Calling out ‘help’
Does "calling out ‘help’ in an equally small and plaintive voice" mean "it asks for help with its low and sad voice, like saying 'please help me' "?
Because, the Tate Gallery describes it in another way: "Onto the ‘head’ of the puppet is projected a colour video of a woman’s smiling face, which repeatedly chants the words ‘It’s so beautiful’ " (source).
Context:
‘The Most Beautiful Thing I’ve Never Seen’ (1995), the talking head that forms part of Tate Modern’s permanent collection is a fitting example of Oursler’s preoccupation with the mass media, its mechanisms and its effects. In this piece, the couch potato is physically shrunken and literally squeezed under the couch, calling out ‘help’ in an equally small and plaintive voice.
Top answer
catttt Does "calling out ‘help’ in an equally small and plaintive voice" mean "it asks for help with its low and sad voice, like saying 'please help me' "? "small voice" suggests to me something that sounds a little distant and weak, so I think I prefer the paraphrase "with a weak and sad voice". As I understand it, it's not like saying "Please help me".
- catttt Does "calling out ‘help’ in an equally small and plaintive voice" mean "it asks for help with its low and sad voice, like saying 'please help me' "?
- "small voice" suggests to me something that sounds a little distant and weak, so I think I prefer the paraphrase "with a weak and sad voice".
- As I understand it, it's not like saying "Please help me".
- It is exactly saying "Help".
- Nevertheless, fine points aside, yes, you've got the idea correctly.
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cattttDoes "calling out ‘help’ in an equally small and plaintive voice" mean "it asks for help with its low and sad voice, like saying 'please help me' "?
"small voice" suggests to me something that sounds a little distant and weak, so I think I prefer the paraphrase "with a weak and sad voice".
As I understand it, it's not like saying "Please h
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