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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000045.txt from 2004/11

From: Oboeeee@-----.com
Subj: [DR-L] Quote of the Day
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 20:29:57 -0500


"The futility of everything that comes to us from the media is the=20
inescapable consequence of the absolute inability of that particular stage t=
o remain=20
silent. Music, commercial breaks, news flashes, adverts, news broadcasts, mo=
vies,=20
presenters=E2=80=94there is no alternative but to fill the screen; otherwise=
there=20
would be an irremediable void.... That=E2=80=99s why the slightest technical=
hitch, the=20
slightest slip on the part of the presenter becomes so exciting, for it=20
reveals the depth of the emptiness squinting out at us through this little w=
indow."

-Jean Baudrillard (b. 1929) French semiologist
"Cool Memories," ch. 4
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