What "The Wizard of Oz" Can Tell Us About "Arrival"

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🗓️ 13 December 2016

⏱️ 29 minutes

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In Arrival, Amy Adams plays a linguist who discovers that language can radically alter one's perception of reality. But is that true? Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at www.slate.com/podcastsplus. Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everybody it's Tim Heidecker, you know me Tim and Eric Bridesmaids and fantastic four.
0:05.0	I'd like to personally invite you to listen to Office Hours Live with me and my co-hosts DJ Doug Pound.
0:10.8	Hello.
0:11.3	And Vic Berger.
0:12.3	Howdy.
0:12.8	Every week we bring you last fun games and lots of other surprises.
0:16.3	It's live, we take your Zoom calls.
0:18.0	We love having fun, excuse me.
0:19.6	That song's...
0:20.3	Vic said something.
0:21.1	It's a song.
0:21.6	Music.
0:22.1	I like having fun.
0:23.6	I like to laugh.
0:25.6	I like to meet people who can make me laugh.
0:29.6	Please subscribe.
0:31.2	No.
0:59.6	With a screenplay by Eric Heyserer from Short Story by Ted Chiang.
1:05.2	Arrival is based on the Superior Warp Hypothesis, which was developed most explicitly by Benjamin Lee Warp,
1:14.4	who actually was a fire inspector by day but was a passionate amateur linguist.
1:20.8	And the Superior Warp Hypothesis speculates that aspects of our particular languages shape
1:28.2	the way we think, the way we process the world, and you could extend that to culture.
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