I find it means so much more if a story or movie resists the urge to moralize and assumes that I have the intelligence to figure things out for myself. I actually say this a lot in criticisms of stories as well: stop telling me what to feel. Use power of words or images to show me why I should feel it. It simply means so much more, like reading about a concept in a textbook or observing it in the lab: which makes the more lasting impression?
The sad thing about Letters is that it made the point on "we are all the same" beautifully...and then it went and took it that extra step and ruined it. Nrgh.
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I find it means so much more if a story or movie resists the urge to moralize and assumes that I have the intelligence to figure things out for myself. I actually say this a lot in criticisms of stories as well: stop telling me what to feel. Use power of words or images to show me why I should feel it. It simply means so much more, like reading about a concept in a textbook or observing it in the lab: which makes the more lasting impression?
The sad thing about Letters is that it made the point on "we are all the same" beautifully...and then it went and took it that extra step and ruined it. Nrgh.