I always wonder about people who create web sites tracking things like the "silent penultimate panel." I once saw one that had an apparently quite exhaustive list of songs that repeat the chorus in a new key towards the end for variety. I had the same reaction as you (is it THAT wrong?), along with thinking, "is this really so important that someone has made it their avocation to fight it?"
--Max Sun Nov 12 18:41:32 2006
yes, it seems like kind of an odd rallying point... when I think about, it seems like a good use of silence and timing is to becommended, even if its sometimes a bit predictable,
the other site you mentioned... is that the 'truck driver key change'? I think that site makes a slightly better case...
--Kirk Sun Nov 12 20:43:05 2006
i guess i get the complaint - it *is* a terribly overused pacing device. but, since the reader bears the burden of interpreting the pacing, i can't complain about any technique that makes it simpler.
but you have to be pretty militant about 'SPP' usage to devote a blog to it!
--FoSO Mon Nov 13 09:06:14 2006
Or very hungry for attention.
Not that I'd know anything about that. *whistles innocently*.
--Kirk Mon Nov 13 09:42:28 2006
But I do have to say, I enjoy the surreal grace of just showing the silent panels, a bit like that old James Bond snippet film http://www.monochrom.at/actionfilm/
--Kirk Mon Nov 13 09:43:51 2006
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