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A frustration I have about the current crop of shows and movies generally, but with exceptions, is that so often things seem to just largely happen for no reaso

• nemo44x 2y ago
  > "this happened and then this happened" Honestly, this sounds like the formula so many comedies in the 1980s took. A series of vignettes that are loosely connected by some thread of a story that's secondary to the hijinks and then a brief semi-dramatic scene in the last act and a happy resolution. It's a pretty tried and true formula and I think it works because the audience doesn't have to think much or pay attention the entire time.
• jerf 2y ago
  In a 2:15 video (that's 2 minutes, not two hours), half of which is just setup, Matt Stone and Trey Parker talk about this in the context of writing South Park. One of the reasons I hold modern Hollywood in open contempt right now is that so much of their output fails this basic test, at scale. Not only is Hollywood largely not writing at a Writing 101 level, they're not writing at a first day of Writing 101 level. It is so sad seeing all the other professionals in the industry get utterly crippled by writers hired for every reason other than whether they can tell even a competent story, let alone a good one.