Yup. The ones that are just a blow by blow recap are not really offering anything valuable. If there are specific chapters with points to make then longer videos can be done but generally I find even then it could benefit from knowing when to cut content.
Warm take: Any video essay longer than 2 hours needs to learn to get to the fucking point
Some topics do genuinely require more time though. But those can and should be split into well-defined chapters.
Yup. The ones that are just a blow by blow recap are not really offering anything valuable. If there are specific chapters with points to make then longer videos can be done but generally I find even then it could benefit from knowing when to cut content.
Behind the Bastards did a 6 part (~6 hr) block on Kissinger that I appreciated