The Modern Misfiring of Chekhov's Gun | Trope Notes

Описание: Chekhov has a gun, but audiences have the internet, want to guess which is more powerful? Chekhov's Gun as a concept, is solid, but like many things in modern day writing, it suffers greatly at the hands of the internet because audiences have access to a little bit of everything all of the time, and thus, are very aware of Chekhov's Gun. And this simple awareness causes the concept to fail, resulting in stories that are predictable at best and scorned at worst. So I'm going to take a swing at exploring this modern dilemma.

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Timecards:
00:00:00 Cold Open
00:00:30 Intro
00:00:53 Origins and Context
00:03:21 A Modern Misfiring
00:06:06 The Benefits of Chekhov’s Guns
00:10:06 Easy Methods for Hiding Guns
00:12:35 Complicated Methods for Hiding Guns
00:15:32 Conclusion