Jun 16, 2015
Spoilers have become a big point of Internet
etiquette, but is it fair to expect everyone to wait to talk about
entertainment they've enjoyed untll you've had a chance to catch
up? After a chat about the latest episode of So You Think You
Can Dance, which at this point in the audition process isn't
particularly spoiler-sensitive, we shared our thoughts on
the notion that imparting information on a piece of
entertainment to someone who has not yet consumed it
is inherently awful and cruel. We discussed the old days
when TV Guide was in the spoiler business, the value
of stories you already know the ending to (spoiler!
things do not work out well for Romeo and Juliet), the
buzz-dampening effect of dumping show episodes nobody can talk
about yet, and the benefit of knowing you can always look up what
happened on a show so you can safely watch while multitasking.
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