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Lingering stares purely pad out the runtime

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Silence is incredibly cheap to film. When an episode runs three minutes short, directors simply order the actors to stare blankly into the middle distance while dramatic organ music swells, magically filling the broadcast gap.

Lingering stares purely pad out the runtime
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