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28 Jul 2024 14:19:02 EDT (-0400)
  Re: One of the greatest mysteries of screenwriting  
From: Doctor John
Date: 20 Dec 2013 03:16:04
Message: <52b3fcc4$1@news.povray.org>
On 19/12/2013 21:13, Warp wrote:
> I'm really wondering if Hollywood screenwriters have to sign a contract
> where they make an oath that in any story where there are multiple
> characters, if one of them is wounded, sick or otherwise not completely
> right, they always, and I mean always, have to hide it from the others,
> even in situations where there's literally zero reasons to do that, it
> makes absolutely no sense, it has no purpose whatsoever, and it only
> makes things worse for everybody, and even if telling the others would
> actually be beneficial.
>
> I'm sick of seeing this again and again and again. It's like a holy rule
> of screenwriting. It has been seen in like a million movies, and there's
> no sign of it ever stopping.
>

Which is why I rarely, if ever, watch Hollywood cr*p

John


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