No one wants to have a bad time when they decide to sit down and watch a piece of entertainment. I believe this is true even for audiences who choose to watch hard and challenging films, or engage with stories about difficult and upsetting subjects.

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For instance, I kind of hate the House of the Dragon, but I watch every week, and I love doing so -- even though I find its characters and storyline makes me mad! So what's that about?

I propose two things:

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1. it is delightful to engage with a narrative that has a point of view, even if you don't like the POV.

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2. I think it helps when the makers are clearly having a good time -- it has a way of bleeding onto the screen and can be infectious to us as audience members, regardless of the content itself.

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So make your projects delightful, and delight in making them. Most of what we do after all is play pretend with a bunch of relatively expensive equipment.