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Is the audience already supposed to know the outcome, or something that actually happens in the future so the audience won't realize it until later?
^ The former would be Foregone Conclusion
Edited by 4tell0life4 We can never truly eradicate the coronavirus, but we can suppress its threat like influenza
yeah, the audience is supposed to know the outcome but the joke is like how everyone was thinking before the incident happened: "What can possibly go wrong with President Bush's final visit in Iraq?"
Edited by JC96
I think that would really fall under Historical In-Joke.
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