Comments by "LancesArmorStriking" (@LancesArmorStriking) on "Why Modern Movies Suck - They're Written By Children" video.

@Nexol13 Quick note on your second point: it's often the opposite. In a college setting, professors are often worse at conveying ideas than instructors are. They're two distinct roles. This professor seemed really bad at teaching, but simultaneously had a poor understanding of what makes a good plot. So it's entirely possible for a professor to be bad at doing, as you saw, and instructors (who take courses designed to teach them how to teach) can conversely be great at 'doing'. In fact, take the quote (misattributed to Einstein, but still good): "If you cannot explain a concept to a five year old, you don't understand it well enough." You can't teach if you don't understand. And you can't do, either.
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@saymyname2417 I don't doubt theres at least a few directors or screenwriters (?) who do it for that reason, but mostly I think it's because it's a constant source of subversion (getting the audience's attention with the unexpected- since it's, hopefully, obvious to everyone the the opposite is actually true). Though I wouldn't discount that idea, we've already seen it play out many times before. Elvis and Priscilla, Charlie Chaplin, etc.
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@saymyname2417 I agree, but I'm saying that I think it's extremely unlikely that every single media director is doing that intentionally. It also happens to be a subversion of a commonly accepted order (parent teaches the child). That can also be used for comedy. So while the effect is the same, I dont think everyone doing it wants for there to be role reversal or blurring the lines (ew)
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