I watch a lot of tv with subtitles.
Some of it is deplorable. Much nonsensical. Some even laughable.
I was watching ‘Under Suspicion’ with Gene Hackman playing a pillar of society whose life is falling apart when he is falsely accused of raping and murdering two young girls. It is brilliantly written, as his life is stripped away from him and his marriage destroyed under interrogation, until he sees he has nothing left to live for and confesses to the crimes before the over-eager aggressive young detective.
The denouement is when Morgan Freeman, the investigating Captain, comes in and says “It’s over. They caught the killer.”
Subtitles read “It’s over. They call it Tequila.”
What does this mean, if you are unable to hear?
This being is one of the worst examples. It is evident that voice recognition software is being used. But really, how long are we going to be fed cheap substitutes for quality work. Surely it is not beyond the resources to employ a proof-reader. Particularly with a film of the quality of ‘Under Suspicion’, possibly one of the best Gene Hackman movies, even though harrowing.
