We’re living in an age of entertainment where it’s nearly impossible to avoid spoilers for the latest movie or TV show. It’s gotten to the point where having something spoiled is life-ruining for certain folks.
The common way for people to get around spoilers is to either have others shut the hell up, make sure everyone preface anything they say or write with giant warnings, or go off the grid in order to keep their head in the sand.
Having said that, there are people and places who commit an equally offensive sin as revealing spoilers that you may not realise: revealing that there’s a major twist or twist ending.
I get that people are trying to not reveal anything important and are usually doing it out of good faith when they tell people something has a great twist of some kind, but it’s just as bad as dropping a spoiler.
When you tell people something has a twist, you’re ruining the experience they might’ve had if they’d gone into it without any knowledge. Once it’s been revealed, any surprise is gone and then you’re just watching something in anticipation of the “twist.” Everything just becomes less exciting.
And a “twist” is ultimately part of a movie or TV show’s story, so telling someone about it is exactly the same as a spoiler.
If you must talk about a great “twist” scene to someone, tell them about the parade scene from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off or the twist contest scene from Pulp Fiction. Those are technically in the same ballpark.
So if you’re one of these people, please stop telling others about a movie or TV show’s twists and turns because that makes you no better than those folks who go around spoiling everything for everyone.
If you’re constantly on the receiving end of these reveals, maybe start going to the cinema alone. It’s actually pretty great and there’s no one else there to ruin anything for you.