derailing the plot or character work) and perhaps patronizing (talking down to the audience, stating the obvious, not trusting the viewers to pick up on subtext), drearily delivered (an incredibly dull speaker) or simply being bloated (redundant regurgitations) and downright boring (lack of questions, charisma, tantalizing details, delivered by and to lame characters). This makes the scene more interesting than if it were a pure infodump, in which it might be said purely for the audience’s sake (making no sense for the character to be saying it in-context), may be intrusive to the rest of the story (e.g. He also wonders aloud what someone like him is doing so far north, which creates some setup and intrigue regarding the plot of the episode, as now we’re being led to wonder that ourselves, which will (hopefully) lead to some satisfying payoff. (This pattern recurs each time he sees a new bounty hunter pass by his window.) Which provides us with the most minimal amount of relevant exposition on him through someone with some flavour in their voice, a note of awe. Although perhaps this only happens when bounty hunters show up.) Immediately after, he rebounds and switches to describing the foreigner as “Jujunga, the aboriginal bounty hunter”, explaining his skills and feats ( very broadly-speaking). (He did mention not many people come by, so it’s likely he’s not really a great barber and was just saying that to make them both feel more comfortable. When he catches sight of a certain passerby, he’s so startled his razor slips, damaging the customer’s hair. (Not that there would be one even if there was.) He brags about how good he is at his job while he works his magic on his customer, shaving with a razor and snipping with scissors as he speaks enough for the two of them, conversing more to himself than anyone, and not leaving room for a reply to be given. This episode opens on a chatty barber cutting some man’s thick long black hair. Barbershop Expositioning “I’ll cut you up very nice. So if you haven’t seen it yet, you know what that means. I will be delving into this episode in some detail, much of which will have to do with the sound design. Often it makes us appreciate the work a lot more.) We both love pointing things out to one another and entering into discussions as we’re watching stuff. (My friend actually appreciates when I do this. (I don’t mean I typically dislike the show and this was an exception, I’ve just seen little of it and am not really passionate about it.)Īs we went through it, I couldn’t help myself pause to break down the mechanics of why certain scenes and elements worked. It’s a relatively fantastic episode that even non- Samurai Jack fans, such as myself, can follow and enjoy. A while back a buddy of mine showed me an episode of Samurai Jack, which I may have watched before, called “The Princess and the Bounty Hunters”.
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