How “The Mind of Jake Paul” Has Changed Shane Dawson’s Career
Shane Dawson’s career is in full swing after his eight-part series based around controversial creator, Jake Paul, exploded on the internet.
Nov 30, 2018
YouTube star, Shane Dawson has revolutionized his content with a new documentary like series that everybody seems to be talking about.
Shane Dawson and Jeffree Star posing for a thumbnail for Star’s YouTube video. Star got together with Dawson to do his makeup and Dawson later did a documentary on Star’s controversial past.
Ever since Dawson created his first documentary about the widely talked about disaster known as Tanacon, he has seen an insane amount of success. Whether that be his subscriber count, supporters or money, his career has taken off.
After his episodes detailing the events detailing Tanacon, he soon went on to create another documentary about the infamous and controversial makeup artist, Jeffree Star. This documentary took YouTube by storm, shedding a positive light on Star, something he hadn’t seen before, and helping Dawson gain large amounts of recognition for his work. But neither of those documentaries could top the latest one that he most recently released.
A documentary titled “The Mind of Jake Paul,” based around the famous viner and self-proclaimed “hype beast,” Jake Paul. With what seems like the whole internet tuned in to see what will come out of this, Dawson’s eight part series has sparked a huge conversation online. With a therapist by his side, Dawson dives right in to see if the rumors that Paul is a sociopath are true.
With what seems like the whole internet tuned in to see what will come out of this, Dawson’s eight part series has sparked a huge conversation online.
Dawson goes the extra mile to provide an unbiased opinion along with solid facts.
He first interviews Nick Crompton, well-known for his infamous lyric, “England is my city” in Paul’s hit single, “It’s Everyday Bro.” Crompton reveals throughout the video why he stopped living with Paul and why other members have left as well.
Dawson then goes on to interview Alissa Violet, Paul’s ex-girlfriend. Violet is a vital piece to this documentary because she accused Paul of psychological abuse. Dawson works to find out if the accusations are true, since he is trying to find out if Paul is a sociopath.
With all eight parts released, Dawson starts with his own research into what Paul is all about (Part 1), then his dark secrets (Part 2), his family (Part 3), enemies (Part 4), day to day life (Part 5), his secrets (Part 6), an interview with his ex-girlfriend (Part 7) and the finale (part 8).
Besides recognition, Dawson has made an insane amount of profit off of this documentary, estimating around $441.25K. Along with money he has also gone from 17.8 million subscribers to currently 19.2 million since the series has finished.
As expected, Dawson’s series has sparked large controversy among the internet. Part 3 of his documentary received lots of backlash for being “insensitive” and “portraying people with multiple personality disorder as bad people.” People who claimed this said it’s due to the way Dawson edited the video, with creepy music and it all around having a very mysterious vibe.
Dawson responded to the backlash on Twitter saying, “You know what. For part 4, I’m going full tea*. No censoring. No holding back. No worrying about pissed off people texting me. You guys wanted tea and I’m gonna bring the whole kettle.”
*Tea is an internet term regarding drama or gossip.
Shane Dawson contemplates his investigation regarding Jake Paul’s sociopathic tendencies. Dawson used this image as the thumbnail for his second part of the series, titled “The Dark Side of Jake Paul.”
On the other hand, some people online are loving the series, talking about how the documentary is bringing a positive light to Paul and that he deserves it.
Dawson’s latest post on Instagram about the upload of the last part of the documentary, “Inside The Mind of Jake Paul,” holds many positive words of encouragement, such as: “YouTube Queen,” “It was insane, thank you.” and “Shane has changed YouTube. I look forward to his next series.”
Now that the series is over, Dawson is getting mixed reviews from watchers and subscribers. There is no general opinion on the documentary though. Some people like that it provided a positive insight into Paul, and other people are upset that Dawson is getting people to sympathize for Paul because they believe he is still a “bad person.”
Whether you like the documentary or not, Dawson has left his mark on YouTube forever with this legendary series.
From all the filming and editing, to the intense interviews and powering through the backlash from the internet, a great documentary has come out of this that has changed YouTube content. In my eyes, “The Mind of Jake Paul” deserves a solid 10/10, and I would definitely watch it again.
