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yeah I agree with this and I think there's some broader truth here that also applies to other art forms where the real value is not in the unveiling of a storyl
by davnicwil 4y ago
yeah I agree with this and I think there's some broader truth here that also applies to other art forms where the real value is not in the unveiling of a storyline or whatever, but in the detail in the journey along the way.
Actually this might be one definition of a great book / film / series etc - that it can't truly have 'spoilers' because the key facts of the plot is not the point.
- tsimionescu 4y agoI loved this idea (and it rang very true in context) in the Hadestown musical, which is a retelling of the story of Orpheus and Eurydice - and it begins with lyrics like "It's a sad song, it's a sad tale, it's a tragedy - but we sing it anyway". Knowing how the story ends can sometimes even make it better, when it's a really great story.
- Tomte 4y agoRomeo and Juliet gives their eventual deaths away in the first few sentences, as well.
- Barrin92 4y agoyes the modern anxiety over spoiler alerts I think is very closely tied to the "watch once and forget" culture. It also always reminds me of that Hitchcock anecdote where he talks about the difference between surprise, which is not knowing that the bomb is under the table, to suspense, the viewer seeing the bomb but it not going off. The former is five seconds of surprise, the latter is 15 minutes of tension. Point being that keeping the viewer in the dark is in many ways the lowest form of creating excitement. And it seems way to common nowadays both in how we watch and how stories themselves are constructed around this.