{"id":860,"date":"2015-04-11T10:39:57","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T21:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rogerdennis.com\/ideaport\/?p=860"},"modified":"2015-04-11T10:39:57","modified_gmt":"2015-04-10T21:39:57","slug":"john-oliver-reframes-complex-narrative-with-dick-pics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rogerdennis.com\/ideaport\/?p=860","title":{"rendered":"John Oliver reframes complex narrative with ‘Dick Pics’"},"content":{"rendered":"

I watched the John Oliver show about the renewal of the Patriot Act upcoming in June.\u00a0 His central argument is that the American people don\u2019t care about NSA mass surveillance programmes as it\u2019s too complicated.<\/p>\n

He goes to Moscow and interviews Ed Snowden, and you can watch Snowden struggle to understand how to frame his story.\u00a0 Then John Oliver reframes the massive complexity of NSA surveillance\u00a0 around, errrr…Dick Pics sent online.<\/p>\n

He shows Snowden interviews with people in Times Square before and after the reframing, and the results are absolutely clear when it comes to the formation of great narrative.<\/p>\n

The full clip is 30min but you need to watch it in it\u2019s entirety to see the beauty of the formation of the story.\u00a0 Before the reframing people aren’t particularly worried about the powers of the NSA.\u00a0 After the reframing they are passionately against it.<\/p>\n

It’s a virtual masterclass in how to reframe complexity in such a way that it can trigger a narrative to be re-told.\u00a0 It’s also an extremely topical and relevant story in itself.<\/p>\n

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Government Surveillance (HBO) – YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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