To quote my thicc Movie Mindset king Roger Ebert- "A good movie is never too long, and a bad movie can never be too short"

Hate watching something? Leave the theatre, turn the tv off

  • hahafuck [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    If you can get what a book is saying in a single paragraph it is not a very good book, no? If it's good there is some unique purpose to every bit beyond that paragraph. If there are large sections that are completely valueless, presumably the editor would edit them

    • threshold [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      also the idea compacting necessary points of the story to its more concise form is what makes art valuable... i don't vibe with that

      • hahafuck [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        But you agree editing is an important part of lit, no? It isn't that it's all that adds value (lets say entertainment value) but it is a part of it, you don't want faff. Ofc a long movie or book can be perfect also

    • RowPin [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      If there are large sections that are completely valueless, presumably the editor would edit them

      "I wish that were so." - Obi-Wan Kenobi