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Haha great video! Don't worry about the school assignment Mistarefusion. I'm almost certain everyone has some embarrassing writing as a kid where they didn't think about their ideas very much and were just too excited.

Ian Ury

Oh, I'm almost certain you have experienced non-literal forms of storytelling. Just to throw out a fairly common example, dead characters appearing to the living. What's that all about? Certainly in some cases there is an established mystical element that allows that to be literally true (ie. Force ghosts in Star Wars). But when, say, Mufasa parts the clouds to tell Simba to get his ass back in the game, the movie is fairly ambiguous. Is this literally a world where ghost lions can speak from beyond the grave and control the weather? Or is this simply a representation of Simba's internal conflict? In the musical 1776, the story represents mailed correspondence between John and Abigail Adams by her simply appearing to him in person and speaking to him, despite the fact that they are in separate colonies. John will be at his lowest point, completely alone, and suddenly his wife will show up and give him a pep talk. That clearly does not literally happen. It's physically impossible. And there's also no mysticism in the Second Continental Congress. Abigail's not a ghost or practicing astral projection. But showing letters being exchanged in real time is not exactly riveting drama and does not have an immediate emotional payoff, so storytelling language is used to get the point across in a more abstract way that the audience understands is real but not literal. Musicals in general are one of the most obvious avenues for non-diegetic elements. In most cases, when characters in a musical engage in elaborate song and dance numbers, they aren't literally doing that. Unless it's a parody specifically commenting on the conventions of musicals, no one questions why New York street gangs or French revolutionaries suddenly decide to choreograph musical numbers into their everyday lives. It's not literal. It's simply a representation of a character beat or story progression. So if you have ever encountered a musical before, you have some familiarity with storytelling told in a non-literal fashion. Heck, even in the realm of Star Wars, you have Han Solo appearing to Kylo Ren in Rise of Skywalker. This is a universe where the dead literally can talk beyond the grave, but Han Solo is definitely not a Force ghost. So is this man really talking to his dead father? Probably not. Han Solo is a manifestation of Kylo Ren's emotional turmoil rather than a literal conversation between living and dead. Anyway, hope this helps!

Lance Rumowicz

I think that the reason everyone takes that scene literally because they aren't familiar with the idea of scenes being metaphorical. In fact, I've never heard of that until watching your video.

Patrick

Its working for me. Maybe try relogging into Patreon?

Ian Ury

The video won't open here, I get an error that it might have been moved. Is anyone else getting the same?