The New Yorker Reviews Virgin America’s Flight Safety Video

Richard Brody: “What’s fascinating, at first, is the mere idea; then, the whimsical tone (the electronic nun-sense, the snark about ‘the .001 percent of you who have never operated a seat belt before – really?!?’). But as the video progresses, it offers remarkable signs of the cinematic unconscious – or a subtly brazen audacity – at work.”