Post Collegiate Malaise and Scary Adulthood

#bluevelvet #thegraduate #davidlynch In this video I compare and contrast the young adult struggles of protagonists Jeffrey and Benjamin from Blue Velvet and the Graduate, how their post collegiate malaise affects their worldview and how the films portray the dark world of scary adulthood. I hope some of this puts a new spin on two classics that have been studied to death! I take heavily from the Blue Velvet chapter of Room to Dream by David Lynch and Kristine McKenna Music: Whew, Sunporch Cha Cha, Scarborough Fair/Canticle, and Mrs. Robinson from the Graduate soundtrack Frank, Jeffrey’s Dark Side, Mysteries of Love, and Main Title from Blue Velvet soundtrack Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:46 Coming of Age 06:11 Suburbia and Conformity 14:04 Masculinity 20:54 The Two Women 32:59 Scary Adulthood 39:39 Outro Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Tags: David Lynch, Kyle maclachlan, dustin Hoffman, the graduate, mike Nichols, blue velvet, college, video essay, David Lynch video Essay, twin peaks, film history video essay, mrs. Robinson, Jeffrey Beaumont, frank booth