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28 Jul 2024 22:30:16 EDT (-0400)
  Re: One of the greatest mysteries of screenwriting  
From: posfan12
Date: 8 Jan 2014 01:48:07
Message: <52ccf4a7$1@news.povray.org>
On 12/19/2013 4:13 PM, 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.
>

I think people IRL do this, hoping someone will notice and make a movie 
about them. ;)

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