{"id":243,"date":"2012-01-20T12:58:59","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T19:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dharmarealm.com\/?p=243"},"modified":"2012-03-25T15:38:15","modified_gmt":"2012-03-25T22:38:15","slug":"suspension-of-disbelief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dharmarealm.com\/?p=243","title":{"rendered":"Suspension of Disbelief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re not done with TRON yet! Well, sort of we are. We use TRON &#8212; film, art, music, anything really &#8212; as a jumping off point for discussing the suspension of disbelief. What is it about our expectations or preconceptions that sometimes get in our way, that keep us from appreciating certain kinds of films? 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