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Dowduffin
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A mechanism in
television
and
movies
where the writer deliberately misleads the
audience
for plot or character development purposes.
Did you see that Dowduffin in 24? They were making that
guy
do all kinds of crazy stuff so we would think he's a
mole
. What
lazy
writing.
Dowduffin
by
Gilroy
July 16, 2008