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Studio 100 SAT
2009

This animation was created around an audio sample pulled from a live performance of Alessandro Guido ed i Trerrote. It is a parody of the journalistic methodologies utilized by Studio 100--a local television station broadcasting throughout Puglia, Italy.

Sorry, but there are no subtitles. To help you understand, I have included a few notes below.

While some of the points are specifically relevant to this station, I think that we can all relate to the hyper-sensationalized nature of local news broadcasts. The point is that the information is so convoluted by, not necessarily what they say, but how they say it. Alessandro has identified certain rules that further illustrate this point.

It begins with a simple phrase: Oggi ho mangiato la mela (Today I ate an apple)

Rule 1: Use of plural pronouns
Today we ate an apple.

Rule 2: Referring directly or indirectly to city government
Today, thanks to the initiative of City Hall, we ate an apple.

Rule 3: Stating with redundancy "that which is"
Today, thanks to the initiative of City Hall, we ate that which is an apple, and in fact there was only one.

Rule 4: Use of "really" and "great" as much as possible, and frequently together
Today, really, thanks to the great initiative of City Hall, we ate that which is an apple, and in fact there was only one.

Rule 5: Mimmo's confirmation
Today, really, thanks to the great initiative of City Hall, of which Mimmo can confirm, we ate that which is an apple, and in fact there was only one.

Rule 6: Reference to the Great Salento (this is a geo-cultural area-->if you think of Italy as a boot, Salento would be the heel)
Today, really, thanks to the great initiative of City Hall, of which Mimmo can confirm, we ate that which is an apple, and in fact there was only one--none of which would be possibly without the bounty of our Great Salento.

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