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A 'taught' thriller?!

posted 11 years ago by ciocio-2
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I'm sure others must have remarked on this already here, but I couldn't quite believe that big misspelling in the trailer. You'd think (well, I don't actually know what YOU'D think, but I'd think) that someone along the way would have caught that. Is it really expensive to re-do/repair something like that? (I'm sadly ignorant on the technicalities and economics of movie making, so please forgive if that's a very dumb question.)

Anyway, despite that, this movie looks quite interesting to me.

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[–] Marjeez 11 years ago

what are you talking about? they're quoting a review... it's not a misspelling.

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[–] DotTheEyes 10 years ago

He is referring to the fact suspense films are meant to be taut, not "taught." It is a bit of an embarrassing typo.

[–] MissGruntled 10 years ago

My best guess is that it went unnoticed - both by the editors of the review and the trailer. Homophones are confusing to many people, but someone who writes professionally should know the difference. Embarrassing!

[–] samantha3 10 years ago

Probably too much reliance on computer editing. All writing seems to have gotten much sloppier since we got spell-checking, which too many people don't understand is not the same as reading for comprehension (i.e., making sense).

[–] All_Seeing_Fly 10 years ago

LOL, yeah. Spell checkers don't understand context. A proofreader would have caught it though.

[–] mikeyflatley 10 years ago

Actually it wuznt a typo. They wanted 2 convey da many lessonz dis movie can teach while entertainin audience, hence da term, taught thriller

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[–] theauxphou 10 years ago

As bad as that is, it will never match the failure to catch the omitted apostrophe from the title of the film, Two Weeks Notice.

[–] Vidfan 10 years ago

I think there editors would have cot it, but some buddy was obviously a sleep at the wheel.

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