Hey friends on the internets, Giordano here from the Juice Media
These days I tend to dwell behind the camera, writing, directing, editing the videos
so just before 2017 is up, I thought I'd pop in and say hi
I personally want to thank you all for supporting the work that we do here at the Juice Media
Especially if you support us on Patreon, a big TYSM
You're the reason we can keep on mercilessly trolling the Government
And even if you don't support us on Patreon but you watched, liked, shared and commented
the crap out of our videos in 2017, all of those things combined are what makes me braver
and bolder and inspires me to dedicate more time and energy into this project and
and I never take that for granted, so thank you
Now before I go any further, something really important - and that is, I want to give props
to the amazing talent that I have the honour of working with on the Honest Government Ads
First up, Ellen - who made her Honest Government Ad debut in our first video of 2017 about Centrelink's bs
and went on to feature in our videos about native forest logging
the marriage equality PlebbyShite, Adani, the Great Australian Bight, healthcare and net neutrality
You already know how awesome Ellen is from the videos, but what you might not know is that
she has a Facebook Page which I hope you'll Like & Follow, coz she's not only
an awesome actor, but also a terrific dancer and singer, and a downright awesome person
who is a pleasure to work with
(lol)
Renewables...
(more lols)
Next up, Zoë - another amazing Melbourne-based actor who I've had the privilege to work with
on the Visit Hawai'i and Visit Puerto Rico videos
Again, Zoë has a Facebook Page and I've left a link in the video description
and I hope you'll see more of Zoë in the Visit videos that we're planning to make in 2018
And Matylda, who'se kickass work in the Dakota Excess Pipeline HGA
is still our most viewed video, like... ever
(What a silly question, the answer of course…)
I spat on myself again
What's wrong with me
And then of course, Lucy - my partner
You seldom see Lucy in theactual videos, but you're all familiar with her coz she does the
voiceover for all our Honest Government Ads
"Hello, I'm from the Australien Government"
"You know, the wankers who killed the Great Barrier Reef"
I really want to thank Lucy for all the cheeky humour she brings to this series
That, and the fact that she lets me change our living room into a film studio
every time we need to film a new video
And lastly, a big thanks to all our volunteer translators around the world
who have allowed our videos to reach peeps in all of these languages
So yeah, 2017
In March I had the fortune of returning to Hawai'i
where I was invited by Prof. Cynthia Franklin to give a guest lecture
about my work, at the University of Hawai'i
While I was there I had the honour of talking to and learning from some of the badass Hawaiian women
who are leading the fight against US military occupation
People like Aunty Lynette Cruz; and Laulani Teale - who gave me this rad t-shirt
and Aunty Terry Keko'olani, who took me to visit sacred burial sites on a US military base
I offered to make an Honest Government Ad about the local situation and here I am
brainstorming well into the night with Laulani and my brilliant friend Emilia, about what should be in it
The resulting video, Visit Hawai'i, went on to be viewed by over 6M people
most of whom probably never knew the real history of Hawai'i
Which is epic, but for me the most important thing was that i was able to work on this video
together with the people who are leading this fight
Which taught me that this, is how I really love working on these videos
The next awesome thing that happened this year was that hundreds of you requested us to make
a similar video, about Puerto Rico - which we did, in June of this year
And btw, solidarity with all our Boricua friends here at the Juice Media
you guys have been through some heavy shit this year
2017 has been a pretty intense year for us and tbh there are plenty of reasons we could've
slowed down or in fact stopped making videos altogether this year
In September, I travelled back to South Africa to attend the funeral of my dear grandmother
She was my best friend and greatest supporter ever since i can remember
Rest in peace Margaret
My mother's health deteriorated drastically this year - and, if there are any of you out there
who have or have had a parent suffering from Alzheimer's, you have my deepest sympthaties
because this is no-joke one of the cruelest and most devastating diseases ever
It's a topic I hope to cover in a future video
And then in October, as if to demonstrate that life goes on...
Lucy and I had a baby
His name is Luca
And he's a cutie
Hello
Hallo
(Lucy: That hold doesn't work… come here)
We've wasted no time recruiting him into the Juice family
In fact, he made his first cameo a few weeks ago, in our net neutrality video
Somewhere in the middle of all this, the Australian Government decided to send me an email
taking issue with our parody Australian coat of arms
which then ended up being waved about in the Senate by the Attorney General
as he tried to introduce a new law that criminalises the impersonation of the Government
which of course we promptly impersonated the shit out of in one of our Honest Government Ads
So yeah, its been a year of miracles, tragedies and plain weird shit in equal measure
But we didn't let it stop us...
Well, partly because I have no choice since this is my sole source of income now
But also because making Juice Media videos is kinda what's kept me sane throughout all this
As someone said - "If you're going through hell, keep going."
And I'm really glad we did, because the results speak for themselves
We've had over 32M views across all the tubes
welcome to the 100K new subscribers to our FB Page
And most importantly, thank you to everyone who signed up on Patreon
we've managed to double our subscriber base yet again
If you love what we do, please consider joining all the legends who support us on Patreon
- link in the video description -
it's the easiest way of ensuring that we have stability from month to month
And we really hope to increase our income so we can start making videos more often
If you're not a Patreon kind of person and just wanna do a one-off donation
to support us into the new year, we've got other options, like PayPal
and cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum - all the links arein the video description
Over the holidays we'll be brainstorming some of the videos that we're gonna bring you in 2018
So let us know in the comments which topics and countries
you would like to see your Government be honest about in 2018
Well that's all from me, thanks for listening to my long-arse end of year message
I just wanna end off by wishing you and your familiies all the best in 2018 and I…
you know, we've got a lot of work to do, so I hope everyone is doing the absolute best they can
to unfuck the world in their own way
I know we certainly will be doing that. Thank you so much for your support
and making it possible for us to bring you the Juice, and "genuine satire"
and mercilessly trolling Governments - in 2018 and beyond
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