My Thoughts On Spoilers
A week or so ago, I ran across a review of the movie Nope online. I'm a fan of horror - not a surprise. I'm a fan of movie reviews - also not a surprise. Also, I happen to be a fan of the movie's director, Jordan Peele, ever since his Key and Peele days. So, I was interested in reading through it.
I did read over the review. I liked it, but I also saw a feature article that went into a plot point that didn't seem to have any relevance to the main movie. However, I thought it explained and analyzed this particular plot point quite well - I mean, we were talking Roger Ebert-level analysis. As I sometimes do, I decided to post the article on my writing pages on Facebook and Twitter.
At the time I posted it, I was a bit worried about doing so. It was a very good article, but because of the nature of that article, it revealed some massive spoilers about not only major plot points, but even the outcome of the entire movie.
I mention this, because I know that there are many people who are horrified at spoilers and want to avoid them like the plague or warm pop. They structure their entire lives around not putting themselves in situations where they might hear something about films, television, or books before they have had the chance to consume that particular story. They even go so far as berate their own friends and family against possibly revealing anything about those stories. Here's an example of that behavior as well. (I loved Portlandia, especially since I am a Sleater-Kinney fan. Just Google everything I mentioned if you don't know what I'm talking about.)
[AUTHOR'S NOTE: The video sketch about spoilers does, in fact, contain actual spoilers. Proceed at your own risk.]
So, I am well aware of some people's feelings about spoilers. I, in fact, am the complete opposite of the people I mentioned above. I am perfectly fine with spoilers, I have no issue with them whatsoever. My recent experience with this article started me thinking about exactly why that might be the case.
To begin that journey, we have to travel back exactly 40 years into the past to go back to my first experience with a spoiler. (Yes, I'm an older guy).
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