Precursor

a thing or a person that comes before something of the same kind; a forerunner

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There is no true precursor for what happened in Los Angeles, which makes the question of what comes next all the more challenging.

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John J. Hoare

John J. Hoare

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One of my favourite David Lynch quotes is when a Guardian journalist wibbled on about Twin Peaks being a precursor to the “golden age” of television, and then asked Lynch whether it was a soap opera parody.

“No, no, no, no, no. It is a soap opera.”

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@slate.bsky.social

There is no true precursor for what happened in Los Angeles, which makes the question of what comes next all the more challenging.

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