I scraped 618 Christmas movie descriptions and analysed sentiment trends over the past two decades.
Plot descriptions have become significantly more positive, but transcript analysis shows the underlying story structures haven’t changed much.
My interpretation: we seem to be relying on the familiar narrative structure of Christmas films as an emotional anchor, while the increasingly positive framing offers a kind of predictable, comforting escapism.
Cermank•1h ago
Plot descriptions have become significantly more positive, but transcript analysis shows the underlying story structures haven’t changed much.
My interpretation: we seem to be relying on the familiar narrative structure of Christmas films as an emotional anchor, while the increasingly positive framing offers a kind of predictable, comforting escapism.
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