[HN Gopher] Netflix Wants Movies to Restate the Plot Three or Fo...
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       Netflix Wants Movies to Restate the Plot Three or Four Times in the
       Dialogue
        
       Author : haunter
       Score  : 6 points
       Date   : 2026-01-17 21:11 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (variety.com)
        
       | rolph wrote:
       | i believe that would qualify as "hanging a lantern"
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       | http://bekindrewrite.com/2011/02/04/what-does-hang-a-lantern...
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       | when done artfully it works well, rather than insulting
       | intelligences, or seeming intentionally dumbed down.
        
         | randycupertino wrote:
         | Reminds me of the gift shop sketch from Mitchell & Webb:
         | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MFtl2XXnUc
        
       | FrankWilhoit wrote:
       | Mozart wrote for audiences who were only half paying attention.
       | If that is all he had done -- and it was all that most of his
       | peers did -- he would be forgotten. But _at the same time_ he
       | also wrote for audiences who were paying the closest possible
       | attention. He is remembered for doing _both_. It is quite a
       | trick, as you will see if you try it. Netflix do not even see the
       | need for it, and therefore, their  "works" will be forgotten.
        
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