I totally get what you’re saying. I was like that with the first parody, tbh. It took me like three attempts to get through the whole thing because the secondhand embarrassment was that bad. The second one wasn’t so bad for me but I’m not sure why. Maybe because there was less lip syncing and more recreation shots? The lip syncing was a whole lot of no for me. I like the recreation shots, honestly. I was pretty impressed with them when you put it all side-by-side (I have a set of stills in my queue right now). 

But I do still think they’re pretty cringey. I get that some people either enjoy that or don’t mind it but I’m not really a fan. I’m glad other people enjoy it and the people who made it probably had a lot of fun doing it but it’s not for me. I kinda feel the same about things like character actors at Disney Land, too. It’s good for the people who are actually interested in that kind of thing (like little kids) but the thought of interacting with a character actor or watching someone else do it is just… no thank you. I realize this probably makes me a stick in the mud but I just feel a whole lot of nope about the whole thing. 

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