To be caught short
1. Does "The viewer is caught up short" mean "the viewer is given the feeling of being useless and lazy" or "the viewer is shocked"?
2. Does "the integrity of the spectator’s space" mean "the distinct space of spectator from the space of the advertising" or "the feeling of the viewer of his perfect and flawless life"?
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Leary, with his bad-boy image, was brought in as spokesman for the basketball superstar Bo Jackson, who was undergoing intensive rehabilitation after a hip injury. The strategy was to shame the viewer by directly challenging his/her passive role in the spectacle. Leary looks directly through the screen, demanding to know ‘And what are you and your good hip doing right now?’ and at the same time supplying the answer: ‘WATCHING COMMERCIALS!’ The viewer is caught up short by this unexpectedly blunt form of address and exposed as a couch potato in comparison to Bo Jackson’s dedicated struggle to regain his proactive powers. The jolt is even more pronounced when, at the end of the commercial, Leary rudely knocks on a sheet of glass in front of the lens, giving an illusion of physical proximity that threatens the integrity of the spectator’s space.
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catttt 1. Does "The viewer is caught up short" mean "the viewer is given the feeling of being useless and lazy" or "the viewer is shocked"? shocked; surprised; startled The viewer was not expecting it.
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- Does "The viewer is caught up short" mean "the viewer is given the feeling of being useless and lazy" or "the viewer is shocked"?
- shocked; surprised; startled The viewer was not expecting it.
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- Does "the integrity of the spectator’s space" mean "the distinct space of spectator from the space of the advertising" or "the feeling of the viewer of his perfect and flawless life"?
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catttt1. Does "The viewer is caught up short" mean "the viewer is given the feeling of being useless and lazy" or "the viewer is shocked"?
shocked; surprised; startled
The viewer was not expecting it.
catttt2. Does "the integrity of the spectator’s space" mean "the distinct space of spectator from the space of the advertisi
0catttt1. Does "The viewer is caught up short" mean "the viewer is given the feeling of being useless and lazy" or "the viewer is shocked"?
The writer made a mistake. The expression is "brought up short". It is a term from sailing. To bring a ship up is to stop it, normally by dropping anchor, not that anybody knows that nowadays ( I had to look it up), but
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