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April 12, 2009
Instant communications and sitcoms
I noted to my friends a few years ago that cellphones would have eliminated the storylines of about half of the sitcoms from 1995 and earlier. That's pretty incredible. That means that we've entered a period where the new stories are at least partially in new territory, they represent the work of writers in a new world where we can communicate with people nearly instantly.
I was reminded of this idea by the article If Only Literature Could Be a Cellphone-Free Zone, a New York Times piece that expands upon this premise.
Posted by OneEyedMan at April 12, 2009 5:50 PM
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