The Boston Globe’s film critic reports on an interesting paradox beween what we mean and what we say.
Two psychologists have done research proving that most people like spoilers; “In fact,” the article says, “we may enjoy spoiled stories even more than the unspoiled versions.” The original study, published in the September issue of Psychological Science, found that people preferred reading stories where they’d been spoiled on the ending—sometimes vastly preferred them.
The journalist goes on to remind us that we have favorite movies that we watch over and over—despite knowing what’s going to happen.
So ’fess up: Do you secretly love spoilers, even though you say you don’t?
