O'Black where art thou?

When I first came on You Tube, interest in film criticism was at an all time high. Mr. Black was one of the first to come on You Tube and he garnered thousands of subscribers. It was the right time,nobody was doing online video reviews. Mr. Black set a standard for video reviews. They were coherent, informative, rich in history and infused with a personality aimed for the every day man. In a world where stuffy out of touch critics flooded the written market, Black was a breath of fresh air.
Now, before I even knew who Mr. Black was I came on You Tube wanting to just talk about film. I had no intention of reviewing movies. So my first few videos were horrendous, Boring, confusing, biased messes and just a waste of everyone's time in my opinion. I found Mr. Black in a related videos tab and I was instantly inspired. Watching his videos helped me see what I was doing wrong, so very very wrong.
Mr. Black had a way to celebrate film. Even while reviewing a terrible movie that wasn't worth anybody's time he had a way of switching it around, guiding you to a better film somewhere out there. It was subtle and done effortlessly, the sign of a true film buff. As time passed You Tube made it more and more difficult to make videos for the public. Despite our videos being perfectly acceptable under fair use, You Tube told us they were not. You tube catered to the Blunty's and the DeFranco's who had no problem showing their stupid faces while asking people for money.er..donations I should say but us, the faceless entities who wanted to just spread a message, we were constantly denied.
I don't blame Mr. Black for leaving You Tube. He would spend countless hours on making a video and see absolutely no return whatsoever. A wise man once said, "never do something you're good at for free" The Joker was on to something. Black left You Tube with some of the best, most informative and inspiring videos that you will find on the internet,with hundreds of thousands of views and in the end, it's Ijustine who gets money to go on vacation cuz she shaked her ass in an Apple store. The world can be a stupid place indeed.
Over the years Black never told me his name, never showed me his face, nothing. Despite spending sometimes hours lost in conversation, talking about everything from apathy,world events, movies,life. That was his choice and I am fine with that. One of the things we always agreed on is that the message was always more important. I like to think Black is ok, out there, living life and living it happily. I considered him a friend and I hope he's ok. My goal this year was to find him and get him to come out, at least for an interview. I just hope he's ok.