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- It doesn't need logic, like language does.
- Really?
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It's so powerful. It's annihilating.
It's changing the way we think.
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Television has made the world less
rational now than it was 200 years ago.
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We're living in a mosaic of
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half-comprehended,
shallow emotional responses like
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- Pavlov's dog.
- Not me. I don't even watch TV.
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- Not even like dogs. More like hamsters.
- Pavlov's hamsters.
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Its essential function is
to trivialise the culture.
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When you make it out there
and feel like you don't really exist...
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- What was I saying?
- That I don't really exist.
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We live in a world of simulations,
unconnected with real lived experience.
:30:49
Cressida Roache is not a person.
She's a very careful construct.
:30:52
A combination of familiar,
very commercial images.
:30:56
You've got to force her back into a hole.
Humanise her. Really focus on her.
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- Excuse me.
- We're coming.
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Don't be dull and unanimated. Laugh a lot.
You know? Be yourself. Are you okay?
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Sure.
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This way, please.
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Could you please wait here for a moment?
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You've got a tissue in your...
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- Can I take it?
- Yes.
:31:29
You're good?
:31:30
- Hi Steve. Cressida Roache.
- Hello.
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Anna's filled me in on the background.
It's a fabulous story. Congratulations.
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Mr. Myers, we're ready for you now.
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- You okay?
- Yes.
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- Good luck.
- 15 seconds to air.
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Stand by.
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