At first I was amused by Ed's hubris, but as the story went on and the sins (so to speak) piled up, I guess I could see both the reasons for his arrogance even after such a massive mistake -- and the reasons why Roy (who with others was more even-voiced) was specifically and pointedly so sardonic, bored, just a little uninmpressed. (He always sounded like he was studying his fingernails, when he talked to Ed, except when he got really pissed, which made the shift that much more of a contrast.) Somebody among the cast had to be there to take Ed down a notch, and Winly and Roy get the honors.
It's not that the writers are telling instead of showing... so much that they're showing far, far, too soon. And too fast. And I think it's the really-fast-showing that amounts to a kind of telling, in itself.
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Date: 13 Apr 2009 03:19 pm (UTC)It's not that the writers are telling instead of showing... so much that they're showing far, far, too soon. And too fast. And I think it's the really-fast-showing that amounts to a kind of telling, in itself.