Does casting ruin mystery of US TV Dramas?
rionia
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A critic claims that casting recognisable actors as the bad guy in TV dramas is
" posing a serious threat to my TV viewing (and by extension to anyone watching TV with me)".
Because you know the moment you see that actor that "there's no way this actor or his agent accepted a [small] part . He's been cast to fill a bigger role to be revealed later "
and he usually turns out to be the villain
Do you agree?
Here's the ink to the article, It contains spoilers for some US shows.
" posing a serious threat to my TV viewing (and by extension to anyone watching TV with me)".
Because you know the moment you see that actor that "there's no way this actor or his agent accepted a [small] part . He's been cast to fill a bigger role to be revealed later "
and he usually turns out to be the villain
Do you agree?
Here's the ink to the article, It contains spoilers for some US shows.
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I watch for regular characters as well, but also like a good story, where the outcome isn't too predictable, so I have some sympathy for that critic's viewpoint
It's not always like it though. In a recent episode of a show I watch they had Jere Burns and he always plays bad guys. Turns out he wasn't important at all, and the casting was probably just a swerve,
There was a recent season 8 episode of criminal minds that would have had quite a well hidden plot twist, that was telegraphed by the presence of a guest star