In Praise of Exposition

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Exposition gets a lot of hate. But is it all bad? In this essay I hope to show the full range of exposition, and spark discussion about what makes it good and bad.

// Movies and Shows Referenced:
0:01 Sherlock, Pilot, BBC
0:16 The Martian
0:25 The Big Lebowski
0:34 The Fellowship of the Ring
0:43 Goodfellas
0:47 Star Wars: A New Hope
0:51 The Revenant
0:58 The Night of, Part 1 HBO
1:16 Back To The Future
1:21 Robin Hood (1973)
1:28 Interstellar
1:42 Mercy (2016)
1:51 Star Wars: The Phantom Menance
2:02 Suicide Squad
2:17 Inception
2:28 Westworld, Pilot (HBO)
2:33 North By Northwest
2:38 The Matrix
2:47 The Wire, Pilot (HBO)
3:00 End of The Tour
3:28 House of Cards, Pilot (Netflix)
3:40 The Big Short
3:57 The Darjeeling Limited
4:27 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
4:41 Ex Machina
4:55 Star Wars: A New Hope
5:15 Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
5:21 12 Angry Men
5:46 Westworld, Pilot (HBO)

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