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c/binge-worthy-showsemmam89emmam893d agoMost Upvoted

My buddy's comment about pacing ruined The Wire for me

I was binging The Wire for the first time last month, doing like 3 episodes a night. My friend who's seen it 4 times said I was watching it wrong. He said the show is meant to be digested slowly, like one episode max per day, and that I was missing all the political stuff by rushing. I pushed back at first but then I tried his way for season 3. Honesty, he was kind of right. I noticed way more details about the mayor's office and the docks. Anyone else had someone tell you to slow down on a show and it actually made it better?
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samflores
samflores3d ago
Damn bro it's just a TV show not a sacred text lol.
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the_sam
the_sam3d ago
Oh man, I feel that. But I've been noticing that a lot of stuff these days kind of pushes you to just slow down and actually pay attention instead of scrolling by. It's like the world is trying to get us to stop and breathe for a second.
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the_wade
the_wade3d ago
Haven't you noticed how everything these days rewards you for slowing down?
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