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Subtitles can hurt jokes by spoiling the punchline without the actors timing or delivery. I wonder if delaying joke/punchline subtitles till after the spoken l
by seniorsassycat 4y ago
Subtitles can hurt jokes by spoiling the punchline without the actors timing or delivery.
I wonder if delaying joke/punchline subtitles till after the spoken line is complete would improve this
- joshstrange 4y agoI've thought about this many times as well as it does suck to have it spoiled, especially if there is a long pause in the scene but the subs have been up revealing the joke/jump-scare/etc for a few seconds already. In the end I enjoy subs too much to turn them off for that reason but every time it happens I do wish the "reveal" in the subs was held until the reveal in the scene.
- lanstin 4y agoYeah I end up laughing too early. If I know it is going to be funny, I will move my eyes up to the faces.
- _8j50 4y agoI usually only laugh earlier as a result of this. But now that you bring it up they can spoil things a few seconds too early as well.