A Critical Dragon | Believability - The Tension Between the Willing Suspension of Disbelief and 'Realism' @ACriticalDragon | Uploaded October 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Is 'Realism' the only lens with which to view narrative? Wellllll we ignore realism all the time, from action, to comedy, to romance, and on and on... The key to this is the willing suspension of disbelief.
Yet there is always a tension between what is 'real' and what narrative requires in terms of what is persuasively 'believable' and that is where suspension of belief steps in.
In a lot of modern discussions about narrative there is a tendency to focus on Realism and mimetic representation of the 'real' as the only objective metric.
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Intro and Music by Professor Trip.
Is 'Realism' the only lens with which to view narrative? Wellllll we ignore realism all the time, from action, to comedy, to romance, and on and on... The key to this is the willing suspension of disbelief.
Yet there is always a tension between what is 'real' and what narrative requires in terms of what is persuasively 'believable' and that is where suspension of belief steps in.
In a lot of modern discussions about narrative there is a tendency to focus on Realism and mimetic representation of the 'real' as the only objective metric.
If you would like to buy me a coffee or a book, Support me on Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/criticaldragon
Intro and Music by Professor Trip.
