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flash-forward

[ flash-fawr-werd ]

noun

  1. a device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which a future event or scene is inserted into the chronological structure of the work.
  2. an event or scene so inserted.


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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of flash-forward1

1945–50; flash + forward, on the model of flashback
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But never mind: We can flash-forward through the next 30 or so years of Trump’s lifetime presidency and then fade out on his face atop Mount Rushmore.

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Starting a TV series with a shocking flash-forward is a tiresome and overused narrative device, but once the plot spools back and the series finds its groove, it is superb.

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There’s also 12 years and 11 seasons of back story to keep in mind — and a ton of lore, including flash-forward child births and complex double-crosses.

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From its playfully inventive opening to its flash-forward finale, Thomas Hardiman’s wild — and wildly impressive — first feature, set during a British regional hairdressing competition, is a proudly indelicate, painstakingly structured pleasure.

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He's the only person she can really talk to, she says in the flash-forward when she's in her 20s and making major scientific breakthroughs.

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