I’d argue its incredibly important whether a story is real or not. Suspending disbelief just means assuming everything is real, its not suddenly deciding you don’t care which it is. This is why comedians pretend the stories are real and are incredibly reluctant to specifically name which parts of jokes are made up and which are real.
People don’t like bullshit. Choosing to pretend everything isn’t bullshit, doesnt change that.
Suspending disbelief just means assuming everything is real
No it doesn’t. That’s an insane take.
Having the context and the common sense to know when something is made up or not, and choose when to laugh and when not to, is the same part of the brain that let’s us enjoy movies and sitcoms. Suspension of disbelief isn’t gullibility unless you’re an idiot.
When you walk into a movie theatre, you’re suspending your disbelief. That doesn’t mean you think it’s real.
I’d argue its incredibly important whether a story is real or not. Suspending disbelief just means assuming everything is real, its not suddenly deciding you don’t care which it is. This is why comedians pretend the stories are real and are incredibly reluctant to specifically name which parts of jokes are made up and which are real.
People don’t like bullshit. Choosing to pretend everything isn’t bullshit, doesnt change that.
No it doesn’t. That’s an insane take.
Having the context and the common sense to know when something is made up or not, and choose when to laugh and when not to, is the same part of the brain that let’s us enjoy movies and sitcoms. Suspension of disbelief isn’t gullibility unless you’re an idiot.
When you walk into a movie theatre, you’re suspending your disbelief. That doesn’t mean you think it’s real.
The idea of choosing when to laugh and when not to laugh sounds insane to me.
At this point we are talking past each other though so we can agree to disagree.