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Discussion - What shows are surprisingly deep? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 8 months ago by Blaze@sopuli.xyz to c/showsandmovies@lemm.ee

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For example, The Americans being marketed as a cold-war era spy drama/thriller but actually being more of a character study or Buffy the Vampire Slayer being reduced to a cheesy teen drama but actually being full of metaphors.

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[–] Hugin@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Yeah the 4:3 works better for the live action as well. It was shot in 16:9 but framed for 4:3 tv broadcast so everything looks so packed into the center on widescreen.