# Are you disappointed as fan when...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-disappointed-as-fan-when/614163>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 27, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-disappointed-as-fan-when/614163 "2012-02-27T17:33:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-disappointed-as-fan-when/614163/41 "2012-06-08T18:35:35Z")

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> [@Kozmik](#):
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> Actually, all the plumbers I’ve contracted for home repairs have done just that. To which I am inclined to respond, “Really, now, you are no Michelangelo!”

Hey, let them bask a little before you shit all over their work!

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-disappointed-as-fan-when/614163/42 "2012-06-08T18:44:36Z")

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> [@Irishman](#):
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> Back when I was young and naive, I thought “Hey, they’re on this most amazing television show, ever, imagine how wonderful it is to be a part of that, so why would they not sit through and enjoy it with the rest of us?”
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> Learning about the filming process (scripts get changed, scenes are filmed out of order and multiple takes and multiple directions, hashing up the flow of scenes until there isn’t a consistent story they experience, etc), I learned to appreciate that it doesn’t matter.

For a time, it was a standard joke for an actor to ask “What’s my motivation?” as a catchphrase symbolizing… I dunno… being a pretentious airhead who’s probably gay or something ([example](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPIzLPx6T-U)), but, heck, the actor may not remember what emotions he needs to be carrying over from the previous scene for this one. The previous scene might have been shot weeks before, or will be shot weeks from now. The director has to keep track of stuff like this.

So basically… ditto.

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