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Anonymous Mon Apr 8 11:51:16 2019 No.12901912 [Reply] [Original]

>his story begins with someone waking up
Is there anything more embarrassing?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 8 11:53:35 2019 No.12901920 It happens in many great pieces of art. Was watching Synechdoche, New York the other day and it starts like this.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 8 12:04:22 2019 No.12901962 >>12901920 Synechdoche, New York does this very intentionally though. Using a trope in a conscious way like that can be harder that just doing something random

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 8 12:06:01 2019 No.12901969 >>12901912 >Is there anything more embarrassing? your life

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 8 12:14:56 2019 No.12902012 >>12901969 >Is there anything more embarrassing? Waking up as a huge vermin

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 8 12:20:12 2019 No.12902036 i agree with you op. this was actually something i first noticed in high school during a film class. every single fucking student film started with someone waking up in the morning. it's like no one has heard of in media res

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>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 8 13:23:48 2019 No.12902374 >>12901912 >One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in his bed he had been changed into a monstrous verminous bug. If only you could read the original sentence which is so much better btw.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 8 13:34:16 2019 No.12902433 File: 187 KB, 640x360, getty_kodak_1554505100062_7065038_ver1.0_640_360.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12902374 >monstrous verminous MONSTROUS VERMINOUS LYRICAL TERMINUS, NEVER HEARD OF THIS LIKE CERBERUS, MIRACULOUS WORDS OF BLISS