If I were prime minister of Italy...
I hereby issue the following decrees:
- It shall be henceforth forbidden to show, distribute, broadcast, sell, or disseminate any film or television programme in dubbed version. All foreign language films and television programmes shall be shown, distributed, sold, broadcast and disseminated in their original language, with Italian subtitles. Persons who violate this decree shall be subject to twenty-five years imprisonment.
- And while we are talking about television, all game shows are hereby banned as well.
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And if I were Chancellor of Germany, I would do likewise. Damn the dubbing industry, damn them all.
Amen to that.
I work in an international organization with students who come from all over Europe. Time after time, I have noticed that the students who have the easiest time learing Italian, and thus speaking it with the greatest degree of fluency - and as a result getting the most out of their experience in Italy - are from Holland and Belgium. Why? Because TV in their country isn't dubbed: shows are broadcast in original language with subtitles. This at the very least helps children develop an ear for other languages from a very young age, and so it's easier for them to pick up other languages later on.
A bit of history: when foreign language films first became available many years ago, dubbing was the only option, because the high rate of illiteracy prevented the audience from following the dialogue via subtitles. But in this day and age that is no longer an excuse.
Canada kills seals...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3LuEx3rJpM
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