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18.10: Anticipation is More Than Just Making Us Wait

Writing Excuses

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What's the Difference Between Horror and Humor?

"I was in a theater. We all just lost our minds at this," says director Aaron Sorkin. "Horror and humor really rely on the same overlapping anticipatory impulse, right? And so I think how you resolve the anticipation can sort of determine what genre space you're in."

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