Network, Jaron Lanier, Reputations.

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4.2 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2017

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

BBC Head of News, James Harding, offers his verdict of a new stage version of Network, starring Bryan Cranston. Philosopher, Gloria Origgi, considers the importance of reputation in the digital age. Plus, presenter Rana Mitter meets with the 'father of Virtual Reality', Jaron Lanier.

Jaron Lanier's books include You Are Not a Gadget, Who Owns the Future, and Dawn of the New Everything.

Network scripted by Lee Hall and directed by Ivo van Hove, based on the Paddy Chayefsky film, runs at the National Theatre until February 2018 and stars Bryan Cranston as news anchor-man Howard Beale.

Reputation: What it is and why it matters by Gloria Origgi is out now.

Producer: Craig Templeton Smith

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the home of the oxymoron. Evil genius. He asked the newspaper to print his obituary early so he'd enjoy it. That's like hiding at your own funeral. Yeah, a big, great gig. I'm Russell Kane. Join me to weigh in on whether the biggest players in history are more evil or genius. Becoming that rich, I'd say that is some level of genius. It also helps that it's a long time ago, right?
0:23.3	It's like the podcast version of telling your kids the ice cream van plays music when it's out of ice cream.
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0:43.8	against Ruth Lee, debating Marxism and economics, a trio of Russian historians exploring Stalin,
0:49.8	women fighters and Russian hippies, and Michael Neumann on why he wanted to create his own version of the Russian film, Man with a Movie Camera.
0:57.8	This is the BBC.
1:03.0	Hello, everyone's worried about it. Othello, Taylor Swift. What is it? Reputation, of course.
1:15.1	Philosopher Gloria Auriji will tell us how that bubble gets made and burst.
1:22.8	Jaron Lanier's reputation lies in his nickname as Khan, more from the father of VR later on.
1:43.6	But first, would you excuse me for a moment while I walk over and open the window.
1:50.0	I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore.
1:55.0	I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore.
2:00.0	If you think Peter's mad, wait till you hear Brian.
2:03.8	I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore!
2:09.4	Brian Cranston of Breaking Bad fame, letting it all out at the National Theatre.
2:14.0	He's appearing in a stage version of the classic 1976 Hollywood black comedy, Network.
2:19.3	The original film told the story of Howard Beale, played by Peter Finch, a washed-up news anchor
2:24.5	who reinvents himself as a populist ranter on TV. And just in case you're wondering,
2:29.3	scriptwriter Paddy Chieffsky wrote it years before anyone invented Fox News or MSNBC. It's now been brought to the stage by
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