[Chicago Slices raw: What The El?]

Raw footage for "Chicago Slices," a 1994-1995 television series on WPWR about life in and around Chicago. This footage was shot for a segment called "What the El?," where host Judy Markey approaches random people on Chicago's elevated train and asks them questions.

00:00Copy video clip URL On the elevated train platform in Chicago’s loop, Judy Markey introduces “What The El,” a show in which she interviews people on the train, and asks them to guess information about their fellow passengers. Information includes name, age, occupation, children, and plans for the weekend. Then she asks the people for the real information to compare how accurate the hypotheses were. She interviews people with a variety of ages and backgrounds. She discusses with them the ways in which we make assumptions about strangers.

27:40Copy video clip URL Judy moves from the train to the street to interview a family about hairstyles and their upcoming family reunion.

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