We watched a couple clips of George Carlin’s stand up today in class. It was hilarious, kind of sad to see though. He was so damn funny and used language so well. I will always remember him as Rufus in the Bill and Ted movies. So good. So good.
The clips were focused on his terms of “soft” and “hard” language. Things begin as hard language. He used “shell-shocked” as an example. Shell-shocked began to frighten people though. It had many negative connotations because of how awful people would be when they came back suffering from it. After many years of transformation it is now known as post traumatic stress disorder. He mocked the addition of so many syllables and how it now attempted to lose the audiences attention by being so long. He mentioned the use of “pass-away” over “die”, and the use of “automobile accident” as apposed to what it really is, a wreck.
At the end of class we were asked if it is possible to advertise without lying. It is a weird thing to think about. I often notice that car commercials don’t actually say anything about the car. They only show it driving on mountains and show some character using it to their full advantage. I think it is possible to advertise without lying, but that doesn’t mean they have to tell the truth.
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