Damon, Affleck Debate Netflix’s Expository Style and Our Attention Spans
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Matt Damon says Netflix executives encouraged explicit, expository dialogue to help viewers who watch on phones, a point echoed by Will Tavlin; Affleck nostalgically recalls cinema as a more attentive, church-like ritual, highlighting a broader tension between streaming’s background-friendly writing and our phone-driven attention spans.
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