MW9@PSUVM.BITNET (02/19/86)
Ok, this time in the beginning of the show they sit and talk
right to the audience! With Addison saying, "What do I know, I'm
just a TV character." I think I liked the old meta-comments
better. When they are not acknowledged as being meta.
Posted once in a Blue Moon...
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Michael S. Weiss
The Pennsylvania State University
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DVL@PSUVM.BITNET (02/19/86)
In the opening lines, not only does David make a META-meta comment when he
recognizes himself as a character, but he executes a meta-action when he
instructs the crew to turn off tthe lights!
This is getting complicated . . .
//"Do bees be? Do bears bear?"//
Alvin T. Lee
MW9@PSUVM.BITNET (02/20/86)
In article <4427DVL@PSUVM>, DVL@PSUVM.BITNET says: > >In the opening lines, not only does David make a META-meta comment when he >recognizes himself as a character, but he executes a meta-action when he >instructs the crew to turn off tthe lights! >This is getting complicated . . . I didn't mean it wasn't weird, but it was too obvious to be meta. Meta, as I see it, has to be clever and you have to be paying attention to catch it. It is subtle. It is *not* turning to the camera and saying, "Hi, I'm a tv character." bleh! That's our opinion. What's yours? We'd like to know... ------- Michael S. Weiss The Pennsylvania State University MW9@PSUVM.BITNET <* The opinions expressed by me do not reflect those held *> <* by my school nor those of my employer. (If I had one.) *>
DVL@PSUVM.BITNET (02/21/86)
MW9 at my school seems to have this requirement for subtlety in meta-comments.
HOWEVER, I don't remember this being a requirement at all . . . if so, then
great comments like "We have to. There's another show in 20 minutes." (the
spirit of the Christmas show comment, rather than the letter) would
certainly have to be discounted.
Yeah, I know I'm being picky too . . .
Alvin T. Lee
["Peep"]
MW9@PSUVM.BITNET (02/22/86)
In article <4446DVL@PSUVM>, DVL@PSUVM.BITNET says: >MW9 at my school seems to have this requirement for subtlety in meta-comments. >HOWEVER, I don't remember this being a requirement at all . . . if so, then >great comments like "We have to. There's another show in 20 minutes." (the >spirit of the Christmas show comment, rather than the letter) would >certainly have to be discounted. No, that is a perfect example. If you can't see the difference between that comment and "Hi there, I'm a tv character" well you are in need of psychiatric help. :-) It's not sublety, but rather a sense of 'slipping in' the comment rather than throwing it in my face. ------- Michael S. Weiss The Pennsylvania State University MW9@PSUVM.BITNET <* The opinions expressed by me do not reflect those held *> <* by my school nor those of my employer. (If I had one.) *>