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September 12, 2006
A very sort of special Minor Tweaks
A "flashback episode," in the argot of the small screen, is one in which characters "remember" scenes from previous shows. It is a threadbare gimmick that even the slightly savvy viewer sees through instantly. The convention usually calls for a crude deus ex machina -- like, say, a power outage -- so characters have sufficient-seeming reason to take a 22-minute stroll down memory lane.
I was thinking about this recently whilst trapped in a well. My mind then drifted to the time I tried to convince Kellie to kill me. Fortunately she was uncooperative. I then thought about how it would be nice to be able to fly, which naturally reminded me of the postmodern experience of air travel. Without much else to do down there, I had a little conversation with myself (something I've done before). I then pledged that in the future I would be less demanding and try to focus on the good, cute things in life. It was hard to forecast how things would turn out; I could only hope someone would find me.
And then someone did. I was saved! And I learned something, too, i.e. the importance of not falling down wells. The end.
Posted by teb at September 12, 2006 04:29 PM