Clive Thompson on Nostr: A fascinating data crunch finding that, as a plot device ... ... "romance is ...
A fascinating data crunch finding that, as a plot device ...
... "romance is vanishing from movies"
Stephen Follows looked at the plots of 17,430 movies and found that the percentage that were "romance" in genre declined from 34.8% in 2000 to 8.6% today
Same for romance as a subplot. (Except for action flicks, where romance is *more* likely to be a subplot over time)
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... "romance is vanishing from movies"
Stephen Follows looked at the plots of 17,430 movies and found that the percentage that were "romance" in genre declined from 34.8% in 2000 to 8.6% today
Same for romance as a subplot. (Except for action flicks, where romance is *more* likely to be a subplot over time)
Item #6 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter, free to read and subscribe to here: https://buttondown.com/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-31-tactile-graphics-alexinomnia-and-a-to/