José María Bellido Morillas: the teacher YouTuber who divides opinion in Spain
José María Bellido Morillas, a doctor in biblical literature and civil servant in Jaén, Spain, divides opinion as a YouTuber. Cultural tastemaker or controversial figure?
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José María Bellido: teacher, YouTuber and cultural tastemaker under suspicion
A teacher and civil servant, based in a small town in Jaén, Spain, has managed to attract hatred and devotion in equal measure online. José María Bellido Morillas, a doctor in biblical literature, dresses in black, runs a YouTube channel and describes himself as a conservative. But what lies behind this figure that some call a "goldmine" and others a "nutcase"?
Bellido has amassed a huge library of books, CDs and DVDs. His channel is a showcase of cultural recommendations ranging from the work of Satoshi Kon (Tokyo Godfathers, Perfect Blue) to comics and music. His trinc praise his knack for discovering authors and films. However, his style — which some see as an imitation of the YouTuber Pizpi Maestro — and his discourse, tinged with a certain French-style libertarianism, have earned him no few detractors. "Inept", "a bad person" or "a lame pigeon" are some of the epithets he receives.
He can devote so much time to this kind of cultural consumption because of his job: a secondary school teacher in a town with no social life. Among his lexical finds is the word "somético", which he himself links to "sodomítico" (sodomitic). An example of his particular erudition that, for better or worse, leaves no one indifferent.
Bellido wanders between the divine and the profane, and his figure raises an uncomfortable question: is he a valuable tastemaker or someone who takes himself far too seriously? The debate remains open.
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A teacher and civil servant, based in a small town in Jaén, Spain, has managed to attract hatred and devotion in equal measure online. José María Bellido Morillas, a doctor in biblical literature, dresses in black, runs a YouTube channel and describes himself as a conservative. But what lies behind this figure that some call a "goldmine" and others a "nutcase"?
Bellido has amassed a huge library of books, CDs and DVDs. His channel is a showcase of cultural recommendations ranging from the work of Satoshi Kon (Tokyo Godfathers, Perfect Blue) to comics and music. His trinc praise his knack for discovering authors and films. However, his style — which some see as an imitation of the YouTuber Pizpi Maestro — and his discourse, tinged with a certain French-style libertarianism, have earned him no few detractors. "Inept", "a bad person" or "a lame pigeon" are some of the epithets he receives.
He can devote so much time to this kind of cultural consumption because of his job: a secondary school teacher in a town with no social life. Among his lexical finds is the word "somético", which he himself links to "sodomítico" (sodomitic). An example of his particular erudition that, for better or worse, leaves no one indifferent.
Bellido wanders between the divine and the profane, and his figure raises an uncomfortable question: is he a valuable tastemaker or someone who takes himself far too seriously? The debate remains open.
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