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Author: glisglis

May 27th 2013 at 7:55:22 AM

I like the idea. I think, though, maybe some of these concepts have been touched on before. Deconstructing the conventions of a series is basically a device that belongs to {{MetaFiction}}. There's some of this stuff covered in MetafictionDemandedThisIndex and SelfReferentialHumor. It sounds a lot like SelfParody and/or DeconstructedTrope connected to a longer-running franchise with a bit more clever spinning of the SelfParody and DeconstructedTrope. With a series, there's more of an opportunity to play around with this, and it definitely targets the audience more directly, because only the true fans who closely and loyally watch the series can get the subtleties. I think Series Internal Deconstruction is all about establishing a rapport between the series and the audience.  At a fundamental level, the whole thing involves playing with patterns and audience expectations, repeating patterns, not repeating patterns and "disappointing" the audience's expectations after a pattern's been established, etc. It's complicated to explain how this happens, but some more examples would be helpful.

Also, I think that some of the examples don't really make the "playing with the pattern in a smarter way" clear; they just seem like running gags.