Chapter 33 TV and death

It was caused by the death of Michel Foucault; Michel Foucault died.The day after his death, reports of him lecturing at the French Academy were seen on television.His voice was barely audible, only a faint noise.The voice was there, but it was drowned out by the voice of the reporter, who said it was Michel Foucauld lecturing at the French Academy.Not long after, Olson Wells died, and it happened all over again.A voice is distinctly heard saying loudly that you hear this inaudible, distant voice is the voice of the recently deceased Olson Wells.It has become a routine of every famous death, with images of the dead talking drowned out by the voices of journalists who say that what people hear is the voice of someone who has just died.This is undoubtedly a great discovery by the directors of the relevant departments. Allowing the reporter and the deceased to speak at the same time saves a minute of time for the subsequent broadcast of the program. The program is not necessarily a sports program, but other entertainment, something interesting.

In France, we simply can't get close to the TV reporters and say to them: It's not right to show off a radiant smile on the weather forecast before the sure moment of the smile on the face.It is also impossible.One had to find another way, to assume something between two attitudes, an attitude of being nothing.It was also impossible to try to make the report an extraordinary event, despite the request of the boss.But the duty, no matter what, requires maintaining a good mood.Reporting earthquakes, murders in Lebanon, famous people's deaths, bus accidents, you have to forget about the happy mood, you, you are so eager to find comedy news, you will laugh yourself out of the comic reports of car accidents belly.If so, you are screwed.You can't sleep at night.What you said, you understand yourself.Throw out the downright funny TV news and you'll blow the mood off the rails.

Apart from major events such as celebrity deaths, Nobel Prize awards, parliamentary elections, there is generally not much to see on TV.No one thought of speaking on television.Just talk.That is to say: no matter what happens, such as a dog being crushed to death, it will make people imagine and creatively imagine everything in the universe. People have this kind of strange wisdom, and it is very popular. effects that can be elicited.It should be said that we are customers, TV buyers, and taxpayers, but what we see are mistakes and accidents on TV, so government officials and journalists with monthly salaries of tens of millions came out to speak.Chirac said at the opening of the 1984 book fair that he read poetry because it was short, which was perfect for frequent air travelers, and someone else declared that it would be best if black-and-white TV came on at a certain time.I've also heard it mentioned on television about the famous film of Arrené and Jacqueline Duval.I also heard talk of ③, starring the famous actress Madeleine Barol. "This shy little girl also went into a TV show not long ago.

①The mayor of Paris and a former prime minister. ②The film script published by the author in 1960. ③The novel published by the author in 1967 and the script published in 1968. If people were constantly listening to people who didn't play a role speak their language and discuss current events, television might be unacceptable.It is impossible for them to have any flexibility, to put a little distance away, they are always true colors, too realistic.You just sit in front of the TV.People sweated for reporters when they said exactly what we wanted to know about the future of the astonishing college student strike of December 1986.People really want to hug them warmly and write to them.Their solidarity merged with the student strike.This kind of thing is unprecedented. This happened in France in December 1986.All Paris was talking about it like a school strike.It was indeed a great festival for some of the dailies, until Pascal and Pontro let out their police dogs.

① Official police figures.