While exploring videoart.net, I came across this short film, ‘Charlie Rose’ by Samuel Beckett by experimental filmmaker Andrew Filippone Jr. The re-mix of the popular PBS series “Charlie Rose” shows the host engaging in an absurd conversation with himself about the state of technology today. His repetition of the words “google”, “Microsoft” and “yahoo” place these entities in a farcical context while at the same time implying their disturbingly large importance in our lives. Say “google” three times and it begins to sound like gibberish. Say it yet a few more times and you recognize the power contained in that word. The filmmaker explains,

“Something has happened to PBS favorite “Charlie Rose.” The erudite conversations and sober intellectualism have been replaced by an absurd world where illogic, inane dialogues, and open hostility rule. The one-on-one interview between Charlie and his guest begins as usual but quickly goes awry, so much so that Charlie is warned that, somewhere, a man named “Steve” is “not happy.” Though this seemingly random statement might confuse us, Charlie understands it for what it is — a threat. But who is “Steve” and why is he angry? And why does the mere mention of his name stop Charlie cold?”