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Can you explain what manipulation is in terms of TV/movies? Is adding songs written in a minor key to TV shows manipulation so I feel sad?
by Rastonbury 6y ago
Can you explain what manipulation is in terms of TV/movies?
Is adding songs written in a minor key to TV shows manipulation so I feel sad?
- wk_end 6y agoSo the AV Club did a thing where they retroactively watched + reviewed all the Futurama episodes, and I think about their review of, you know, that one, Jurassic Bark, an awful lot. Not just because that episode is so emotionally devastating or because the review does justice to that and is emotionally devastating too, but because of this bit: > I said “Jurassic Park” is manipulative, and I stand by that; the way the episode exploits its flashback structure to build to the most devastating possible conclusion is about as subtle as that Sarah McLachlan SPCA ad. Acknowledging this isn’t the same as criticizing it, though. Manipulation fails when it becomes noticeable, and when the audience resents the efforts made to drive them towards certain feelings. [...] Clumsy manipulation reveals a certain unearned arrogance, even contempt; look how easy it was for me to trick you, how vulnerable you are to control. This episode is more about empathy, and that ending — that uncompromising, agonizing ending — has no contempt in it. Just the knowledge that these things happen, and that we have to live with them. https://tv.avclub.com/futurama-jurassic-bark-crimes-of-the-hot-1798184247 https://tv.avclub.com/futurama-jurassic-bark-crimes-of-the-h...
- macintux 6y agoI’ve only caught a few episodes of Futurama, so I hunted this one down on Hulu to watch it tonight. Wow. Brutal. Then I read that piece, and read the comments on it, and cried some more, and then found this one. https://tv.avclub.com/1804382181 https://tv.avclub.com/1804382181 I have no words.