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@renttherunway No offense to those rocking micro shorts and jelly flats, but the RTR team has spoken.

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Length · 11 Jun 2025
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Video #32683 · Interview Q&A

Asking coworkers what trends should gofrom @renttherunway

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Overview

An interviewer goes around an office asking various employees to name a fashion trend that needs to go away immediately. The employees give a series of rapid-fire, opinionated answers, including micro shorts, fisherman sandals, jelly flats, oversized jorts, expensive sunglasses, and Hunter boots, with one comedic cut contradicting a previous answer.

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Simple outline

  1. 1Pose debatable question
  2. 2Present first opinion
  3. 3Show ironic contradiction
  4. 4Cycle through rapid answers
  5. 5Deliver punchline ending

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Related videos

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Classification

Concepts
Question MontageAnti-Recommendation ListHot Take
Elements
Jump CutMontage Editing
Account

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Hook analysis

What stops the scroll in the first 3 seconds

Verbal hook · 60%

What's a trend that needs to go immediately?

Visual hook · 40%

A woman holds a small, fuzzy microphone up to her face, looking thoughtfully off-camera in a busy office setting, creating a sense of an impending interview.

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Hook template

Steal this for your own video

What's a [topic] trend that needs to go immediately?

  • — What's a fitness trend that needs to go immediately?
  • — What's a parenting trend that needs to go immediately?
  • — What's a restaurant trend that needs to go immediately?

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Hook and payoff

The promise the opener makes, and how the video pays it back

Hook

A direct, opinion-based question is posed to the first subject, immediately establishing the video's premise and inviting the viewer to form their own answer.

Payoff

The final subject physically exits the frame immediately after delivering the punchline, providing a sharp, comedic, and definitive end to the video.

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Narrative framework

The structural pattern this video runs on

Framework

The Opinion Gauntlet

A rapid-fire Q&A format where multiple individuals give their 'hot take' on a single, debatable topic, often featuring a comedic contradiction and culminating in a punchline.

  1. 1

    The Opening Salvo

    The first subject delivers a clear and potentially divisive opinion, setting the tone for the debate.

  2. 2

    The Ironic Counter-Narrative

    The video immediately cuts to a second subject whose statement or situation directly and humorously contradicts the first opinion, creating a mini-conflict that hooks the viewer.

  3. 3

    The Consensus Gauntlet

    A rapid succession of different individuals provide their answers to the initial question. This section builds momentum and showcases a variety of perspectives, sometimes creating a running gag through repeated answers.

  4. 4

    The Abstract Punchline

    The final subject delivers an unexpected, overly broad, or absurd answer that breaks the pattern of specific responses.

Themes

  • Fashion opinions
  • Workplace culture
  • Generational trends

Techniques

  • Vox pop
  • Rapid-fire editing

Trends

  • Man-on-the-street interviews

Post caption

No offense to those rocking micro shorts and jelly flats, but the RTR team has spoken.

Transcript

What's a trend that needs to go immediately? I hate micro shorts. Sorry, everyone. That's what? The sickest pair of micro shorts. Oh, honestly, I think I'm gonna say fisherman sandals. They're not for me when we were just talking about this. I really don't like the jelly ballet flats. Sorry. The jelly flats. Jelly flats. Super oversized shorts or shorts that are, like, to the knee and, like, massive. Spending a lot of money on sunglasses. Most of them are plastic and, like, they're not any better than, like, the cheaper ones. Rubber boots, like, the better ones. Oh, the hunter boots. Yeah. Best, like, with an everyday outfit. Color.

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