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Someone asks who “Who’s Patrick Dempsey?” You will say, “He’s on that display ‘Grey’s Anatomy’.” Then if your buddy says she does not watch that you will say “He was in that film ‘Can’t Purchase Me Love’.” Where did this preposition alter start exactly where sombody is in a movie but on a Television display?
Answer by princton_girl2222
I consider it aids there standing as an actor or an actress
Answer by Emjay
I’m not confident what you are truly attempting to ask, but, an actor is an actor…no matter whether it be on stage, on tv on the huge screen.
Answer by Genuinely_Complexed
What the questioner is attempting to say is that when individuals are referring to an actor/actress they say “in” a film and “on” a television display. I’m thinking “on” since the display is on tv and “in” because they are playing in a film that will be “in” theaters. Sounds a tiny simple ,but that is what I’m pondering.
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That’s a very good question. Maybe it’s because we get more submersed in movies or maybe it’s because we go in a movie theater to watch them.
When you film a movie, the film is placed in a can and sent to the lab for development. All the efforts is “in” the can. In TV, the signal is broadcast through the air. The first broadcast were live when they were “on” the air. The TV shows are on the air.. It is just that “the air” has been dropped off of speech, as well as in the can. It is only used by people in the industry. On TV refers to to “on the airwaves” broadcast and “In the movies” is referring to the film that have been in the canisters.
This is just a guess — I think on the olden days, most TV shows are live recording i.e. as being ON a set. I think it just stays from when people says that you are on a tv set…to now on a tv show.
Agree with emjay. On seems to apply to a larger category/format: “on” the big screen, “on” the TV show, “on” the stage. In seems to apply to a subset/event: “in” a movie, “in” an episode, “in” a production.
Not everyone says that. I have heard and said myself that someone was “in” that show __________. Some people call tv shows movies. I could never explain that.
I see by reading some of your answers that several people didnt read the question thoroughly.
I understand your question. It’s a good question. The ‘In’ makes more sense than the ‘on’. I mean, before TV, there were only stage productions. You would have said that you were “In” a play, or “In” the cast of characters.
Maybe we should change popular culture and start saying “Courtney Cox used to be in the show Friends.” You, my friend, will be a trendsetter.
Simple answer is that a TV series is usually long running, and the actor is “on” the show. A movie is a one time deal, and the actor is “in” it.