So I’ve continued on with the story of Krishna as done by
Epified. It’s a really interesting series and not one that I probably would
have found without this class to lead me to it. I first tried the Epified
series with the Epified version of the Mahabharata and though at first, I said
that the material doesn’t really go into enough depth, I think I’ve come to a
more complete conclusion on that. So even though these are very short and don’t
give a ton of detail, you can’t really judge them on that scale because they’re
not setting out to do that in the first place. They set out to give a cursory
overview of the material they’re working with and they do that very well. In
some ways, I find the story of Krishna far more interesting just because it’s
not as varied and it doesn’t bounce around as much. Personally I felt that the
Mahabharta in both the written form and in the Epified version really just
bounces around far too much and it makes it very hard to really follow the
narrative arcs because there’s constantly new characters and new people being
talked about. Now with this story, the narrative is much more focused and
targeted around one person and I think this works much better for the Epified
format. Instead of telling a bunch of one to three minute stories that only
have small connections between them at times, all these stories are very
strongly connected. It also feels like the stakes feel higher. From the very
beginning of the piece, things have been extremely intense and tumultuous. It
really holds the viewer in very well. Finally, I appreciate that the narrators
actually have Indian accents because it adds a certain strong cultural tone it
that really works well for the piece.
Bibliography: Epified Krishna, link
(Krishna Statue, wikimedia commons)
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