I want to play a game…
Thorpe Park’s Saw: The Ride claims to be The World’s Scariest Ride. But it’s not. It’s camp. Let me explain in this totally unnecessary video essay.
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Big thank you to my good friend Sally Ní Thuama who when we visited Thorpe Park described Saw: The Ride in passing as ‘camp’, thus sending me down this rabbit hole.
Thank you to my friends for letting me harass them at a party into cameoing in this video:
Joseph Bell (Check out his wonderful music here ► [ Ссылка ])
Ali Woods (Check out his brilliant comedy here ► [ Ссылка ])
Natalia Kumar
Isuri De Alwis
Scott Payling
Harry Robertson
Charlie Hutchinson
Sinéad Hammond
And finally thank you to Molly Parker and Harry Robertson for their brilliant notes and feedback on this video.
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Channel media used:
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Bobby Healy [ Ссылка ]
ChezbearJ [ Ссылка ]
Dylan’s Coaster Universe [ Ссылка ]
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KoasterKing 205 [ Ссылка ]
Liza Koshy [ Ссылка ]
Manufacturing Intellect [ Ссылка ]
PlanIt Park [ Ссылка ]
Super Enthused [ Ссылка ]
ThemeParkArchives [ Ссылка ]
Theme Park Callum [ Ссылка ]
Theme Parks Direct [ Ссылка ]
Treehouse Coasters [ Ссылка ]
XtremeCoasters Network [ Ссылка ]
Other misc sources:
Making Thorpe Park by Chris Atkinson [ Ссылка ]
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Music used: The Shape Returns, Summer is Calling, Hackers, Sakura, Evil Behind The Mask, Solara, and End Credits by Karl Casey of White Bat Audio
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All tracks have been adapted to sound like they’re at a party.
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Sections:
00:00 Intro
00:55 A quick introduction to camp
03:26 An overview of Saw: The Ride
10:38 Saw: The Ride, Looking camp right in the eye
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