"I love spoiling the plot for myself. It's something I do fairly regularly. Before watching a film, I tend to open Wikipedia and read the entire plot synopsis. If every episode of a series has been uploaded to a streamer, I often open the last episode, watch the final five minutes, close it and then start from the beginning. I did as such when the final season of Top Boy dropped in the autumn of 2023."
"I'm sure you also probably think I'm a sociopath, a philistine or stubbornly impatient (the latter has some truth). But the fact is, sometimes spoilers relieve a sense of burden that you might have to stick out some film or TV show with this uncertainty hanging over you, this itch to just know who gets snuffed out or who did the snuffing."
The person routinely spoils plots by reading full Wikipedia synopses or by watching the final minutes of a series before starting it. Spoilers relieve the burden of uncertainty and help avoid investing time in mediocre or uncertain media in the streaming age. Knowing outcomes provides a different pleasure: recognizing foreshadowing, feeling one step ahead of characters, and enjoying analytical attention. Ancient Greek tragedies often revealed endings in advance, creating entertainment from dramatic inevitability. A contemporary example involves spoiling the final season of Top Boy, which provoked bewildered and outraged responses on social media. The practice feels practical and pleasurable rather than purely antisocial.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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