Day: April 2, 2014

  • Three Reasons People Have to Replace Their Remotes

    “In crook stories it is almost always the necklace,” explains Alfred Hitchcock, godfather of the thriller. “And in spy stories it is most always the papers.” What he’s explaining here is a TV trope known as the MacGuffin. It’s a story element commonly used to drive the plot, but serves no other purpose. It’s not…