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Often used in the [[Concept Video]] to help set up and conclude the "story",
The bookends don't really have to come in
Note that the bookends don't ''really'' have to feature conversation or even any dialogue at
Repeat showings of the videos tend to quietly cut out the Talky Bookends, particularly if they go on too long.
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** "Bad": The setup establishes that Michael's character is an inner-city youth who was able to attend a private school, and when he returns to his old neighborhood, his former gangmates want him to prove he's still tough. When he cannot bring himself to rob an old man in the subway, the resultant challenge from the leader leads into the song; the full-length version ends with the leader accepting that he's still tough, but in a way that does not require violence to prove it. Keep in mind that this video is ''18 minutes long'' and the song takes up a good five on its own.
*** [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] parodies the setup in a much-condensed manner in "Fat", to the point that it's not trimmed for time.
** ''[[Moonwalker]]'''s segments for "Speed Demon" and "Smooth Criminal"
** "Black or White": Macaulay Culkin's playing his music too loud, and when dad George Wendt objects, he gets blasted out of the house in retaliation. The infamous closing segment is an extended, music-less dance piece for Michael that features a lot of crotch-grabbing and property-smashing.
** "Remember the Time": In ancient Egypt the pharaoh's wife is bored, and he isn't happy to discover that the only performer brought to entertain her turns out to be her former lover Michael.
** ''Ghosts'' '''is''' actually a short film at 38 minutes, with three
** "You Rock My World": Circa the 1930s, Michael and his buddy Chris Tucker pursue a pretty woman into a mob-run club whose leader is played by [[Marlon Brando]].
* An odd [[Performance Video]] example: The sequence of the Eagles warming up before "Hotel California".
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** And the sequel, her video to "Telephone" is less than half singing, with enough [[Buffy-Speak|talkiness]] to fill a three and a half minute song into a nine minute video.
** "Marry The Night" has 8 minutes of pre music video discussion before the song starts...
* This trope (along with [[Mid Vid Skit
** The next best offender, “From Yesterday”; the song is around 4 minutes long, the version of the video aired on TV is 4 minutes and 30 seconds. The full length video (not counting the credits) is ''11 minutes''.
** Subverted with "Attack"; both the video and the song end at 3:09. Doesn’t effect the creepy factor any.
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