[Darksheare]

Alfred Hitchcock had a short essay about “suspense” during his school days.
Apparently he’d been rather bad, and the teacher caught him.
He knew he’d get a ruler knuckle rapping, but it didn’t happen immediately.
So he went the whole day dreading when it would inevitably come.
He said that was how he learned about “suspense”.

[MayflowerMadam]

Sounds a lot like when Mom would say, “Wait until your father gets home”.

[a little elbow grease]

Alfred Hitchcock had a short essay about “suspense” during his school days.

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LOL

Hitchcock's "Suspicion"/1941 --- Cary Grant/Joan Fontaine

........ some excellent suspense (and dread).

[a little elbow grease]

Alfred Hitchcock had a short essay about “suspense” during his school days. Apparently he’d been rather bad, and the teacher caught him. He knew he’d get a ruler knuckle rapping, but it didn’t happen immediately. So he went the whole day dreading when it would inevitably come. He said that was how he learned about “suspense”.

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I used to dread reading in front of the class back in the 50's. I had an English class where all of we 40 or so students were to write an essay near the end of the school year and take turns reading them in front of the class. The teacher, a nice enough guy, had the last month of the school year for us to read those essays.

He was apparently aware of my fear. Day after day he would call students up to the front of the class to read their essays. Day after day I wasn't called.

The last day of school came and he (conveniently) ran out of days, and I was let off the hook

THAT'S how I learned about suspense.

[itsahoot]

So he went the whole day dreading when it would inevitably come.

Most my age used to wait until dad got home but at my house it was keep mama away from that willow tree.