Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #HardshipAcademy
Most recents (1)
Here is why journalists should study literature.
There is something we call melodrama, which is the use of intense emotions in a piece of work.
The problem with melodrama is that it leaves the audience overwelmed with emotion but helpless to do anything about the situation.
There is something we call melodrama, which is the use of intense emotions in a piece of work.
The problem with melodrama is that it leaves the audience overwelmed with emotion but helpless to do anything about the situation.
A story becomes melodramic is when its plot has so many victims but no perpetrator whom the audience can hold responsible for the catastrophe.
Tragedy, on the other hand, is when the plot identifies the powerful as responsible for catastrophe. So victims dont dominate the plot.
Tragedy, on the other hand, is when the plot identifies the powerful as responsible for catastrophe. So victims dont dominate the plot.
#CribOfDeath and #HardshipAcademy, two
documentaries by @KTNKenya and @ntvkenya, are problematic because they are melodramatic, instead of tragic. They have shock value, but no bureaucrats or politicians for us to crucify to redeem our education amd healthcare.
documentaries by @KTNKenya and @ntvkenya, are problematic because they are melodramatic, instead of tragic. They have shock value, but no bureaucrats or politicians for us to crucify to redeem our education amd healthcare.
