Submitted by Tucker_the_Nerd t3_11c3msb in Showerthoughts
whyvswhynot12089 t1_ja4v0qh wrote
Reply to comment by Tucker_the_Nerd in Unsolved Mysteries is Redundant by Tucker_the_Nerd
Yeah. It's obvious what you were thinking along the lines of...real life situations. But those don't apply here. It doesn't matter if it's a book or TV. Genres still apply whenever a story is being told. People who search for "mystery" books or films, are specifically searching for a "who done it" scenario where the crime is always solved by the end. And part of the fun is trying to figure out the answer...because you know there is one.
"Unsolved Mysteries" is telling crime stories that can't be solved and have no answer....which breaks away from everything "Mystery" as a genre, is defined by. Therefore "Unsolved Mysteries" is not redundant.
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