When it comes down to it, I think that gossip between friends and those in the trade tends to provide the insights that usefully critiques the media product. Think of fashion designers talking about who's doing what in the latest show, etc, etc. It's very hard to know what people will put up with because it's a very zeitgeist sort of thing. People in a focus group may well not put up with In Media Res opening for a project, however, it may well be accepted among the broader public.
Of course, the other issue could be simply that the producers didn't have the needed storytelling chops to make that particular opening work. It's good to let that bad focus group score indicate your skill and direct that effort in another style. It's bad when when you think that it's the style that's at fault.
--shah8
]]>Even more than the popping up of explicit manisfestos of neo-reactionarianism, places like Slashdot has had progressively worse commenting to their stories, especially ladened down with more misogynistic comments.
It's basically 1992 in Southern California all over again. Does anyone need to watch Falling Down again?
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