Assertion: suspense | /r/Desires | uncertainty
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text: Although it is something of a received dogma in philosophy and psychology that suspense requires uncertainty, many of the biggest box office successes are action movies that fans claim to find suspenseful on repeated viewings.
text: The conflict between the theory of suspense and the accounts of viewers generates a problem known as the paradox of suspense , which we can boil down to a simple question: If suspense requires uncertainty, how can a viewer who knows the outcome still feel suspense?
text: But if suspense requires uncertainty, it should be impossible to feel suspense during subsequent viewings.
text: Suspense requires uncertainty.
text: However, if we trust the phenomenology, if we trust audience members' accounts of what they feel when they watch Psycho, then we have additional reason to reject the claim of the paradox—the claim that suspense requires uncertainty.
text: Unlike the previous two explanations, Gerrig thinks that suspense requires uncertainty.
text: He argues that since suspense requires uncertainty, the best account for the any claim that the same movie was just as suspenseful on the 4th, 5th, or 6th viewing is that the recidivist is confused, mislabeling her emotional response.
text: Without much exposition, Yanal seizes upon the notion that suspense requires uncertainty.
text: Hence, whether suspense requires uncertainty is a matter independent of that concerning the conditions necessary for surprise.