{"id":11230,"date":"2021-04-25T01:56:37","date_gmt":"2021-04-25T06:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=11230"},"modified":"2021-04-25T05:08:55","modified_gmt":"2021-04-25T10:08:55","slug":"movie-watching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=11230","title":{"rendered":"movie watching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Because I spent so long at the garden this afternoon, I didn&#8217;t make it to a bookstore today. But, keeping in mind it was Indie Bookstore Day, I pulled up <em>The Bookshop<\/em> on Kanopy. What a mistake that was!<\/p>\n<p>First up, let me say that the setting and the acting was phenomenal. However, what a bleak movie!<\/p>\n<p>Which brings me to a larger, long-time musing of mine: Why do people want to watch movies (or read books) with depressing stories and demoralizing endings? 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