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Removing potholes to So Bad Its Horrible


** ''Conflicts in Troperistan'' is DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible to the point that every critic up and down the block is delivering twelve-page rants about how poorly made it is. An ad for the film displays dozens of quotes stripped down to random positive words like "yes" and "incredibly".

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** ''Conflicts in Troperistan'' is DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible literally unwatchable, to the point that every critic up and down the block is delivering twelve-page rants about how poorly made it is. An ad for the film displays dozens of quotes stripped down to random positive words like "yes" and "incredibly".

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** Christine's review was [[CensoredForComedy deliberately filled with bracketed punctuation]] to make it seem as though her review was quote mined by Troper Pictures. The trailer removes the faux quote mining and tries to present it as a serious review from Christine.

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** Christine's review was [[CensoredForComedy deliberately filled with bracketed punctuation]] to make it seem as though her review was Troper Pictures quote mined by Troper Pictures.her review. The trailer removes the faux quote mining and tries to present it as a serious review from Christine.



** The ad says Christine said it was "excellent"... and that she gave it a score of 2 out of 10.

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** The ad says Christine said it was "excellent"... and that she gave it a score of 2 0 out of 10.



** [[InvisibleAdvertising There are no commercials for the movie.]]



** Christine, suspecting Troper Pictures is planning to quote-mine her, responds with "This film sucks" and other [[BrevityIsWit short, laconic sentences]] that are deliberately impossible to manipulate.

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** Christine, suspecting Troper Pictures is planning to quote-mine her, responds with "This film sucks" and other [[BrevityIsWit [[Administrivia/BrevityIsWit short, laconic sentences]] in BeigeProse that are deliberately impossible to manipulate.

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* '''Downplayed''': Christine says "''Conflicts in Troperistan'' is by no means a bad film, but [[{{Sequelitis}} not as good as its predecessors]]." ''Conflicts''' trailer quotes her calling it "as good as its predecessors".

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Christine says "''Conflicts in Troperistan'' is by no means a bad film, but [[{{Sequelitis}} not as good as its predecessors]]." ''Conflicts''' trailer quotes her calling it "as good as its predecessors".predecessors".
** Christine claims, "The movie is pretty great". The trailer changes it to, "The movie is great".

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** Christine's review was very positive in general, but the trailer focuses on the portion of the review that was negative.

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** Christine's review was very positive in general, but [[AccentuateTheNegative the trailer focuses on the portion of the review that was negative.negative]].



** The ad says Christine said it was "excellent"... and that she gave it a [=2/10=].
** The trailer presents negative excerpts from reviews... that gave the film a [=10/10=].
** ''Conflicts In Troperistan'' is DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible to the point that every critic up and down the block is delivering twelve-page rants about how poorly made it is. An ad for the film displays dozens of quotes stripped down to random positive words like "yes" and "incredibly".
** "This is hands-down the most moronic and overdone film to come out in the 21st century [...] {{not}}."

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** The ad says Christine said it was "excellent"... and that she gave it a [=2/10=].
score of 2 out of 10.
** The trailer presents negative excerpts from reviews... that gave the film a [=10/10=].
score of 10 out of 10.
** ''Conflicts In in Troperistan'' is DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible to the point that every critic up and down the block is delivering twelve-page rants about how poorly made it is. An ad for the film displays dozens of quotes stripped down to random positive words like "yes" and "incredibly".
** "This is hands-down the most moronic and overdone film to come out in the 21st century [...] {{not}}."{{not}}"



* '''Zig Zagged''': Some critics are quoted accurately, others are not.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': '''Zig-Zagged''':
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Some critics are quoted accurately, others are not.not.
** Highly positive ''and'' negative parts of Christine's review are quoted.



** Or if it does, it quotes them accurately.
* '''Enforced''':

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** Or if it does, The commercial mentions notable critics who reviewed the movie, but it quotes them accurately.
* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':



** Christine, suspecting Troper Pictures is planning to quote mine her, responds with "This film sucks" and other short, laconic sentences that are deliberately impossible to manipulate.

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** Christine, suspecting Troper Pictures is planning to quote mine quote-mine her, responds with "This film sucks" and other [[BrevityIsWit short, laconic sentences sentences]] that are deliberately impossible to manipulate.



* '''Implied''': Christine frowns when she sees an ad for ''Conflists in Troperistan'' that has quotes saying she liked it.
* '''Deconstructed''': The audience eventually finds out what Christine's true opinion is and that the ads are lying. This makes people refuse to buy the film, even if they'd like to watch it otherwise. [[CreatorKiller The writer, star and director all lose every iota of good standing they formerly had in the business.]]

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* '''Implied''': Christine frowns when she sees an ad for ''Conflists ''Conflicts in Troperistan'' that has quotes saying she liked it.
* '''Deconstructed''': The audience eventually finds out what Christine's true opinion is and that the ads are lying. This makes people refuse to buy the film, even if they'd like to watch it otherwise. [[CreatorKiller The writer, star actors, and director all lose every iota of good standing they formerly had in the business.]]



%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
* '''Played For Drama''': Christine is discredited by her competitors because they thought she liked the reviled ''Conflicts in Troperistan'', and is in danger of losing her job. She attempts to sue Troper Pictures to get her reputation back.

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%%* '''Plotted A a Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
* '''Played For for Laughs''': Troper Pictures quotes Christine out of context in ads for ''Conflicts in Troperistan'', but only to mash up her words to tell a joke.
* '''Played for
Drama''': Christine is discredited by her competitors because they thought she liked the reviled ''Conflicts in Troperistan'', and is in danger of losing her job. She attempts to sue Troper Pictures to get her reputation back.
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** Chrstine says "A disgusting experience" and the cover quotes the word "experience" with the words "exciting and thrilling" which is the movie's tagline.

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** Chrstine says calls the movie "A disgusting experience" and the cover quotes the word "experience" with the words "exciting and thrilling" which is the movie's tagline.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Christine says "''Conflicts in Troperistan'' is possibly one of the worst films of the decade. [...] Unlike a high-quality film, it does not [...]" The trailer says Christine called it "a high-quality film".

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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Christine says "''Conflicts in Troperistan'' is possibly one of the worst films of the decade. [...] Unlike a high-quality film, it does not [...]" The trailer says Christine called it "a high-quality film".film".
** Chrstine says "A disgusting experience" and the cover quotes the word "experience" with the words "exciting and thrilling" which is the movie's tagline.
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** Christine flat-out says "This film sucks", so that Troper Pictures couldn't manipulate it.

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** Christine flat-out says Christine, suspecting Troper Pictures is planning to quote mine her, responds with "This film sucks", so sucks" and other short, laconic sentences that Troper Pictures couldn't manipulate it.are deliberately impossible to manipulate.
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** The "quote" is literally nothing but a bracketed ellipse, implying that [[DamnedByFaintPraise Christine at least said SOMETHING about the movie.]]
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** Christine's review was very positive in general, but the trailer focuses on the portion of the review that was negative.


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** The trailer presents negative excerpts from reviews... that gave the film a [=10/10=].
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** The quote is mined to be something completely unrelated to the movie, such as "I [...] brush [...] my [...] teeth [...] with [...] deodorant."

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** The quote is mined to be something completely unrelated to the movie, such as "I [...] brush [...] my [...] teeth [...] with [...] deodorant."
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* '''Played For Drama''': Christine is discredited by her competitors because they thought she liked the reviled ''Conflicts in Troperistan, and is in danger of losing her job. She attempts to sue Troper Pictures to get her reputation back.

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* '''Played For Drama''': Christine is discredited by her competitors because they thought she liked the reviled ''Conflicts in Troperistan, Troperistan'', and is in danger of losing her job. She attempts to sue Troper Pictures to get her reputation back.

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