Originally published at: Chekhov's Gun, explained through an antique gun show | Boing Boing
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Clever. Sadly, I’ve seen real-life collectors of firearms handle their toys in not dissimilar ways.
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We reached the end and the gun has not been fired. I guess this was just a hoax. /s
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Brilliantly done!
By the end, I was on the edge of my seat, watching it through my fingers, desperate not to hear another bang, but certain I would.
That was, of course only the first act. The second sees him taking it home to tell his wife and visiting the auction house to put it into auction.
The third act probably sees the auctioneer shooting the buyer who just bid $100k.
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I love the ironic ending, but is it wrong that I was hoping that it would end with one final bang, with the camera tilting sideways and then the cut to the final card with the value of the gun stated, then edited onscreen to a lesser value because it had been used.
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Not to be confused with Chekhov’s Gum, which gets chewed in the first act, and then ends up stuck to the sole of your shoe in the third.
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Chekov’s gun, they said?
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More like Schrodinger’s gun. Amirite.
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Journalists seem to all assume that folks know what Chekhov’s Gun is.
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