If you're going to go see Top Gun Maverick, it's probably not because of your trailer. There is kind of a thriving industry of this on YouTube called trailer reactions. But they're long. They're like way longer than the trailer. I need it short. If someone's not going to read my movie review, they're probably not going to reading my trailer review and that's that's simply fine. The end is inevitable Maverick. The kind is headed for extinction. Maybe so, but not today.
Movie trailers are misleading audiences. Vox’s Alissa Wilkinson says you should stop watching them.
This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Efim Shapiro, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained
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