Jack Stauber's Opal is a Dark Masterpiece *TRIGGER AND SEIZURE WARNING
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
- My first video! Commentary on the amazing short film Opal - Jack Stauber.
*TRIGGER AND SEIZURE WARNING: CONTAINS HEAVY THEMES AND FLASHING LIGHTS*
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“We see you Opal, your troubles are miles away”.
Opals Burgers
exit 22: 9 miles
@@F_lippy😂😂😂😂
We see you Opal ,and in your eyes you'll stay
there she is!
That's my girl !
Also, "we see you, opal" is the main lyric of the beginning family's song, and nobody in her real family actually 'sees' her. Blind, surrounded by mirrors, or clouded by substances, none of them really look at her.
I'm gonna cry. What a beautiful analysis ♡
Only note I’ll make is that I don’t think the mirrors are suppose to be literal. Think it’s suppose to represent that he only “sees” or cares about himself
She knew the whole time. She just realizes every time the illusion breaks again.
It’s also the fact that ‘Opal’ doesn’t dream about her family loving her, all she wants is to be seen. Which is so insanely depressing to only hope your family sees you, but doesn’t have to care or take care of you…
I must say, I did not perceive it like that. I believed the reason she simply wanted to be seen is because that is what she assumes affection to be. This is slightly reflected in the musical number with the fake family. They say that they see Opal, and since they are made in Opal’s mind to be caring and loving, them seeing her, is what she perceives affection to be. Your idea is still a good theory.
Yeah, they cannot see her, literally and metaphorically. It’s horrible. Man, Jack Stauber is amazing, such a smart guy.
She wants to mostly because no one sees her. The grandfather is blind and only treats her as someone there to do what He wants, the dad is surrounded by mirrors and a narcissist that only looks at himself and the mom is too drunk or high to properly see her. She dreams to be seen because, both literally and figuratively, no one sees her
Can’t we all agree that the grandpa has the most banger song
Edit: Mirror man is good, Mirror Man is life
why don’t you tell meE! why does it sound so easy to breeeathe? on tv?
@michaelmalone-rz5qe SAME
Yes
nah mirror man is better
the dad's song does it for me, reflection chamber is amazing
I agree overall, but at the end I wouldn't say that she discovered that she was the daughter of the neglectful family, but actually about her no longing being able to keep the charade allowing us to discover that. Even her introduction scene is about her releasing the tension from her eyes entering the fantasy world with the family in the ad. Without the context of the story, this action lacks meaning and is easy to forget.
I can see that she made up the loving family and when she go into the house that's reality
I've heard people theorise that she has DID so it's really up to interpretation
Tbh this is probably not the first time she’s discovered it but she’s so wrapped up in her world that she keeps forgetting😢
@@user-dz1fz8xh5kIt’s less she forgets and more she’s trying to ignore the reality by dissociating.
The film is so sad,and what is even sadder is that people live through worse than this 😢
I know i wish things like that didn't exist 😥
THEY TURN ME DOWN NOW I LIVE MY NIGHTMARE,GOTTA BE SEEN BY SOMEONE OUT THERE
Now I sit here in reflection chamber, fixing myself so that all can savor :]
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It hits so close to home when all her imaginary family really said was "We see you", "There she is" or, "Hi, Opal"- not even an "I love you" or a "I'm proud of you". and seeing Claire literally fantasizing over her own grandfather saying "hi" to her unlocked some childhood memories that were... not fun to revisit. it really shows that Claire's real family is so incapable of love and compassion towards her that the peak of her ambitions is just to be acknowledged by her family members.
It's genuinely mind boggling to me how Jack Stauber can convey so much trauma and emotion in these short films or musical numbers- especially the little details, such as how the drunk mom claimed that Claire was "A miracle", but appeared to try to beat her after. and the line, "You and I don't live, Claire. We Survive." genuinely sounds like something a drug addict would say. The other detail of the father shifting the mirrors away from Claire when she entered really shattered me, because that's what a lot of my family did to my little sister and I when we were in desperate need of comfort or attention. Something else I noticed was how clearly Claire looked up to "Opal" (The girl in the commercial)- even wearing similar clothes and styling her hair the same way- it shows how Claire admires the girl in the commercial and how badly she wants to be her.
She’s a miracle because she’s lasted so long in the household
copy and paste.
Id like to also add that the billboard says that the exit to "Opal's Burgers" is 9.8 miles away so her troubles are literally miles away from being met as ahe dreams and forlorns a destiny that she will never come across.
This short really doesn’t do justice to Jacks film and I can’t even blame the person who made this. “Opal” is such a deep, short film and every single little detail in it has a deeper meaning. I’ve watched it probably over 30 times now and I still pick up on new things. Seriously a masterpiece
The dad and grandpa had NO right to have such a banger 🔥🔥🔥🗣🗣🗣
WAIT MIRROR MAN WAS THE DAD!? I thought he was the brother or smth-
Shout out to the grandpa, he sang an absolute banger while he had terrible lungs and was coughing blood
I just thought about something :(
I think the beginning, when “Opal” was eating hamburgers with her family, but danced on the table instead, could mean a couple things.
1 - She didn’t eat the hamburger because she didn’t *know how* since she’d probably never had a good dinner as a family back home.
or
2 - She danced on the table to try to seek praise or positive attention. This is because she doesn’t get much, if any, in her real household.
I actually watched a video where the guy narrating said "She likely danced with the burger because of malnutrition. None of her family members are fit to take care of her, so she wouldn't know what to do with the burger."
@@cryptid18362 that might actually be more depressing than mine, wow..
in my opinion this is the scariest thing jack stauber ever made
Once you see his real face. You cannot unsee it
Whos
@@mantelumgamingloilol123the dad
Fr it gives us another hint into what actually is going on in opals house
I saw a vid that talked about the short, im pretty sure its a theory that the wife b3@t him or did something to cause his face to be that way
@@FluffyHellHound420I think I saw the same video as you, I forgot the username tho
Jack Stauber is such a great guy
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IKR
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He’s so silly
I literally cried the first time I saw this and got the meaning
This has to be the darkest thing Jack Stauber has ever made. Sure, he’s always had this feeling of discomfort with his work, but Opal takes it one step higher.
I feel like I'm a vunerable narcissist and the concept of the dad has kind of made me question my own perception. I grew up in a traumatic upbringing and used escapism in my mind throughout it. I feel like i can relate to both Claire and her dad. The survival mechanics dealing with abuse, neglect and trauma bever have gone away for me and even with awareness, it seems hardwired in my brain to be that way.
Tbh usually when people say this I tend to think they probably only have narc traits rather than clinical narcissism but that last part... The feeling of "I literally wouldn't be me if I didn't hate myself. It's an instrinsic part of me" is like.... unavoidably NPD.
I love Jack Stauber’s work so much, and WOW is this one powerful. I wasn’t ever able to finish it because it gave me a panic attack. I hope I can rewatch it someday though
you really should finish it 😞
As someone mentioned in the comments of the original video
Opal - Opaque, Claire- Clear
she just wants to be seen.
Jack Stauber is a genius and this is the scariest, best thing he's ever done, absolute masterpiece
what's worse is that it is most likely that the fantasy Claire has about the family she wants is most likely a commercial for the burgers her family made
It's so easy to breathe on tv because they're on air
UNDERRATED LNFAO
I adore how you put narcissism in the middle of trauma and neglect, implying that the narcissism is Opal/Claire's rather than the adults since her upbringing and fantasy of her family actually loving/appreciating her is literally how narcissistic personality disorder begins. That paired with the fact that her father, that she seems most comfortable around, also likely has it and NPD is usually a combination of both nature and nurture, would make the disorder tragically inevitable if she were a real person.
My favorite line in the music video is
“Hi Opal!” -Fictional Grandpa
♡♡♡
Jack Stauber Universe,
Opal: Claires mom using pills mentioned from baby hotline, (Pills that make you cry!)
Baby Hotline btw is about a woman comitting Reset character because her love falling apart. This could be about Opals Mom amd her distance from Opals dad. I guess that the Grandpa is the guy from the Rain short he made? He doesnt have any similarities to the rain guy but i guess thats him.
:o I didn't know that! Thank you for sharing!
How come NO ONE is talking about how absolutely awesome the mom’s song is. Not necessarily upbeat like the others but it’s sooooooo good
I like how her imaginary family tries to not pay attention to her reality family so she can be safe
I would pretend celebrities were my parents as a child. I was very lonely and my parents were not good people overall. “We see you, Opal” is something that seriously hits home because I feel like all I wanted was to be seen and loved.
Only issue with this summary is it was the father that told Claire her it's not where her attention ought to be,
First time I seen this the part with the mom gave me a panic attack, this time I only felt slightly panicked I didn't cry and have a mental breakdown though so that's progress
I always get so scared when Claire is entering the house and the lights go on (I saw a theory that it was the billboard lights😧) just before we meet grandpa. the sound always scares meee
We can all agree that The Dad's song is the best (is listened to it on loop for over an hour earlier)
Masterpiece is exactly the word here. This is one of THE best short films I have ever seen. I keep coming back to it again and again. From the visuals to the music, this film memorizes you in a way that you very rarely see in media. I'm going to keep an eye out for anything Stauber makes from here on out.
The fact that it’s not her troubles that are miles away, it’s any HOPE of there being no troubles that’s miles away.
It looks like they live in the middle of nowhere and the only times the adults of the house seem to ever go to town (or a gas station with a little store for road trips, at the very least) is in an emergency (they’re out of cigarettes, out of junk food, out of booze) or they get forced out of the house by police or taken in an ambulance).
Not only do they deprive Claire and themselves from being properly fed, but also from life outside of that house where help would be accessible.
It’s a startlingly common environment for kids to be growing up in, these days.🫤
And that’s actually not even among the world’s worst ways a kid can be raised.
It’s one OF the worst of what you can find in the majority of homes, but it’s not even close to the worst of the worst.
Wow! Thank you for your very eloquent and passionate comment. You're 100% correct.
This is why I like jack stauber
All Claire and wanted was her grandpas care, her fathers attention and her mothers love 🥺
Do the dad's song with an absolute banger💀
i watched this last night and stopped halfway through bc i was terrified, felt like i was going to cry, and was taking rlly deep breaths bc it felt like i couldn’t breathe properly. so now i have trauma from this lol 🤠
edit: i watched the whole thing and now i love opal 🤠
I'm sorry!! 😭 welcome to the club though friend ♡
@@ohemdoublegee it’s ok! it wasn’t that traumatizing lol i just got a bit frightened! :)
i cried after watching it too, the animation and style/mood of it just makes me so upset and it’s not even real (although the situation is quite common). when her face crumples and she’s scared from all the yelling i bawled
I remember, when I saw this first, I thought it was about a trans girl, and the not so obvious discrimination that trans people go through
Escapism is a hell of a thing
Theu put me down now I live my nightmare
Gotta be seen by someone out there!
now i sit here in reflection chamber
Fixing myself so all can savorr
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MIRROR MAN IS A BOP I RANDOMLY CAME ACROSS IT AND IM GONNA WATCH THE SHOW NOW
EDIT: I FINISHED THE SHOW DAMN IT WAS SAD😭
"Hope" is connected to Opal, the character in "Hope" looks like Claire/Opal, which means she'll end up like her mother, and in the end of the song it even says "We see you, Opal"
Important message:
Tell me
Why does it sound so easy to breathe
On tv
I can‘t see
Why it sounds so easy to breathe
I‘m popular here
They all sing to me
La la la
Idea salesman
They want my soul,claire
They fight over me like dogs
And the girls are singing
La la la
They dance to i assume
Yeah we do
They want my soul as well
I need that smoke,claire
What the hell is taking you
And won‘t you tell me
La la la
Why does it sound so easy to breathe
On tv
Oh won‘t you tell
La la la
Why does it sound so easy to breathe
On tv
I also believe the dad either doesn’t scare her as much because she gives him an annoyed glare or he actually cares for her a little because she’s the only one who actually looks at him and not the other two
Wow I've never thought of that! Thank you for sharing!
This is one of the most hopeless pieces of media out there. There’s no happy ending, and her fate is ambiguous at best, and I think that’s why it hits those who’ve dealt with childhood neglect and trauma so hard
She so cuttte I want to hug her so bad
I know!!
It’s easy to breathe on TV, Because they’re on air.
we see you opal your troubles are miles away we see you opal, *ding* and in our eyes you stay.
Also love the detail of the names. 'Opal' meaning opaque (where she imagines her happy family) and 'Claire' meaning clear (which is the reality if her situation).
The most tragic thing about Opal, in my opinion, is the fact that she goes to the house across the street because she hears someone crying and she wants to help them. Only to discover that the person crying is herself and there is no one to help her except for herself. Now, excuse me while I go hug my inner child.
The billboard dad is the one who tells her “don’t mind the house across the street, opal
It’s not where your attention aught to be, opal”
sweet, run down of a great shortfilm
We can all agree the mirror song is the best song
“Just one more video before bed…”
The freakin video: 😳
Sorry!! 😅
I hate being epileptic(that means i sorta cant look at flashing lights) so i cant see many masterpieces he has created!
Its sad that she didn't think of a line like "we love you opal" but she only came up with "we see you opal", she just wants to be seen.
I saw a comment on opal saying that opal cant imagine her family ACTUALLY loving her so instead of ''we love you opal'' its ''we see you opal'' because she wants attention but none of them can actua,ly see her because the grandpa is blind, her dad is obsessed with himself so he uses mirrors to look at himself but not able to see Claire and her mother being too drunk to actually like care for her therefore ''' mama needs a mamas girl to take care of her''
Addiction list:
1st Addiction: Television
2nd Addiction:Mirrors
3rd addiction:Drugs and Smoking
True Addiction list:
1st addiction: Smoking
2nd addiction: Mirrors
3rd addiction: Drugs and Alcohol
@@KingJexterClaire,where the fuck is the smoke
@@Shittylittleshit🚭
@@KingJexter Wait, Your Not Claire, what are you doing in My House,GET OUT
@@Shittylittleshit I'm hiding your cigarettes grandpa and AINT SHIT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT!! lol
The big eyes the staring perfect
People like us.. we don’t live, we survive.
never knew jack can make a sad story about a girl with her neglectful family..
He may be abusive but man can the grandpa make an absolute bop of a song
“I assume they dance too” “yeah we do!” “they want my soul as well”
Fun fact, the reason why she doesn’t eat the burger in the beginning is because she doesn’t know what to do with it because she hasn’t eaten in so long she probably forgot what eating
If you think about it them saying her troubles are miles away and when you look at the Billboard, it says the building for opal's burgers is miles away.
I can’t stop thinking about this short film. My friend went through something similar so I guess that’s why it struck a nerve. Thanks for the explanation as well ❤❤
My very best to your friend! I hope they're doing okay! ♡ you have a big heart ♡
@@ohemdoublegee My friend is doing good, thank you xx
the grandpa is blind, the father is too focused on himself, and the mother has too poor vision to see her. She just wants to be seen.
I was so confused on what this movie was about but thanks for explaining it ^^
✨hI, oPaL!!✨ :D!
-Grandpa
Sounds like my childhood.
Literally got shivers
Opal is Claire
How am I even supposed to enjoy that creepy story😭
If you pause the video at the right time (when opal’s face is in the mirror) you can see how the dad’s face is beat up which some people think is the mom’s fault because she apparently abused him causing him to sit in the room with the mirrors and fix his face
Claire REALLY SHES FROM FPE
Claire didn’t even originate from FPE -
LOL
Her name “opal” is the name she’s made for herself, it’s supposed to sound like “opaque”. While her real name “Claire” is supposed to sound like “clear”, implying that all she wants is to be seen.
Her grandfather is ignoring her concerns about his smoking habits and tries distracting himself by focusing on the TV.
Her dad doesn’t even look at her as he’s to obsessed with his own reflection. He constantly puts down Claire as a way to make him feel better about himself.
Her mom is obviously an addict and alcoholic, constantly seeking validation from Claire. In her song she mentions wanting to be looked after by Claire, even though that’s what a mother should be doing.
All of these points link to what the idealised version of her parents shes made up in her head say at the beginning.
“hi Claire!”
Is said by her grandpa since she wants her grandpa to listen to her.
“Thatta girl!”
Is what her father says because she wants him to compliment her instead of focusing on himself for once.
“You can do it opal!”
Is her mothers response, she wants her mom to be look after her and focus on her instead of it being the other way around.
*:(*
The dads my favourite idc about what people say
Hope might be connected to this as the person in Hope is either Claire or Claire's mother
GRANDPA DOESN'T NEED AUTOTUNE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Her Name Is Clare~~
This isn't scary, ONLY THE MOM PART that was traumatizing.
Did you know that her real name is Claire? Pretty name! But it’s sad that she was neglected😢
Fascinating animation (claymation?)
The grandpa is in my nightmares
The billboard says 9.999.9 Miles Away💀💀💀
Looks like anxiety
Opal. OMG?
Sadly, this is a reality of many kids 😢 it just gets to me even though it's a fictional girl that it's that bad she's possibly 8 and hasn't even had a burger
I used to volunteer at a foster care center with children that were pulled from their homes due to abuse, neglect, and drug raids.... one day we took 4 kids to McDonald's and one of them cried because they had never been to a McDonald's.. :( it's astounding the things we take for granted. Growing up my mom, a single working parent, would always bring McDonald's home... and I hated it because it was the same thing all the time. After seeing that boy cry for never having a McDonald's happy meal before really put it into perspective for me... I was a very privileged child and I didn't even know it...
Me and my friends play the characters from this on a canva and of course I pick the mom like come on
Ngl opal is cute tho 💀
The reason that the fake family says “we see you, opal” is because her real family can not see her
😭😭😭
Me and my mom are listening to a podcast and there was this girl named Opal who got kidnapped by a man while walking to school with her little sister and her little sister ran back inside when she saw her sister get thrown into the trunk and that was a pedophile and killed her, and he actually killed like way more different woman and confessed to the cops and poor little Opal died cause she got thrown into the trunk and got our RAPED and a little sister ran back inside when she saw him throw her into the trunk of a blue car
The mention of racism 1 minute into the video is hilarious😭😭😭
Bruh I wanna watch this so bad but I’m scared
Opal was beautiful, moving and sad way more than it was scary.
@@samsalamander8147 just cuz I never know what to expect with jacks videos
If you haven’t yet, do it. It’s so worth it I loved it sm :)
it a sad story for a kid show kids live in a nigth mayer
If you pause at the right time during the vid you can see the mirror dudes face but it looks weird give a thumbs up if you agree
'Her mother' it was her billboard father 🤨🤨
I wonder though why the grandfather says "you smell weird. Why aren't you talking? You're...you're not Claire!"
Someone said that she might be outside next to the billboard a lot, so she'd mostly smell like outside
And since he's blind, he probably relies on his other senses more
He relies on other senses because he’s blind, doesn’t recognize his granddaughter :( also to make it not so obvious that Opal was Claire
I feel like the mother of opal forbid her daughter(opal) because maybe the mother was Claire……..(that’s a theory)
A STAUBER THEORYYYYYYY! (Sorry)