In turn, people start to notice and understand previously unknown qualities of a TV show or movie. They can ask deeper questions about the characters and plot, as they have answered the more general ones before. In any genre of entertainment, rewatching also allows people to skip the parts they don’t like and focus on the ones they do. ![]() For example, if someone watches a horror movie multiple times, they will know who the killer is or who is lurking in the basement, lessening their fear of the unknown. Some people may like to rewatch an old movie or TV show because they already know what’s going to happen, and they can prepare themselves for the worst. “Also, because I rewatch TV shows years later, I find some of the jokes funnier than I had years ago.”Īnother cause of rewatching is predictability. ![]() “It’s refreshing to rewatch programs because I get taken back to when I was younger,” said junior Dianna Shen. For example, the 90s show “Friends” could remind people of their youth and watching it with their families. Oftentimes, the programs one chooses to rewatch are those that once gave comfort. Some may also feel nostalgic while watching old shows, remembering their past memories and experiences. Therapeutically, rewatching shows and movies helps heal previous emotional wounds, tapping into good memories to reconcile sadness or pain during hard times. While this feeling may seem to stem from simple curiosity, there are deeper psychological reasons driving such behavior.īesides rewatching a program simply out of enjoyment, one tends to revisit movies and TV shows for either therapeutic or nostalgic reasons. By impulse, one may choose a “classic” movie or TV show over new releases. Sitting in front of the television screen, wondering what to watch next, one may feel a spontaneous desire to skip past the new programs available and revisit an early 2000s Disney show or 90s cartoon movie.
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