News Exercsise #35

Questions:
1) What, according to the journalist, is the message of the video ‘Look Up’?
2) Why does she call it ironic?
3) What have people said in opinion against the video? 2:16-2:27 (it contains the word ‘goff’, which is rarely used, meaning ‘foolish’ or ‘like a clown’.
4) Explain why, at 2:34, the journalist said she was angry.
5) She ended with saying that it is ‘dangerous’. I’m not sure why she thinks this, but do you understand her reason?
6) At 2:55 the video maker reacts to her ‘dangerous’ comment. What does he say?
7) At 3:23, she explains why many people dislike the video – what words does she use? She also says ‘but…’ – what did she say?
8) He used the same adjective several times to describe the video – what was it?

Answers:
1) What, according to the journalist, is the message of the video ‘Look Up’?
“In the connected age, we are more disconnected than ever.”

2) Why does she call it ironic?
The irony is that a video complaining about social media became a hit on social media.

3) What have people said in opinion against the video? 2:16-2:27 (it contains the word ‘goff’, which is rarely used, meaning ‘foolish’ or ‘like a clown’.
It has received a “deluge of negative comments”, such as “trite goff, and perniciously anti-progress.”

4) Explain why, at 2:34, the journalist said she was angry.
She said that the message of the video was expressed in such a “cheesy, Christmas-cardy” way. She also said, “The way different generations communicate evolves. To have this nostalgia about speaking to people on public transport, something that probably never happened, to have this nostalgia, I think it’s quite dangerous in a way.”

5) She ended with saying that it is ‘dangerous’. I’m not sure why she thinks this, but do you understand her reason?
…?

6) At 2:55 the video maker reacts to her ‘dangerous’ comment. What does he say?
“I think she’s trying to read too much into my video, a little bit there. I’m not sure, it’s just a little film I made.”

7) At 3:23, she explains why many people dislike the video – what words does she use? She also says ‘but…’ – what did she say?
It’s “sentimental, nostalgic and it’s simplistic.”

8) He used the same adjective several times to describe the video – what was it?
Viral, spreading like a virus