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Fresison Since: Feb, 2012
#1: Apr 9th 2012 at 11:21:32 AM

Should Padding be a YMMV trope?

Reasons:

  • It says so in the description: "In film, it's often entirely a matter of opinion; for instance, many people wonder why the movie Fargo wasted time showing the detective's husband fixing her breakfast when there was a compelling Reverse Whodunnit in the works, whereas the movie's most ardent fans feel that such scenes were the whole point."
  • Even when its presence is "unquestionable", according to the article, it's more of an Audience Reaction than anything else — for some scenes it might be obvious, but you can't actually prove that they're consciously put in there to pad everything out. We already have a number of objective tropes that describe techniques commonly used for Padding such as Leave the Camera Running, Contemplate Our Navels, Narrative Filigree etc.
  • Engaging Chevrons — a bit similar to padding — is YMMV already.

edited 9th Apr '12 11:23:35 AM by Fresison

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#2: Apr 9th 2012 at 11:32:10 AM

We have a crowner to vote on YMMV here - if there isn't anything to repair here other than to make it YMMV, you can go there.

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