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Post by Foxy on Feb 27, 2019 14:55:44 GMT -5
What do you think is the most unbelievable thing this week?
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Post by Dante on Feb 27, 2019 16:08:02 GMT -5
Usually I have a pretty genuine complaint when I vote in these, but I don't really have a problem with THH at all. I suspect that there is a great deal wrong with the rubber band bungee cord, but given the circumstances it's a moot point; and Mr. Sirin and his butterflies are an off-screen anecdote and subject to different standards. So I'm going to have to go for Klaus and Sunny's doctor disguises, which are patently absurd and it's simply ludicrous that they fool even the other troupe members into thinking that they're the white-faced women. I don't mind in the slightest, as it's terribly funny, but if I had to disbelieve anything, it'd be that.
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Post by Carrie E. Abelabudite on Feb 27, 2019 21:54:51 GMT -5
Violet and Klaus don't figure out that Ana Gram = 'anagram' at first.
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Post by Foxy on Feb 28, 2019 7:35:30 GMT -5
and Mr. Sirin and his butterflies are an off-screen anecdote and subject to different standards. I have to ask - why are the standards different, and what are the standards in these off-screen anecdotes?
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Post by Mr. Dent on Feb 28, 2019 10:35:38 GMT -5
Babs became a stuntwoman? What? Where did that come from, she seemed perfectly happy with her job...
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Post by Dante on Feb 28, 2019 10:51:46 GMT -5
and Mr. Sirin and his butterflies are an off-screen anecdote and subject to different standards. I have to ask - why are the standards different, and what are the standards in these off-screen anecdotes? Snicket's anecdotes are often that bit more absurd than what's presented on-screen; but because it's not presented on-screen, not only is it simply easier to find believable because we aren't given the opportunity to assess it directly, but we're also able to assume that there might be a great deal more context and preparation which might cause such events to make sense. The story is often at its absolute silliest when it's describing events which aren't happening in the vicinity of the Baudelaires; but you might call those events a different story entirely with their own rules.
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