Introductions

Something that I've always thought about are the introductions to to pretty much anything. From the essays that people turn in to their professors to your everyday television shows. While not a summary, these introductions pretty much define what the entire piece of entertainment will be about. People almost never forget a first impression.

Let me give an example. You're shopping and when you ask for help or are checking out, the person that is attending to your needs pretty much ruins your whole experience of shopping for the day (Not that I've ever really had a good experience while shopping). What you don't know is that this person had their car stolen the night before and really shouldn't actually be going to work that day. Not knowing this, you may complain to the manager or be like most people and just forget about the experience altogether by the end of the hour. No matter how much you don't care by the end of the day, if you see them again, you will remember. This introduction to a person pretty much messes with what you think about them for the rest of the time that you will see them.

This same thing can be considered with written works or television entertainment. You think you can tell if the show will be boring or not just by the introduction and this introduction may make you stop watching the show or reading the book before you can actually learn what it's like.

- Gaberdude (4/5/2015 @ 6:32 AM)

PS: In the end, I'm trying to say is that I love the introduction to the show 'Lie to Me', but completely don't understand the introduction to the show 'House'.