ABSTRACT

Pimple popping videos on YouTube draw a large number of views and comments. Using Critical Thematic Analysis, this paper analyses comments on the videos to understand why these films are so compelling for some viewers. Building on the insights of skin studies, I argue that the satisfaction that viewers experience is linked to (1) the nature of disgust (involving both aversion and fascination); (2) the visual close up framing of the videos (that produces a skin scape distinct from an identifiable person); (3) the nature of skin as a permeable boundary (such that acne is both inside and outside) and (4) the framing of extractions as a medical procedures (involving authority and ritual). Dirt is usually matter out of place, but in these films the waste matter that is pus and sebum is given a space of its own.

摘要

YouTube上的粉刺弹出视频会吸引大量的观看和评论。本文使用关键主题分析，分析了视频中的评论，以了解为什么这些电影对某些观众如此引人注目。根据皮肤研究的见解，我认为观众体验的满意度与（1）厌恶的本质（涉及厌恶和迷恋）有关；（2）视频的视觉特写取景（产生与可识别的人不同的皮肤花））；（3）皮肤作为渗透性边界的性质（粉刺既在内部又在外部），并且（4）将提取物制成框架作为医疗程序（涉及权威和仪式）。污垢通常是不适当的物质，但在这些电影中，脓液和皮脂等废物被赋予了自己的空间。