Being male, I drove right on down to the affiliate as soon as the buzzing stopped and feeling returned. Thank heaven there are other males brighter than yours truly. You're just not supposed to have a stroke at my age, but I did. After a week in the hospital, horror on the faces of friends and loved ones, and veins that looked like pin cushions, I find myself marveling at the miracle of survival and the key editing lesson-it's all in the reaction. The stroke was over by the time I started bashing my feet around, but that overwhelming feeling of numbness and shock triggered all the reactions that bring me to today.
Action is the trigger, but reaction resonates.
Watch Armageddon again. The characters, the audience, and the critics were universally bored after a couple of hours of nonstop action. No pause, audience no care. That takes the judicious craft of a caring editor. To see what I'm getting at, rent or buy the DVD of Steven Soderbergh's The Limey.