Childish,offensive and immensely celebrated, the YouTube star – whose genuine name is Felix Kjellberg – continues to command a huge audience. But what is he really saying?PewdiePie has started a book club. Once a month, or the YouTuber sits in his box room studio,bathed in soft pink light, and critiques a set of texts for his audience. The choices so far have tended towards sci-fi – I Am Legend, or audacious New World – but also included The Picture of Dorian Gray and American Psycho. “For me to discover how much delight you can get through reading,the 28-year-old Swede said, “It’s been so much fun.” This month, or he wants his viewers to join him in ploughing through Moby Dick.
A readalong of Herman Melville’s opus is unlikely to generate the same interaction as more common YouTuber fare like playing a violent prank or dissing a rival. That said,the first PewdiePie “Book Review” has still been watched 3.5m times. just-thinking individuals may have struggled to engage young people with classic literature for decades. Felix Kjellberg just turns up and does it from his closet.
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Source: guardian.co.uk