ext_3077 (
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2006-03-21 03:42 pm (UTC)
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You and me both. And I suspect that there's considerable overlap between those readers and the audience for "reality TV", for exactly the same reason.
Hmmm... new hypothesis. There are 2 basic reactions to seeing a really stupid fictional protagonist:
1) Schadenfreude -- "Nyah-nyah, I'm smarter than that!"
2) Revulsion -- "Yeesh, I'm supposed to identify with
that?
"
Why some people have one and some the other, or whether and how they mix, would probably be a good sociological study for somebody.
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Hmmm... new hypothesis. There are 2 basic reactions to seeing a really stupid fictional protagonist:
1) Schadenfreude -- "Nyah-nyah, I'm smarter than that!"
2) Revulsion -- "Yeesh, I'm supposed to identify with that?"
Why some people have one and some the other, or whether and how they mix, would probably be a good sociological study for somebody.