Video Review: History Channel: The Works: Tattoos

Video Review: History Channel: The Works: Tattoos       

Time:45min.  Released: 2008

Daniel H. Wilson is the host for the History Channel program called The Works. In this episode, Daniel takes the audience on an interesting perspective into the subculture of tattooing. But before I reflect upon the program itself, I think it is important to know or understand who our host is and where his perspective is coming from.

Daniel has an M.S in Robotics, an M.S. in Machine Learning and his Ph.D. in Robotics. He has also gone on to win awards for Novels, short fiction, and nonfiction. Books like "How to Survive a Robot Uprising” and “Robopocalypse” have put him on the author’s bestsellers list. He has also worked on comics and graphic novels and film.

I’ll be straightforward and say that  I really liked this video. I liked how in the beginning of his introduction he introduced tattoos by using examples of respectable or well-known people such as The Rock, Thomas Edison, Queen Victoria, and Lady Churchill. This immediately chiseled off the stereotype perspective that only bad people get tattoos. He also does a quick glance at the history of tattoos and where they are still not accepted today. This includes reflecting upon the past with the Iceman and his 57 tattoos and the importance of cultural history being recorded through tattoos.

But what I really like about this video is that Daniel educates people about the science behind tattooing. This includes how the skin reacts with the ink and the bioscience of how it lasts. Being an intelligent person and one who indulges in practical facts, Daniel likes to offer definitions, what is in the ink,  the mechanics of how the equipment works and sterilization. And just as important, the evolution of tattoo removal and how all that works.

Daniel also keeps the tone of the show very down to earth and personable. He interviews different artists, with Crazy Eddie in Philadelphia being one of them, and undergoes the experience of getting his first tattoo.

I thought The Works: Tattoo was an intelligent, informative and entertaining video. It was full of fun facts and very interesting. I highly recommend it.

To see what Daniel H. Wilson up to, you can visit his website or Facebook page.

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