Shadowing Practice: Dexter Jaime Murray Interview - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Well, you know, I mean, Dexter is not really a sci -fi, obviously it's not a sci -fi show in the usual sense,
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but it is like what in the way I was speaking about, it's a genre show that kind of skews your way of looking at something.
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For example, this is as antisocial, as bad a character that you can imagine.
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But if through the process of drama you can actually empathize with this person,
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you realize that you can empathize and have compassion for just about anyone.
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And you can't read a book by its cover.
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And that's what I love about drama.
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You know, sometimes I play these very bad characters.
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But for me to play them, I can't judge them as being bad.
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I have to be the best lawyer for those people as possible.
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And it just makes you realize that everybody is on a journey.
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Everybody has a story to tell.
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And, you know, it has this humanizing quality.
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I mean, that's not to say that, you know, we should all support mass murderers.
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It's just to say that he is a very strange person, but you end up kind of loving him.
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And that's an interesting experience as a viewer.
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Your character certainly had a complex relationship with Dexter.
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I guess fans will want to know what was it like working with the mercurial talents of Michael C.
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Hall?
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It was super fun, you know, because he's very socially awkward.
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Not Michael, Dexter.
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In the first season, he's really kind of finding his way.
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He's almost kind of childlike.
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His relationship with Rita is verging on kind of platonic.
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It's kind of...
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And then when Lila comes along, I'm able to bring out all these other elements in him and he's a little repressed and he's,
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you know, I had the joy of actually kind of bringing out these other elements.
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And I think for Michael it was quite exciting because however amazing the character was in the first season,
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he had a chance to express this other side and discover this other side for the first time.
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So that was super fun.
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Obviously you never shy away from playing difficult and challenging characters
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and I think your character in Dex is a magnificent example of that.
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As a performer, how liberating is it for you to play someone who's genuinely sociopathic and magnificently unhinged?
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Well, I mean, it's fun.
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I mean, it's fun to kind of go there
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and kind of be that person that you would hope that you would never be.
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And you've got this perfect excuse to kind of go there because it's your job to do it.
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But that being said, I must say that at the end of shooting, you know a day of being Lila
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I used to kind of have to go home kind of dim the lights drink some wine
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and eat some chocolate
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because I irritated myself you know in order to kind of be available for Lila
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I had to kind of who crossed people's boundaries
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and was always saying the inappropriate thing
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and in your face you know I was kind of like bouncing off the walls you know
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and I'd kind of need to kind of go home
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and kind of like you know throw it away a little bit but But no, it's a really interesting thing.
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You can make some really interesting choices when you're playing characters like that.
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I think that, listen, the reason that there are so many, you know, so many doctor shows and so many police shows,
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and they're quite kind of conservative shows nowadays, days.
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But the reason that they have always been successful is we like seeing other human beings in heightened situations.
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The reason Shakespeare was so big, and we talk about Shakespearean as these kind of big epic themes,
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is when is someone going to step up and be courageous
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and be a hero or fail miserably and be Machiavellian and awful?
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What are you going to do when push comes to shove?
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And I think that when it's heightened like that, it's a lot of fun.
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Well, for me as an actor, it's a lot of fun, but it's a lot of fun as a viewer.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Dexter Jaime Murray Interview”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: character, Lila, Dexter, interesting, Michael. This video has 56 sentences and 718 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:38. The speaker talks at a natural 155 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| element noun | /ˈɛləmənt/ | One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based. |
| viewer noun | /ˈvju.ɚ/ | Someone who views a spectacle; an onlooker or spectator. |
| awful adjective | /ˈɔːfʊl/ | Very bad. |
| discover verb | /dɪˈskʌvə/ | To find or learn something for the first time. |
| epic noun | /ˈɛp.ɪk/ | An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero. |
| awkward adjective | /ˈɔk.wɚd/ | Lacking dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments. |
| genre noun | /ˈ(d)ʒɑnɹə/ | A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks. |
| boundary noun | /ˈbaʊndɹi/ | The dividing line or location between two areas. |
| nowadays adverb | /ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/ | At the present time; in the current era. |
| genuinely adverb | /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/ | In a genuine manner; truthfully, truly. |
| magnificent adjective | /mæɡˈnɪfəsənt/ | Grand, elegant or splendid in appearance. |
| bounce verb | /baʊns/ | To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle. |
| inappropriate adjective | /ˌɪnəˈpɹoʊpɹi.ət/ | Not appropriate; not suitable for the situation, time, or place. |
| socially adverb | /ˈsoʊʃəli/ | In a social manner; sociably. |
| compassion noun | /kəmˈpæʃ.ən/ | Deep awareness of the suffering of others that people have to the point of them being motivated to relieve such states. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bring out verb | To elicit, evoke, or emphasize (a particular quality). |
| bounce off verb | To test (ideas) on someone. |
| come along verb | To accompany. |
| end up verb | To bring to a conclusion. |
| step up verb | To increase, augment, or advance, especially by one or more steps. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 7 contractions and reduced forms, such as can't, I'd, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: genre /ˈ(d)ʒɑnɹə/, socially /ˈsoʊʃəli/, compassion /kəmˈpæʃ.ən/, shave /ˈʃeɪ̯v/, antisocial /ˌæntiˈsəʊʃəl/
- Long words — get the stress right: genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/, magnificent /mæɡˈnɪfəsənt/, inappropriate /ˌɪnəˈpɹoʊpɹi.ət/, antisocial /ˌæntiˈsəʊʃəl/, magnificently /mæɡˈnɪfɪsəntli/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like element, viewer, awful.
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