One of the most important functions of a story is to transport you into it. Like it or not, a story is a kind of trance. Every good story triggers you, draws you in and fixates you until it’s over. A good storyteller removes any obstructions from this process, making it as clean and simple as possible. A bad storyteller interferes with the story so that you’re distracted from it instead. Political correctness can do just that. When people feel like they’re being preached to, they don’t get into the story. Case in point: Netflix‘s Another Life starring Katie Sackoffe.
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