…and make is sound stupid (if it isn’t already).
From this thread, I boiled down the TV show LOST thus far (post #7). It comes across sounding really lame (not unlike when Hurley did, in the show itself). But, of course, the show has very high entertainment value if you like that sort of genre.
Anyway, to prove my point, let’s spoil & boil some stories down. I bet even quality stories will come across sounding really contrived and dumb. It can be a TV show, movie, book, whatever.
Just be sure to title the story at the top, in case someone wants to skip something they intend to watch/read the way the author intended the story to be told.
Fire away!