Respect object boundaries

common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/video/display.coffee

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ class @Video
 
     $("#video_#{@id}").data('video', this).addClass('video-load-complete')
 
+    @hide_captions = $.cookie('hide_captions') == 'true'
+
     if YT.Player
       @embed()
     else
@@ -19,11 +21,6 @@ class @Video
         $('.course-content .video').each ->
           $(this).data('video').embed()
 
-    if $.cookie('hide_captions') == 'true'
-      @el.addClass('closed')
-    else
-      @el.removeClass('closed')
-
   youtubeId: (speed)->
     @videos[speed || @speed]
 

common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/video/display/video_player.coffee

 class @VideoPlayer extends Subview
   initialize: ->
+    console.log(@['video'].hide_captions)
     # Define a missing constant of Youtube API
     YT.PlayerState.UNSTARTED = -1