Timeline for Is there an industry term that describes the degree to which a body of work breaks the 4th wall?
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| Jan 4, 2018 at 4:45 | comment | added | slebetman | Deadpool did quantify his own 4th wall breakage saying he was breaking 16 walls (in a scene involving a 4th wall breakage that had a flashback and the flashback broke the 4th wall again). | |
| Jan 3, 2018 at 4:58 | answer | added | Ryan Veeder | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jan 3, 2018 at 4:31 | comment | added | Ryan Veeder | @BCdotWEB The nature of The Office’s framing device is such that in one sense it obviously breaks the fourth wall while in another sense it never does. It’d be easier to compare this type of metafictionality to others if we could utilize some sort of established terminology... | |
| S Jan 2, 2018 at 19:35 | history | edited | Charles | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| S Jan 2, 2018 at 19:35 | history | suggested | jscs | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Title that describes the question.
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| Jan 2, 2018 at 19:05 | history | edited | Napoleon Wilson | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 2, 2018 at 17:04 | comment | added | DForck42 | interesting. I think you might remove/rework the last paragraph as it comes off as too broad/primarily opinion based | |
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| Jan 2, 2018 at 16:50 | comment | added | DForck42 | what research have you done? I do find this question fascinating | |
| Jan 2, 2018 at 16:49 | comment | added | Charles | @BCdotWEB The Office does break the 4th wall. Just because it's [portrayed to be] a documentary doesn't mean the 4th wall doesn't exist/can't be broken. | |
| Jan 2, 2018 at 16:46 | comment | added | Paulie_D | Hmm...I don't think so. That's a feature of the character/movie. They either do or they don't (it's binary)...I don't think you can assign degrees to that. | |
| Jan 2, 2018 at 16:44 | comment | added | Charles | I'm trying to characterize various actors by the role they play with respect to how often they break the 4th wall. It could be argued that, only major characters have the ability to break the 4th wall, or at least, are able to do so so consistently. This is one example of how having a single term to describe the degree of how much an actor breaks the 4th wall would be valuable. | |
| Jan 2, 2018 at 16:43 | comment | added | Paulie_D | At best it might be "consistent" or "persistent" but those aren't "degrees" | |
| Jan 2, 2018 at 16:43 | comment | added | BCdotWEB | The Office doesn't break the fourth wall: the concept of the show is that there's a documentary crew filming it all. | |
| Jan 2, 2018 at 16:42 | comment | added | Paulie_D | Because you're asking about degrees. If it's intentional, it's a feature..not something that's actually measured,,,and what would be the purpose? I'm not sure what it is you are really trying to ask. | |
| Jan 2, 2018 at 16:39 | comment | added | Charles | Why would you say it's subjective? If an actor looks directly at the camera and speaks to the audience, that's measureable, and can be quantified by both the frequency in which they do so, and the duration of each interaction. That's quite empirical, IMO. | |
| Jan 2, 2018 at 16:38 | comment | added | Paulie_D | Doubtful that there would be any consistent industry-wide teminolgy for this as it's entirely subjective. For instance there is no terminolgy for degress of drama, science-fiction etc. | |
| Jan 2, 2018 at 16:37 | history | asked | Charles | CC BY-SA 3.0 |