http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/sep/04/mobile-phones-
telephone-mark-lawson How having phones, or not having phones, has shaped the plots of novels and movies over time. “Novelists are now routinely obliged to explain why their detectives or victims don’t simply ring someone for help.” 13:59
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What You Can Get Away With (www.nickbarlow.com):
… Mark Lawson hasa rather bland piece in today’s Guardianwhich amounts to little more than ‘developments in technology affect methods of storytelling’ stretched out to 500 words, but there’s one line in it that strikes me: Although mobiles have sealed off some traditional narrative avenues – “IR …
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