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Re: Most mind-boggling FRAMING DEVICES? [message #186236 is a reply to message #186235] Mon, 09 July 2012 23:14 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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"Doug Elrod" <dre1@cornell.edu> wrote in message
news:74714c85-da15-433d-9063-d86b52bd85b0@googlegroups.com...
> With the recent passing of Ernest Borgnine, I was thinking that the
> framing device in his MST3K movie really added a lot to what Best Brains
> was able to do with that movie. (For those who haven't encountered them
> before, a "framing device" is some part of a movie that serves as an
> "explanation" or "set-up" for the remaining bit, which frequently occurs
> in some totally different place or time).
>
> Borgnine's "Hollywood writer" was able to tie together a couple of
> unrelated stories via telling them to a young kid. Why? Who cares! :-)
>
> Perhaps someone could create an authoritative list, but clearly one of the
> most non-sequitur-ish ones is from "Riding With Death". What was the deal
> with that "Abby does remote monitoring" business anyway???
>
> -Doug Elrod (dre1@cornell.edu)

AKA using "The House of Mystery" classic horror comic setup (which was
utilized with a personalized narrator using this in EC Comics way before DC
Comics created their knockoff with Cain & Able as story hosts).

What is another name for a gravedigger? Amateur Worm Farmer.
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