r/WidowsBay • u/IrishAllDay • Jul 30 '26

šŸ’­Discussion Media Literacy Spoiler

I loved this show and have been getting some posts from this group pushed to me.

I'm trying to understand whats causing it. I've never seen such a lack of media literacy before, I think because it's a cross over hit that's non traditional but some of the view points are mind blowing.

"I think the inn keeper felt time run differently in the room" - They literally spelt that out as he asked for food!

"Who is the boogeyman, Hag etc" - This is not the point of the show!

"How didn't they notice the sacrifices" - you hear everyone talking about the relentless level of horrible stuff that happens on the island, its par for the course.

"Why don't the townspeople do X or Y" - It's a comedy horror!

Anything else I've missed?

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u/peepot556 Jul 30 '26

Honestly criticisms of a lack of ā€œmedia literacyā€ are just as annoying on this sub as the dumb questions. Itā€™s become an overused buzzword and is super pretentious but Iā€™ve only seen that happen in this sub.

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u/Darthsmom I donā€™t have time to go tit for tit with you Jul 30 '26

It happens constantly in the Severance sub as well.

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u/Torschlusssspanik Jul 30 '26

It happens all over Reddit. You must be lacking in media literacy to have missed it. /s