How Shrinking People Stories Help Us Deal With Our Anxieties ? Miniature People Trope, Explained

From historic Irish tales of ‘little people’ to Swift’s Lilliputians, the Honey I Shrunk The Kids franchise to watching people cook in tiny kitchens online – what’s our eternal obsession with miniature people all about?
Over the centuries, tiny people have been portrayed in a myriad of ways; they’ve been mischievous and magic, funny and fearsome, sinister and sweet. And once they made it on screen, those different portrayals were pushed even further, from fantasy into the realm of sci-fi. No matter how far-fetched their stories, when they appear on screen, miniature people often tell us something important about human beings of all sizes!

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
01:28 Tiny stories magnify our biggest frustrations
02:26 Kid's frustrations that grown ups don't understand
04:51 Zooming in on the struggles of adulthood
07:19 Shrinking in dystopia...
09:02 The biggest reason we'll always love tiny stories

The Take was created by Debra Minoff & Susannah McCullough
This video was written by Ellie Slee, narrated & produced by Jessica Babineaux, and edited by Travis Martin

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