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Talk Radio

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Talk Radio	label	Talk Radio
Talk Radio	page	TalkRadio
Talk Radio	comment	Talk Radio is a 1988 film by Oliver Stone, adapted from a play of the same name by Eric Bogosian and Tad Savinar. It is a drama which is loosely based on the 1984 murder of Denver talk radio personality Alan Berg by white supremacists.Barry Champlain (Bogosian) is a caustic, confrontational shock jock who revels in condescending to his listeners. The story unfolds over the course of a single broadcast, as his show is about to be picked up for national syndication. Yet despite his sense of humor and imminent success, Barry is depressed and isolated from his loved ones. And he plans to continue his pattern of self-destruction by subjecting his fans to a marathon of abuse.Tropes:
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Talk Radio / int_1282bf4f	type	No Celebrities Were Harmed
Talk Radio / int_1282bf4f	comment	No Celebrities Were Harmed: The film is officially an adaptation of both Bogosian's play and a True Crime book about Alan Berg's murder (Talked to Death by Stephen Singular), and practically all of the biographical details about Barry Champlain (his having been a clothing store owner before being urged to try radio by another talk show host, his failed marriage, his dissolute personal life) were taken directly from Berg's life story.
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Talk Radio / int_23473ae7	type	Adaptation Expansion
Talk Radio / int_23473ae7	comment	Adaptation Expansion: The original play features no scenes set outside the radio station. The movie adds in the various flashbacks of Barry's initial success and his marriage dissolving to show how he shaped himself into a caustic pundit.
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Talk Radio / int_281de59f	type	Extremely Short Timespan
Talk Radio / int_281de59f	comment	Extremely Short Timespan: Events unfold over the course of one four-hour radio show.
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Talk Radio / int_2c5bfae3	type	My Country Tis of Thee That I Sting
Talk Radio / int_2c5bfae3	comment	My Country Tis of Thee That I Sting: Pretty much the message of Barry's show, which he blames on his own listeners:
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Talk Radio / int_382a6399	type	The Hero Dies
Talk Radio / int_382a6399	comment	The Hero Dies: Both the play and the film end with Barry being assassinated.
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Talk Radio / int_48c99e19	type	Death by Adaptation
Talk Radio / int_48c99e19	comment	Death by Adaptation: Borderline. The stage play takes place entirely in the studio and doesn't actually depict Champlain being killed. The therapist's description of a disturbed man in the street could be seen as a bad omen, though.
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Talk Radio / int_4e3d253b	type	Downer Ending
Talk Radio / int_4e3d253b	comment	Downer Ending: Just as Barry's show is chosen to go national, he's shot dead by an extremist caller in the station parking lot.
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Talk Radio / int_52831ea	type	Shock Jock
Talk Radio / int_52831ea	comment	Shock Jock: Barry's on-air personality is defined by his confrontational nature, and he frequently attacks callers whether they are (and because they are) gay, black, or neo-Nazis.
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Talk Radio / int_6db06839	type	The Stoner
Talk Radio / int_6db06839	comment	The Stoner: Kent, the goofy teen metalhead caller that Barry invites to join him in the studio.
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Talk Radio / int_7d89315b	type	"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Talk Radio / int_7d89315b	comment	"The Reason You Suck" Speech: By the end, Barry can no longer hide his contempt for his show's audience, and launches into an epic monologue, blasting them for all of their faults.
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Talk Radio / int_8797239c	type	Bait-and-Switch
Talk Radio / int_8797239c	comment	Bait-and-Switch: While talking to a Neo-Nazi on the air, Barry tells a very sincere story about visiting the site of a concentration camp and finding a Star of David pendant that maybe belonged to a young boy, and that he kept it and holds it to try to give himself some of that boy's courage. Just when it seems he's finally being honest, the camera pans down and shows Barry's desk has no pendant and he's holding a coffee mug.
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Talk Radio / int_898ff050	type	Villain Protagonist
Talk Radio / int_898ff050	comment	Villain Protagonist: No matter how you slice it, Barry Champlain is not a nice guy, and actually closer to a true villain instead of a classic Anti-Hero. He's rude, sarcastic, egotistical, opportunistic, and more about getting himself famous by exposing America's paranoid underbelly than actually trying to fix the problems he rails against. He even fully admits to it in his closing monologue:
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Talk Radio / int_957e5fc2	type	Villainous Breakdown
Talk Radio / int_957e5fc2	comment	Villainous Breakdown: Barry during his climactic monologue, launching into a vicious "The Reason You Suck" Speech against his ex-wife, friends, and the entire human race.
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Talk Radio / int_a90e3df2	type	Cowardice Callout
Talk Radio / int_a90e3df2	comment	Cowardice Callout: Among the long list of things Barry Champlain calls his show's listeners out on, he compares them to Nightmare Fetishist children who are obsessed with hearing about the nastiest things in the world but don't have the spine to face them without being hand-guided by a talk show host like himself, and he calls them spineless towards the end.
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Talk Radio / int_e5700c89	type	Reluctant Psycho
Talk Radio / int_e5700c89	comment	Reluctant Psycho: One of Barry's callers, John, is a serial rapist deeply horrified by his inability to control his own urges to rape women.
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The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

Talk Radio	hasFeature	At Least I Admit It / int_f91a6875
Talk Radio	hasFeature	Bad to the Bone / int_f91a6875
Talk Radio	hasFeature	Bait-and-Switch / int_f91a6875
Talk Radio	hasFeature	Cowardice Callout / int_f91a6875
Talk Radio	hasFeature	Don't Make Me Take My Belt Off! / int_f91a6875
Talk Radio	hasFeature	Hypocrisy Nod / int_f91a6875
Talk Radio	hasFeature	Introverted Cat Person / int_f91a6875
Talk Radio	hasFeature	Kick the Morality Pet / int_f91a6875
Talk Radio	hasFeature	Loony Fan / int_f91a6875
Talk Radio	hasFeature	Orbital Shot / int_f91a6875
Talk Radio	hasFeature	Reluctant Psycho / int_f91a6875
Talk Radio	hasFeature	Shock Jock / int_f91a6875
Talk Radio	hasFeature	"The Reason I Suck" Speech / int_f91a6875

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