I feel like I could watch 10 to 15 trailers and see sort of the same thing over and over. There's not like a lot of inventiveness to them. They all are mini movies at this point. And even Hans Zimmer knows that this is a problem and has talked about it in interviews. What's the most resilient parasite? An idea.
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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