When it comes to books, movies, and other dramatic narratives, we say we love surprises and will go out of our way to avoid spoilers. But a new study has just found that we actually prefer to know how the drama will end. Given that we love to watch movies again and again and prefer revealing film trailers, writes Ty Burr, it seems that we may be quite mistaken about how much we love the anxiety of suspense.

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montclair

01/29/2012 02:03 PM

Ever hear of the actress who was playeing Anne Frank on stage In "The Diary of Anne Frank" ? She was so bad that when the Gestapo arrived on stage, the audience yelled, "She's in the attic"!