one last posting before the class ends.
like most of the world, i was glued to the television set last night at aroun noon EST, 6 pm CET.
the only problem is, CNN had switched to HDTV in Germany, and so we can’t watch it on our tv set anymore. and all the other broadcasts were from German / Austrian tv. in German. with different people reading the speeches.
a little note on dubbing. i. Hate. dubbing. from whatever language, into whatever language. you lose sooo much of what was being said through dubbing. so to stop myself from throwing tomatoes at the tv, i quickly fired up my laptop and logged onto BBC, where they were streaming the inauguration live, in English. albeit with a 3-second delay, but who’s complaining when it was clear and in. English. sigh.
the very idea of dubbing barack obama is preposterous. how can you possibly dub such a speaker like him? the power of his speeches lie not just in his words, it’s also in the delivery…
so anyways, the internet saved the day. and for people like me, living abroad in a country whose national language is not english, who so obviously preferred the real thing, it’s the online sources which made the experience of the inauguration worth watching.
online journalism complements the hard-copy version, is how i see it. it also complements the other virtual version. the combination of newspapers, television, and the internet is unbeatable. they each have different uses and offer different levels of interaction as well, which i’m grateful for. as long as there’s no censor, bring it all on, is my opinion.
well, this is not the strongest of endings, but it’s been a long day and i still need to hand in my final project… so, that’s it for now…
