The Dan the Poet Man Project

Daniel Songer is a self proclaimed singer, song writer, poet, standup comic, and screenwriter.  He releases all of his work as videos on YouTube as DanPoetMan.  He neither gets a substantial amount of views, nor is his work highly respected.  Daniel nonetheless laughs in the face of such adversity.  He has uploaded nearly 240 videos, most of which are “comedy acts.”

I have decided to analyze every single one of these videos.  It isn’t enough to analyze the material, it’s important that we discuss his presentation, delivery, and what exactly is going on.  Considering the commitment Daniel has taken to writing, filming, editing, and uploading his material on YouTube, I find it only fair to discuss his work with equal fervor.  I’ll admit that my fascination with Daniel is a bit unorthodox, aside from unhealthy, but I have always been one to indulge my obsessive curiosity no matter the subject.  If analytical inspiration calls, I’m there.

My goal is to truly capture what Dan the Poet Man is doing.  It would be too easy to say he’s an idiot with a camera, editing software, and YouTube account.  It would be too easy to write him off as a man with a midlife crisis.  It might be true, but it would be too easy.  The thing I wish to remind readers is that Daniel Songer sat down and wrote this material.  At the very least, he planned it out and thought it was good enough to share with the world.  It’s one thing to turn on a camera and just go nuts, but there is far too much thought in preproduction, production, and postproduction, to simply watch, grow angry, and walk away.  Sometimes it’s not enough to watch a fifty-five car pileup on the freeway.  Sometimes you need to watch it over and over again, detailing every cracking windshield, rolling tire, flaming engine.  Sometimes you need to understand how and why this thing is so awful.  Or in this case: why it’s so great.

You might think it’s crazy.  You might think it’s stupid.  I, however, think it’s necessary.  Welcome, everyone, to The Dan Poet Man Project: 240 videos in 365 days.