We react to the TRILOGY - The Tale of Jenny & Screech - Violet's Tale | (REACTION!!)

This is a trilogy worthy of Shakespeare. Ren is our modern day bard. It is a real rollercoaster of a ride from the sublime guitar playing to the gut-wrenching tragedy of the tales themselves. Hard to listen to but Ren's performance was both brilliant and chilling. On a far lighter note congratulation both on the 100K - no channel is more deserving! Keep up the great work. All the best from the UK.

Carol absolutely got it.. they both took on the characteristics of the parents

This trilogy is always hard to hear, with the abuse and what Screech does. I can tell it hit you Carol pretty hard and it does leave many people speechless and in tears. I completely understand your reaction. Love to you and Elie ❤

You guys are the best reaction channel on the internet hands down. Actual intelligent and empathic people, no fakeness, no attention seeking behaviours, just genuine appretiation for art and good vibes. So rare these days. I can't even tell you how much I love your channel. You're the types of people I would never refuse to have in my social circle. The world desperately needs more people like you right now. Wish you the best <3

it can take awhile to find your tongue and to reflect on your emotions. Being momentarily speechless is perfectly normal and often a great response!

It blows me away how Carol can catch so much when English is her 2nd language ❤ you guys fully deserve 100K subs 🎉 Onward to 1 million like Ren 👍

It's a hard watch and I always cry. The generational trauma passed from Voilets parents, to her to her children. Cycles no one was able yo break. Hopefully this art can help someone somewhere suffering. Sadly things like this happen everyday and pretending they don't helps no one

Well done getting through that guys, I could see the impact just by watching your faces. It is a really tough one but a story well worth telling.

Spot on guys well picked up on meaning of story - keep up with Ren he's the goat

So many lives lived rooted in trauma, and we can't seem to stop making them, family trauma is often rooted in societal ills of poverty, prejudice, brutality, and violence. Based upon our natures we respond and are shaped by it, it taints our relationships, and these models are passed on to the next generations. The Tales are based upon a police blotter article in a paper Ren read, it was the story of a young prostitute killed by another youth during a mugging, then a responding officer killing the youth. In the article the commanding officer was quoted saying 'they were so young, it's such a shame.' 'It's such a shame' is a phrase Ren uses throughout The Tales. Some seem to miss that Violet's father 'tuck her tight, but never left the room. I'll spare you with the things he did, I'm sure her mother knew.' 'moved out at 16, a semi-detached council flat provided by a welfare scheme...' The only girl who would get a flat like that would be pregnant... she was likely pregnant by her father. Multigenerational trauma and abuse. Stevie calls her a 'little liar' and a 'fucking slut,' this could be because he figured out that she was pregnant before they got together. Levels. These videos were actually made a year apart. Originally it was just the two videos, but the third part was created to bring them back together as a way to understand the origins of the characters, the generational abuse, neglect, and trauma that led to their lives, a repeat of their parents, and the resulting continuing tragedy. Some people see 'The Tales' and think they are recent, or the 3 parts of 'Money Game' and not that they go back 3 or 4 years, and that his back catalog is so big. It is a tale of 'overnight success.' He is obsessive and rehearses endlessly and in filming does take after take, for 'Money Game Part 1' there were issues so they went all night with about 180 takes, for 'The Tales' they were done about 50 times, for Violet's tale there were 54 takes as something wouldn't go just right in the long live one take shot. They had one with rain showers at a very special moment but in review it wasn't as good, but in the version used the plane flying overhead stirring up the seagulls right when 'Stevie' pauses to see what he did to Violet also seems special. This is Ren very much in 'Bardcore,' he spent much of his youth going with his parents to renaissance festivals and likely seeing many British pantomime plays, so this kind of performance was well ingrained for him. The second phrase he plays in Violet's Tale just before he moves up to play on the neck in a tapping or plucking technique really reminds me of the sort of Medieval lute or guitar tune played in a tavern. Tunes likely heard at a Renaissance Festival, something like the classical guitar in Scarborough Fair, Greensleeves, Bonny Sweet Boy, Coventry Carol, and Almain. Songs with a bit of a Celtic or Irish Folk feeling are similar too, Blackmore's Night - Renaissance Faire (Official Video), the intro to Blind Guardian - The Bard's Song (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO), or the comedic parody The Ren Faire Song by musicalblades.

Great reaction. Carol nailed exactly what the theme of the story. We also realize at the end that if they were twins, Jenny was also only 14. They were both street kids. Screech was a hoodlum and Jenny was walking late at night in high heels and rosie on her cheeks

BOOOM! 100K Congrats you two. 🙌

"Ren is scary when he holds a guitar and speaks to you" 🙌👏

This is Ren's take on trauma and violence and how it can be handed down from generation to generation unless the cycle is broken. Proving the old adage that those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

Probably the best reaction to this Trilogy I have seen (and I have watched a lot). You both "got it" and Carol absolutely nailed it with her comments. I have said this many times nobody since my teens and seeing and listening to Bowie has anyone come close to making me think about music, words and performance like Ren has. He is a special talent. Subscribed.

Ren makes your feels feel. It's cathartic. Cheers guys! Stay safe out there.

Emotional, fantastic reaction. You are real. Sharing this with you was wonderful.

I so looked forward to you two reacting to this, I knew you would both discuss and understand, you both have a great awareness that is a delight to witness.. Congratulations on 100K subs..

We are all in awe of Ren his ability to touch your Heart and Soul with his compositions the depth and attention to detail 🧠👂👀🫶 ✌️❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.

Ren is social commentary in musical form. He is shining a light on the darkness of human nature. But he's also showing the potential we have to be better too.