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Storytelling has gotten so damn efficient due to screen media. A well-scripted modern TV show moves along incredibly briskly. It’s like Lean Storytelling. Shortest path through the beats of the hero’s journeys. It’s barely even writing. It’s amygdala assembly programming.
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Nothing forces efficiency more than knowing every minute of screen time is costing 10s to 100s of thousands. No time to dawdle. Can lead to mechanical effects sometimes, but damn the machine works. Slick is the word. It’s not always good storytelling but it’s slick.
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Wonder if there’s a way to measure this. The Expanse, Stranger Things, Cobra Kai have struck ne as especially brutally efficient.
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It’s like tourists on a package bus tour in Europe. “If it’s Tuesday it must be Brussels” type pacing.
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It’s the sign of a mannerist late stage or something. Like we’re on the cusp of a leap out of this local minimum with a young new kind of storytelling that can afford to be sloppy and loose because it makes big gains on an unexpected vector.
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Funny how people think this is either obviously a bad thing or obviously a good thing. 🤣 Can’t just let it be a thing huh
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My favorite aspect of modern story telling is the rejection of the meme. Evil scientist making a deal? No way. Beautiful co-worker? Yes to a sex positive relationship. Angst is no longer a motivation, bless.
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This strikes me as both competence and high level of caring if its good. Only watched one season of the expanse but Cobra Kai sweats ALL the details. Including car stuff that has no impact on story but would be noticed by car guys. Would love to see more of it.