flashback
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1. flashback - Noun
2. flashback - Verb
Meaning
a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
an unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier)
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On the screen were some flashback shots of Daniel, Emma and Rupert from ten years ago. They were 12. I have also recently returned from New York, and while I was there, I saw Daniel singing and dancing (brilliantly) on Broadway. A lifetime seems to have passed in minutes.
Ive seen Fried Green Tomatoes too many times. I love life stories told in flashback.
Originally the film opened with Ryan in the doctor's office, being told his wife is dying. Then we see him walking the streets, and the story is told in flashback.
The present and the past coexist, but the past shouldn't be in flashback.
That's one of the reasons why 'Lost' has to end: because we can't sit around and envision, 'What is the flashback for Jack in year nine?' It doesn't realistically exist.
Although it's a bit surprising that this has been the only flashback episode thus far, "All The Best Inmates Have Daddy Issues" is a clear love letter to Batman: The Animated Series and arrives at the perfect time during the season.