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In a [[Roger Ebert]] Movie Glossary column, he defines the (related) [[Reality Subtext|Pentimento Paradigm]]: "Pentimento is when images from an old painting seep through and become visible in a newer picture that has been painted over the old. Thus the relation is when what we know about a filmmaker or actor seeps into our perception of his film work. Example: Any old [[Rock Hudson]] movie now that his private life is no longer private. Being aware of the reality behind the fiction may add to the complexity of the drama ([[Elizabeth Taylor|Taylor]] and [[Richard Burton (actor)|Burton]] in "[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]") or distract from its intentions ([[Woody Allen|Woody]] and [[Mia Farrow|Mia]] in "[[Husbands and Wives]]")." The Rock Hudson and ''Husbands and Wives'' examples are definitely "Funny Aneurysm" Moments.
There is also [[Harsher in Hindsight]] where the scene that's already tragic
If this is done ''intentionally'', this trope becomes a [[Cerebus Retcon]].
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