VidDevil, a streaming service that plays selected movie scenes, promises to “insert appropriate . . . language of the people,” so that the requisite degree of emotional intensity is felt. This service changes what someone in a movie says. For example: “I’m going to knock the marshmallows out of you,” is changed to, "I’m going to _____ you up!” This altered expression can now be understood by a certain segment of our population, since some people don’t feel the “necessary emotional intensity” when anger is expressed with terms like, “heck,” “geese,” etc. Speaking to this population on their level will also infuse ambient smoke, crushed beer cans, and ashtrays into the scene so “the salt of the earth” can relate to those acting in the scene as one of their own.
Of course VidAngel will take out the “language of the people,” and edit out some scenes that concern subjects about what the actors are “doing,” like laundry, child birth, and s_x. I don’t have a problem with that. I have and do prefer VidAngel-type movies. But isn’t that why they have the Hallmark Channel?
Mark Twain said that the difference between the wrong word and the right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug, meaning, every word known to human ears is in your vocabulary “tool box” and may have its right place. That doesn’t mean Twain paraded out the f-bomb at willy-nilly times. No. He knew his audience, but he wouldn’t choose words that condemned others for their language preference.
Tonight, my wife and I went to the rained-out Liberty Park Earth Jam, and I picked up a nice tie-died shirt. (Everyone should have at least one of these, as well as a Hawaiian shirt, and a business suit – and maybe even a toga, and a Halloween costume, because the right attire is the difference between being cool and being left out in the cold.)
We also stopped to admire some gorgeous pottery and noticed that the majority of the pieces displayed a conspicuous F-bomb on them. We didn’t buy one. We know ourselves and we know our audience/the guests we entertain. That’s just our choice. Besides, that word means so many things. If we served tea with a F-bomb mug, we wouldn’t know if we would get a hug that lasted too long or a punch that went a little too deep.
The best of our viewing choices, though, is that we have so many choices: VidAngel, VidDevil, and sometimes, just picking the movie that meets my choice of realism, and best of best – wearing my tie-died shirt to Earth Jam Festival.
(Note: No hay en realidad un VidDevil, es un chiste.)
Loren M. Lambert June 11, 2016 ©
Of course VidAngel will take out the “language of the people,” and edit out some scenes that concern subjects about what the actors are “doing,” like laundry, child birth, and s_x. I don’t have a problem with that. I have and do prefer VidAngel-type movies. But isn’t that why they have the Hallmark Channel?
Mark Twain said that the difference between the wrong word and the right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug, meaning, every word known to human ears is in your vocabulary “tool box” and may have its right place. That doesn’t mean Twain paraded out the f-bomb at willy-nilly times. No. He knew his audience, but he wouldn’t choose words that condemned others for their language preference.
Tonight, my wife and I went to the rained-out Liberty Park Earth Jam, and I picked up a nice tie-died shirt. (Everyone should have at least one of these, as well as a Hawaiian shirt, and a business suit – and maybe even a toga, and a Halloween costume, because the right attire is the difference between being cool and being left out in the cold.)
We also stopped to admire some gorgeous pottery and noticed that the majority of the pieces displayed a conspicuous F-bomb on them. We didn’t buy one. We know ourselves and we know our audience/the guests we entertain. That’s just our choice. Besides, that word means so many things. If we served tea with a F-bomb mug, we wouldn’t know if we would get a hug that lasted too long or a punch that went a little too deep.
The best of our viewing choices, though, is that we have so many choices: VidAngel, VidDevil, and sometimes, just picking the movie that meets my choice of realism, and best of best – wearing my tie-died shirt to Earth Jam Festival.
(Note: No hay en realidad un VidDevil, es un chiste.)
Loren M. Lambert June 11, 2016 ©
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