YouTube Creators Discuss Trailblazing Careers at Deadline's Contenders TV Panel
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Summary
A panel discussion at Deadline's Contenders TV: Docs + Unscripted event featuring top YouTube creators Sean Evans, Brittany Broski, Michelle Khare, Kareem Rahma, Julian Shapiro-Barnum, and Cleo Abram. The conversation explores how YouTube creators are trailblazing in the entertainment industry, blurring the lines between online content and traditional television. The creators discuss their backgrounds, career trajectories, and how they are forging their own paths rather than waiting for mainstream entertainment to catch up.
Key quotes
· 1 pulledI went to theater school, and the dream was always very much to go towards mainstream entertainment, and studio TV and film — Julian Shapiro-Barnum
A video interview with Sean Evans, Brittany Broski, Michelle Khare, Kareem Rahma, Julian Shapiro-Barnum and Cleo Abram on trailblazing as YouTube creators.

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