgz-lcUuE Contextualizing Insomnia - Nolan's Secret Gem - https://youtu.be/IUef5zrtRQ4 Movie Theaters and the Value of Inconvenience - https://youtu.be/uZdl9D7NWBI Action and Pacifism in Castle in the Sky - https://youtu.be/fuIhAH8mnSM