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“Honey, what did she type?” The quest to read text messages on TV shows

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Dan Barrett
Sep 13, 2023
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Michael Hogan at The Guardian complains that it is hard to read text messages on screens for shows like The Bear and Starstruck.

My partner and I were bingeing the new season of Rose Matafeo’s BBC romcom Starstruck – a solid four stars from us – but on-off lovers Jessie and Tom would insist on playing out their situationship via text. We kept having to …

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