Re: OT: Wildepad

On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:23:09 -0800, Erik Max Francis <max@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:

>Wildepad wrote:
>> You can take *any* novel and find holes in the premise. The reason you
>> don't see them when reading is that they become part of the
>> background. 
>
>If they're written well enough and the premises aren't completely, 
>jarringly, break-suspension-of-disbelief ridiculous.  Hint, hint.

*Every* plot depends on improbabilities.

If it's well written, the premise becomes virtually invisible, no
matter how ridiculous it may seem if presented outside the context of
the story. 

Can a person, no matter how strong, jump up and keep flying instead of
falling back to Earth?

Can a person, no matter how strong, get hit by a car and not be shoved
a distance determined by the mass/speed factors of themselves and the
auto?

Can a person, no matter how strong, take off their glasses and cape
and not be recognized by the people they work with?

Completely, jarringly, break-suspension-of-disbelief ridiculous
premise, right?

Yet no one with an imagination questions them while watching the show.
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