It’s OK to Spoil Shows!
I have a granddaughter who loves spoiling movies on me. Her greatest moment. Papa… I don’t know how to tell you this… but I saw Avengers End Game Last Night.
I say how was it?
She says… I don’t know how to tell you this but Iron Man died.
Beautiful Wait. Did I spoil it for you?
Come on… the movie’s four years old.
But in any event… spoiling a movie or TV show on someone is ok according to new research published in the journal Applied Cognitive Psychology. The researchers found that if you spoil a TV show for someone… it doesn’t make the show any less enjoyable.
The subjects were shown an Alfred Hitchcock TV Show called Bang You’re Dead. It features a little boy who thinks he’s pointing a toy gun at everyone in town. Has no idea it’s loaded. Participants were asked… every time someone on the show said the word “Gun” … raise your hand.
The NYTimes says that as the suspense mounted… people were so absorbed… they forget to raise their hands. Would the little boy press the trigger? People who had no idea. And people who were told what would happen… same result. Both groups were so engrossed… spoiling it made no difference.
But at the same time spoilers… are very. bad. etiquette.
Alexa.