Mass-produced entertainment is fully predictable from its opening moments

Evidence

When a television show bears the title ‘Dante’s Inferno’, when the first shot is that of a night club by the same name, and when we find sitting at the bar a man with his hat on and at some distance from him a sad-looking, heavily made-up woman ordering another drink, we are almost certain that some murder will shortly be committed. The apparently individualized situation actually works only as a signal that moves our expectations into a definite direction. — Theodor W. Adorno, The Culture Industry, 233 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Genre signals pre-set expectations so strongly that no content is actually perceived fresh — Theodor W. Adorno, The Culture Industry: Selected Essays…, 233

Broader Connections

• Genre signals pre-set expectations so strongly that no content is actually perceived fresh #corroborates (0.85) — Theodor W. Adorno, The Culture Industry, 233