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Sorry — There Is Something (Too) Seriously Wrong With The Way New Scripted [Fiction] TV Shows and Movies Are Made Today
Everybody Mumbles And Looks The Same — Everything Is Too Edgy
I watched some new television show the other night because I always try to watch new TV shows and at least give them a chance.
But those chances are becoming far and few between because, sorry — I am simply and sadly repelled by the way some of these new shows are produced, presented and performed.
Exhibit A: What I Observed
Some dark character, on what is a dark show, was being tormented by some other dark character. And the one being tormented said something to their tormentor, though I’m not sure what — because the tormented character was grinding their teeth through every line of dialogue, amidst the scene being filmed in bleak, dingy cinematography with the constant annoying music score (i.e. “noise”!) that usually blares in the background of all new TV shows today.
So, much so, I screamed at the set, and said, “What? What are you saying?!! I can’t understand one word you’re saying! Open your mouth! Speak clearly. Stop whispering! And shut off that music!”
But no one listened.
