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Things got only worse when she lambasted his inclusion of a mauling of a film critic in the story line and told Shyamalan his decision to cast himself as a visionary writer out to change the world bordered on self-serving.



OK, I can agree with her on this one. Shyamalan more than just cameos in his movies a la Hitchcock...he tries to be a part of them, as though he's writer-director-actor, and yes, it's self-serving. He made himself a major aspect of the plot in SIGNS and it fucks with the fourth wall. Should he care if he takes his audience "out" of his movie? Well, he should if he wants us to care about his characters and take his story seriously.

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