Must be nice mine was over 100 pages and had to do it a second time for next round.
But then again I'm not selling french fries for a living as this person will be doing.
Jfc I love acedmeica. It's a tool to better yourself and grow but now it's growth is akin to a tumor.
In ways there are great examples you could use cwc about or sonichu. Fan art being one for each ounce of effort Chris put in sonichu there's metric tons of trolling real fan art remake's etc.
Chris being so documented... etc
This is just. Well why grown ups throw art degree resumes into the trash
Well it really depends on "why" you decide to do the degree. It could just be for personal growth/self interest.
You also get to network with other students who are pursuing the masters degree, whereas if its just a bachelors degree its more likely your fellow students will be trash.
Its not like other degrees where you would just get employed on the basis of having the degree. You can use it as a basis from which to expand into other areas or you can use the skills you have developed from the degree into producing "better" sonichu-inspired artworks which you could sell or get into employment in graphic design or basically almost any multimedia-reliant job.
Based on this artists previous work with The King of the Hill stuff, its actually quite interesting work. Probably not everyone's cup of tea, but I think that stuff is quite well done. The actual artwork relevant to this degree isn't that visible from the Thesis because each photo is very small.
AFAIK all thesis are "published" which is how I was able to find this thesis in the first place. I'm not sure what the exact value of having your thesis published is, but presumably if it were of interest to other people it might get cited or read more widely which would give you a bit more influence.
I believe its also closely tied to getting further funding from grant programs and similar shit too.
TLDR: as with anything in life, you get out what you put into it. Doing a degree in fine art isn't what you do if you want guaranteed employment, but that doesn't mean it won't better you or make you more attractive to employers.