Should the fact that it took Oliver 8 takes to get this emotionally intense “confession” right change the way a viewer perceives it? Why or why not? Did Oliver “sacrifice the truth” so that he could make a more entertaining piece?

A parasocial relationship is “a kind of psychological relationship experienced by an audience in their mediated encounters with performers in the mass media, particularly on television.Viewers or listeners come to consider media personalities as friends, despite having limited interactions with them. PSI is described as an illusionary experience, such that media audiences interact with personas  as if they are engaged in a reciprocal relationship with them” .

1. How does Oliver distinguish the parasocial relationships between actors and YouTube influencers?

In what way is a YouTubers relationship with fans more “truthful” even when it’s scripted — or even when that YouTuber uses an alias ?

2. At one point in the video, Oliver’s detective character asks him about how many takes it took him to do his emotional “Cosmonaut” video on depression .

Should the fact that it took Oliver 8 takes to get this emotionally intense “confession” right change the way a viewer perceives it? Why or why not? Did Oliver “sacrifice the truth” so that he could make a more entertaining piece?