Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 08:57:29 -0400
To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
Subject: [Puptcrit] AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH


Hi folks-
thanks everyone for rallying around this topic; it's been amazing to see the
responses. Just a thought, taking from John Bell and malgosia's responses in
particular ...

A.O. Scott says in the NYTimes review of this film:
"I can't think of another movie in which the display of a graph elicited
gasps of horror, but when the red lines showing the increasing rates of
carbon-dioxide emissions and the corresponding rise in temperatures come on
screen, the effect is jolting and chilling. Photographs of receding ice
fields and glaciers =97 consequences of climate change that have already taken
place =97 are as disturbing as speculative maps of submerged coastlines. The
news of increased hurricane activity and warming oceans is all the more
alarming for being delivered in Mr. Gore's matter-of-fact, scholarly tone."

If we can argue that animated graphs and visual aids of this kind can be a
form of puppetry, witness the effectiveness right HERE in changing minds by
simply presenting information dynamically.

At one point in his slideshow, Gore points out the startling population
growth curve on a huge graph which he literally SCALES in a cherry-picker to
indicate the enormity of the trend.

useful ideas for puppeteers, I hope ... and grist for the mill.

cherry-picker, anyone?

-Emmy
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