Originally Posted by SeeBuyFly

For some time I have watched Qatar's extremely confusing safety video with people speaking rapidly in cockney(?) accents, making various esoteric jokes, and representing the cabin as a locker room for soccer players. I always wonder, what does someone who is not a frequent flyer and whose cannot follow English when spoken quickly in strange accents get from such a video? Is the idea to entertain and distract, or to focus on safety?

The AI video is not as bad, but it is in the same class. The dancing and signing holds the viewer's attention, but to the dancing and singing; it distracts from the safety demonstration. It is not helpful. It is meant to entertain frequent flyers like FT posters, people who already know the rules.