----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > JEREMY BUTLER WROTE: > >... instances of sound/image discontinuity raise the issue of the > >discursive impact of television sound as compared to that of its image. > > > >Can anyone contribute other instances of such sound/image discontinuity > >being used to support an ideological agenda? > Not an example of lip sync ideology on television, but in film, I offer the example of black singers used to give white stars a *voice*, so beautifully documented in Julie Dash's film Illusions. This was apparently common practice, particularly when the white star was supposed to be singing a sexy song. Lauren Bacall discusses this in an interview I can't lay my hands on. Susan Denker [log in to unmask]