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[-] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 46 points 9 months ago

In fairness, that entire episode was lampshade hanging

[-] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 9 months ago
[-] norbert@kbin.social 41 points 9 months ago

Lampshade Hanging (or, more informally, "Lampshading") is the writers' trick of dealing with any element of the story that seems too dubious to take at face value, whether a very implausible plot development or a particularly blatant use of a trope, by calling attention to it and simply moving on.

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LampshadeHanging

[-] Kiosade@lemmy.ca 21 points 9 months ago

Calling themselves out on how ridiculous the situation is, basically.

[-] Obi@sopuli.xyz 6 points 9 months ago

I also never heard it before, probably should have, here's the first part of the definition from TV tropes:

"Lampshade Hanging (or, more informally, "Lampshading") is the writers' trick of dealing with any element of the story that seems too dubious to take at face value, whether a very implausible plot development or a particularly blatant use of a trope, by calling attention to it and simply moving on."

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