#robert trumbull

These characters do not change, develop, or age in a journey governed solely by fortuitous incident. Like the romance, television narrative often manages to combine a sense of passage with an ultimately static situation. Like itineraries in the mall or the freeway, these stories are highly segmented enchainments which have given up the pretense of development. The itineraries of viewing will always pass by representations of cultural goods of various kinds, over and over, but the system of combination seems impervious to change.