Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Visual media are for fun; serious messages should be delivered through direct, reliable means.
- In plain terms
- Movies are fun, use other ways for serious messages.
- What can you take from it?
- Separate entertainment from serious communication.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How should serious news be delivered?
Another view
Images can also carry serious messages.
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