Amazing YouTube!

click to watch "Leave Britney Alone" on YouTube

"Leave Britney Alone" has totally about 35,317,351 viewers on YouTube. What a huge number! The performer Chris Crocker then became very famous that we can see many films of him on YouTube now. But most of them are crazy and not healthy.

Most of the films done by Chris Crocker are photographed by himself, including the most famous one " Leave Britney Alone". There's no technical factors at all. It gets so many attention mainly because of the idea expressed in the video and the crazy way it it being expressed. On YouTube, where everyone can tell their own story and post them freely, technical terms such as camera angles or the use of light are less important.

Of course it raises interesting socio-cultural issues. The number of viewers can tell something. Most people watch it for fun and feel satisfy after watching such a crazy man screaming out leaving Britney alone, especially when they notice the man is too emotional or say a little bit out of mind. Then they find out that Chris is a gay, which makes the situation more interesting. People want to know more about the personal life of Chris just for fun! What a sick psychological state of human beings. After watching several pieces of Chris' films, I can clearly see that he has some mental problem which makes him easily become very emotional. If the viewers could've cared more about Chris' mental health problem and offered some nice advice to him, maybe Chris could act normally and become a mentally healthy person now. However, the pathetic fact is people only care about what makes them laugh out loud.

I have to admit that this shocking video deserves the attention because it is so unusual and weird. People tend to be interested in funny and abnormal things and this character comes with human nature.

But the point is, how do we react after watching such a special film and what is the right way to react. Only by figuring these problems out could we make places like YouTube more meaningful and helpful in cultural communication. Think deeply and broadly is essential. It is okay not to help a guy like Chris due to the distance problem or other difficulties, but it is not okay if the only purpose of watching the video is to be happy by making fun of other people. After thinking it is ridiculous, we should come up with some deeper thoughts like what makes Chris act like this and is it a good idea to call for attention in such a weird way.

Here goes to the last question. YouTube provides us a platform with different opinions and different types of life. It is a window to look at the whole world through the internet. So convenient it is for people to know and understand cultures of other countries. It definitely contribute to cultural communication and thus enhance creative culture. There are millions of voices on YouTube, and undoubtedly each voice represents an idea or viewpoint. We can easily approach to those fresh ideas and make the good ones part of our own. It's a process of learning, which does good to creative culture.