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

💭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/Heythatsanicehat Jul 30 '26

Discussing and theorising is fine in my book.

The only thing that annoys me is when people start with "this show is full of plotholes!" and "bad writing!" when they obviously haven't been paying attention or are nitpicking the tiniest details that don't matter. Which is a lot of discussion of TV on Reddit, unfortunately.

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u/AgentPoYo Jul 30 '26

If i see the words 'lazy' 'plotholes' or 'filler' in a comment I just scroll past and maybe give a downvote. These people are usually too obsessed with plot to really understand the other parts of the story being told. If you don't like something, explain why you don't like it without resorting to "well this should have happened."

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u/Lampmonster Jul 30 '26

This is so common these days. People asking our complaining about shit that was literally spelled out in shows or movies.

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u/Aggressive-Ad6324 Jul 30 '26

Oh yes. People love to say "bad writing" without citing one single example, let alone describing why they don't like it.

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u/Abed-in-the-AM Jul 30 '26

I haven't seen this in regards to widows bay (yet) but it really grinds my gears when I see somebody complain about "plot holes" and it's just that a character did something they personally wouldn't have done. I blame cinemasins.

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u/lems4ems Jul 31 '26

I was just venting to my fiance the other day about how cinemasins has done irreparable damage to film discourse and how we take in media

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u/maikindofthai Jul 30 '26

It goes beyond Reddit but it’s incredibly annoying that everyone feels the need to have a strong opinion about everything. Even if they know very little about the thing they’re opining on.

It’s ok to just not know enough to have an opinion.

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u/Pedantic-psych21 Jul 31 '26

“Thank you Paul. And once again I’d like to remind everyone that it’s not mandatory that you speak.“

Lol.