{"id":163591,"date":"2022-02-17T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=163591"},"modified":"2022-02-22T07:23:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T13:23:26","slug":"peacemaker-storytelling-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/peacemaker-storytelling-success\/","title":{"rendered":"The Secrets of Peacemaker&#8217;s Storytelling Success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"peacemaker-is-the-most-popular-television-show-in-the-world-here-s-why-its-storytelling-is-so-effective\"><span id=\"peacemaker-is-the-most-popular-television-show-in-the-world-heres-why-its-storytelling-is-so-effective\">Peacemaker is the most popular television show in the world. Here&#8217;s why its storytelling is so effective.<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Television is in love with <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt13146488\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Peacemaker<\/a><\/em>. In fact, it&#8217;s currently the most popular show <em>in the world<\/em>. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/peacemaker-boba-fett-show-demand-popularity-comparison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">ScreenRant<\/a><\/em> reports that the show is the biggest streaming series anywhere, at 69% more in-demand than the average series. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That means more popular than <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt13668894\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">The Book of Boba Fett<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt5180504\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">The Witcher<\/a><\/em>, and . . . pretty much anything else you&#8217;re watching. A spin-off from the events of 2021&#8217;s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt6334354\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Suicide Squad<\/a><\/em>, <em>Peacemaker<\/em> is the highest-rated DC Extended Universe project at <em>Rotten Tomatoes<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the words of Confucius, &#8220;That&#8217;s huge.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What does one have to do to claim the title of &#8220;Most Popular Show in the World?&#8221; Naturally, all the standard elements have to come together in just the right way to deliver a slam-dunk series like this. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/best-screenwriting-contests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Writing<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/understand-actors-and-methods\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">acting<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/youtubers-for-creative-cinematography-inspiration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">cinematography<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/create-marketing-motion-poster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">marketing<\/a>\u2014the dance is the same even if the dancers aren&#8217;t. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But these elements, in and of themselves, aren&#8217;t enough to make something <em>this good<\/em>. Personally, even as a lifelong nerd from the tail-end of Gen X, I&#8217;m over superhero or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/spider-man-and-cinema\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">superhero-adjacent content<\/a>. It&#8217;s just been done to death, and even I am bonkers over <em>Peacemaker<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, what gives? There has to be something we can learn from this smash hit. Sure, timing and luck and a bit of <em>je nais se quoi<\/em> are in the recipe, but there&#8217;s a <em>spirit<\/em> to this show that dwells in its metanarrative approach to itself? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What do I mean by that? Well, here are a few things we can learn about storytelling from <em>Peacemaker<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-anticipation\"><span id=\"anticipation\">Anticipation<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/peacemaker-eagly.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"497\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/peacemaker-eagly.jpg\" alt=\"A scene from the series Peacemaker with an actor sitting on his porch with his pet eagle at his side\" class=\"wp-image-163810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/peacemaker-eagly.jpg 755w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/peacemaker-eagly.jpg?resize=300,197 300w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/peacemaker-eagly.jpg?resize=277,182 277w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/peacemaker-eagly.jpg?resize=359,236 359w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/peacemaker-eagly.jpg?resize=543,357 543w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/peacemaker-eagly.jpg?resize=560,369 560w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/peacemaker-eagly.jpg?resize=150,99 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hbomax.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">HBO Max<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let&#8217;s take this case study directly to the source and examine what series creator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0348181\/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">James Gunn<\/a> has to say about his show. We&#8217;ll begin with a few words about creating anticipation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>As you probably know, we&#8217;ve kept it. We haven&#8217;t shown anybody. Nobody knows what&#8217;s gonna happen in eight. But, I know what&#8217;s going to happen. The cast knows what&#8217;s going to happen. Some of HBO Max knows what&#8217;s gonna happen. We&#8217;re all very excited to show people the last episode of Peacemaker. The last episode of this season.<\/p><cite>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/peacemaker-show-james-gunn-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">ScreenRant<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is one of the oldest tricks in the book\u2014releasing most of a story but not all of it. Even if you aren&#8217;t a die-hard fan, if you&#8217;ve made it through seven episodes of something, and no one knows anything about the eighth, you&#8217;re probably still going to watch. Mystery builds anticipation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you can create a compelling mystery, then you can probably create a compelling story, so you&#8217;re probably worth a viewer&#8217;s time. Gunn et al didn&#8217;t let <em>anybody<\/em> see the finale. No reviewers, no promoters\u2014probably not even their parents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This builds momentum (you don&#8217;t want to be left out do you?), and it turns something we&#8217;re excessively used to, a season finale, into an <em>event<\/em>. The NFL Championship Game with the title-we&#8217;re-not-supposed-to-say is just another football game, but the architecture of the anticipation leading up to it makes it an event, and people who aren&#8217;t even football fans show up to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/blog\/super-bowl-foods-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">eat junk food<\/a> and watch The Year&#8217;s Best in Advertising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This mystery effect was the case back in 1999 when <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/tagline-for-film-and-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">The Matrix<\/a><\/em> was headed our way. The tagline for this mysterious game-changer was simply a line lifted from the script&#8217;s dialog: <em>What is the Matrix?<\/em> But it was a <em>powerful<\/em> mystery. <em>What do you mean, &#8220;What is the Matrix?&#8221; You tell me!<\/em> We had pretty much no idea what was coming, but we were there for it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When it comes to your own work, there&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/breaking-the-4th-wall-in-creative-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">telling the story<\/a> (writing your script, producing the content, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/four-ways-save-film-post-production\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">post-production<\/a>), and then there&#8217;s <em>telling the story<\/em>. How you bring your work to the world is part of the story you&#8217;re telling. It&#8217;s part of <em>your<\/em> story, and that&#8217;s part of what we&#8217;re showing up for. Modern storytelling is <em>experience-telling<\/em>\u2014so create anticipation for the experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"zeitgeist\">Zeitgeist<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/vigilante-peacemaker.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"494\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/vigilante-peacemaker.jpg\" alt=\"Scene from Peacemaker with two actors discussing at a table\" class=\"wp-image-163809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/vigilante-peacemaker.jpg 755w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/vigilante-peacemaker.jpg?resize=300,196 300w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/vigilante-peacemaker.jpg?resize=277,181 277w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/vigilante-peacemaker.jpg?resize=359,235 359w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/vigilante-peacemaker.jpg?resize=543,355 543w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/vigilante-peacemaker.jpg?resize=560,366 560w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/vigilante-peacemaker.jpg?resize=150,98 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hbomax.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">HBO Max<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Part of creating a smash hit is tapping into the zeitgeist and giving people what they want. Let&#8217;s take a classic example: <em>A Christmas Carol<\/em>. In the mid-nineteenth century, Brits were reevaluating Christmas. Were carols still cool? What were all these new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/blog\/watercolor-christmas-cards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Christmas cards<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/blog\/christmas-tree-design-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">trees<\/a>? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christmas was suddenly a bigger deal than normal, and Charles Dickens tapped into that and gave us Ebenezer Scrooge. It worked out pretty well because it captured the spirit of the age and gave people what they didn&#8217;t even know they wanted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, how does this apply to <em>Peacemaker<\/em>? Simple: It&#8217;s anti-authoritarian-yet-still-approachable. <em>Peacemaker<\/em> is over the top, so it never gets <em>too<\/em> real. If anything is big business in 2022, it&#8217;s bucking the system. Wherever you fall on the political spectrum, there&#8217;s a bad guy in power (or who has influence) you don&#8217;t want any part of. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A lot of people have dialed their sentiments toward organization and authority up to eleven\u2014be that law enforcement or secret coteries of lizard people controlling us from the center of the Earth. Whatever doesn&#8217;t float your boat. After two years of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/blog\/how-we-show-it-cybersecurity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">global market upheaval<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/video-production-during-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">quarantine lockdowns<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/blog\/youth-protests-young-people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">protests<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/blog\/photographic-activism-on-the-ground\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">conflicts<\/a>, insurrections, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/how-to-make-film-on-zoom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Zoom calls<\/a>, people have <em>had it<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2022, we&#8217;re <em>really<\/em> tired of people telling us what to do. Peacemaker is the anti-hero we need.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I think he doesn\u2019t trust what they\u2019re telling him: Him (Peacemaker) keeping Goff in a jar has to do with what Murn (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1030244\/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Chukwudi Iwuji<\/a>) is telling him. I don\u2019t think he trusts Murn. So what are these Butterflies? What do they want? I don\u2019t think he wants to go head first into what an authority is telling him, which is what he\u2019s done a lot in his life.<\/p><cite>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2022\/01\/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3-james-gunn-peacemaker-interview-podcast-1234921196\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Deadline<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Peacemaker <\/em>is violent and gory (man, the gorilla scene!) and silly and touching and satisfying, all at once. Sure, we&#8217;re sick of being told what to do, but we&#8217;re also sick of living in an environmental, political, and economic dystopia. We don&#8217;t need verisimilitude here\u2014we need something we can <em>feel<\/em>. Something that tells us what we&#8217;ve been trying to say\u2014without forcing us to say it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The same can be true for your own projects. If you want to make something So Serious that it impresses all your friends, knock yourself out. We all try it at some point or another. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But, if you want to create something that people relate to and anticipate, take a minute and look around. What&#8217;s going on? What is it that we don&#8217;t know we&#8217;re waiting for?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"immersion\">Immersion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/peacemaker-team.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"404\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/peacemaker-team.jpg\" alt=\"A scene from the series Peacemaker with the team assembling outdoors\" class=\"wp-image-163813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/peacemaker-team.jpg 755w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/peacemaker-team.jpg?resize=300,161 300w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/peacemaker-team.jpg?resize=277,148 277w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/peacemaker-team.jpg?resize=359,192 359w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/peacemaker-team.jpg?resize=543,291 543w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/peacemaker-team.jpg?resize=560,300 560w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/peacemaker-team.jpg?resize=150,80 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hbomax.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">HBO Max<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Okay, let&#8217;s talk about Wig Wam. Do you really wanna taste it? No, not really, but it sounds cool. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This Norwegian &#8217;80s-throwback glam metal band is part of the core <em>Peacemaker <\/em>experience. These guys got together in 2001 with the motto &#8220;Rock is the new <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Schlager_music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">schl\u00e4ger<\/a>,&#8221; and they came in ninth at the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2005\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Eurovision Song Contest 2005<\/a>. If that doesn&#8217;t tell you how they fit into the <em>Peacemaker<\/em> ecosystem, let&#8217;s hear it from Gunn:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Well, I&#8217;ve always liked that song. I never knew that I was going to use it, but somehow it did come to me instantly. I started keeping, long before I started writing the show, when I was just planning out the show, I started keeping a hair metal list of songs that I wanted to use, and that was right at the top of the list. <\/p><p>It really came . . . It seemed perfect for the show. I mean, the lyrics were perfect. The sound of it was perfect, and I knew it would make for a great dance routine at the beginning of the show in an effort to vanquish the skip forward button so that all the wonderful people that work so hard on the show could have their names be seen by the folks at home.<\/p><cite>&#8211; <em><a href=\"https:\/\/collider.com\/james-gunn-peacemaker-season-finale-secrecy-eagly-interview-guardians-of-galaxy-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Collider<\/a><\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you haven&#8217;t heard the song yet, do yourself a favor and listen . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9BSXqHtGgnc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wig Wam and a cohort of actual &#8217;80s rock hits score many important moments in the series, which helps us understand how to watch the show. Wig Wam captures the spirit of Peacemaker perfectly\u2014it&#8217;s irreverent, loud, and just plain huge. It&#8217;s corvettes and uppercuts and headbands\u2014a caricature of Americanism that actually <em>was<\/em> once Americanism. It goes nicely with a killer who calls himself &#8220;Peacemaker.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, yes, of course\u2014you need a score that complements the mood of your story, but that&#8217;s nothing new. What&#8217;s interesting here is what Gunn has done with his intro sequence. He wanted to make one that viewers wouldn&#8217;t skip so the people who aren&#8217;t on screen still get their names in lights. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Did he succeed? Yes. Completely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_mrr3UNALww?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s absolutely absurd. We get Wig Wam&#8217;s fiery riffs, but then all of our favorite characters dance for us . . . badly. It&#8217;s not that they&#8217;re bad dancers\u2014it&#8217;s a bad dance. It&#8217;s hilarious and disarming, and it takes our violent, irreverent characters out of their world and plops them into metanarrative about the show itself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This intro tells you <em>exactly<\/em> how to watch the show. It isn&#8217;t some vague montage of weird animations and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/improve-footage-vignettes-post-production\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">vignettes<\/a>; it&#8217;s the actors being the characters being the actors. It&#8217;s telling you a story about <em>Peacemaker<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And, there&#8217;s the rub. I mentioned experience-telling up above. Here it is. As the media we use to tell our stories continue to develop, so, too, does the nature of the stories we tell. 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