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Shows That Don't "Click" With You
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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 263176" data-attributes="member: 27"><p>Add me to the list not really liking <em>This Is Us. </em>Writing shows like this is a walk on a tightrope--it can either get too clever for its own good (where the writers are hamstrung by their planned-out story arcs and can't revise anything that isn't working), or it just becomes too "precious" (the aforementioned<em> shmaltz</em>). I can appreciate well-planned/timed story revelations and a good 'call-back', but this show takes it all too far. I know all shows like this want to manipulate the viewer into feeling certain emotions, but the manipulation just feels so overt that I end up reacting against it and feeling kind of...irritated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 263176, member: 27"] Add me to the list not really liking [I]This Is Us. [/I]Writing shows like this is a walk on a tightrope--it can either get too clever for its own good (where the writers are hamstrung by their planned-out story arcs and can't revise anything that isn't working), or it just becomes too "precious" (the aforementioned[I] shmaltz[/I]). I can appreciate well-planned/timed story revelations and a good 'call-back', but this show takes it all too far. I know all shows like this want to manipulate the viewer into feeling certain emotions, but the manipulation just feels so overt that I end up reacting against it and feeling kind of...irritated. [/QUOTE]
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