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I just risked my life for a network that tests my face with focus groups. I don’t feel good.
— Aaron ‧ Broadcast News
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker feels bitter and deflated after putting themselves in danger for a network that still treats their public image as something to be market-tested. The contrast between real risk and trivial commercial scrutiny of their face produces a sour, disillusioned admission of feeling unwell.
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