Rewatching Burn Notice... the Michael Westin voiceover bits explain bits of tradecraft (a mix of real and bullshit) interpolated into the plot. The nice trick is, it’s not exposition (the action doesn’t really need it), but garnish. Livens up what would otherwise be tropey action
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Now that I’m experimenting with the genre myself, I see interesting examples of edutainment everywhere.
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When a story needs exposition to work, it’s fundamentally lame. When exposition enriches a plot that works without it, it goes from boring pipe-laying to fun.
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Another rich example here is the sci-fi “info dump” — directly communicating a bunch of worldbuilding up front to a reader. Often lame. But Neal Stephenson, for example, has a gift of making info dumps funny and enjoyable to read. Massively powerful.

