Quiet, Undressed | MGSV ANALYSIS

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Ever since 2015's METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN, the female sniper character, Quiet, has generated her fair share of controversy. Yet all too often, the character herself ironically gets completely overlooked.

In this hopefully non-too-controversial electronic video essay, join me as I try to explain what makes Quiet such a compelling and unique character, and what people - regardless of their interpretation - may have missed, one way or another, in the widespread collective rush to judgement that surrounded her unveiling back in 2014.

0:00 - Introduction
1:50 - Ch.1: A Quiet Exposure
9:06 - Ch.2: A Quiet Disclosure
25:15 - [Intermission]
26:30 - Ch.3: A Quiet Enclosure
35:53 - Ch.4: Loud Gods
44:43 - Ch.5: Beneath the Skin
59:48 - End Credits

"[Though] Medusa exists in multiple types of stories [and] appearances...she is always recognizable due to her striking frontality."
- Medusa in Ancient Greek Art, The Metropolitan Museum of New York, 2017

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"Mokusatsu (黙殺) is a Japanese word meaning "ignore", "take no notice of" or "treat with silent contempt"... It is composed of two kanji characters: 黙 (moku "silence") and 殺 (satsu "killing")."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mokusatsu

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"Can you hear them?
They talk about us
Telling lies
Well, that's no surprise
Can you see them?
See right through them
They have no shield
No secrets to reveal
...
There's a weapon
That we must use
In our defense
It's silence
When you look at them
Look right through them
That's when they'll disappear
That's when we'll be feared
It doesn't matter what they say
In the jealous games people play
Hey, hey, hey
Our lips are sealed
Pay no mind to what they say
No one's listening anyway
Hey, hey, hey
Our lips are sealed"
- Fun Boy Three, "Our Lips Are Sealed", 1983
(Note: originally by The Go Go's, 1981.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhVhK-VVeXo

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