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So long, "Long"! Short is in now.

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I stumbled across this site today: http://www.fwfr.com

FWFR stands for "The Four Word Film Review". Basically the idea is that reviews tend to be a bit wordy.. the average reader skips through most of it anyway, so why not get the reviewer to sum it up in four words? Great idea, I thought. Till I read the reviews. Unfortunately, I think four words is too short. Reviewers try packing a lot meaning-wise into the tiny quota and the review ends up like a clue from a cryptic crossword! For example, some reviews from Horton Hears a Who:

Pachyderm protects pint-sized peeps.
Trunk call: Carell-Carrey.

However this was quite funny:
Horton hears, Who cares.

I'm all for pruning content back to the essential, though I think a more sensible approach is that of http://abriefmessage.com
"A Brief Message features design opinions expressed in short form...200 words or less ".
PS: this article checks in at 187 words, so I guess I passed the test :-)
Last Updated ( Saturday, 05 April 2008 19:25 )