Chekhov's famous "Chekhov's gun" directive was not intending to suggest that if a gun is present it *must* be fired, but rather to suggest, if the gun is *not* going to be fired, it should be removed entirely. In this Chekhov is essentially expressing the same idea as Outkast's "Don't pull the thang out unless you plan to bang; don't even bang unless you plan to hit somethang"

mcc @mcclure111

Chekhov's famous "Chekhov's gun" directive was not intending to suggest that if a gun is present it *must* be fired, but rather to suggest, if the gun is *not* going to be fired, it should be removed entirely. In this Chekhov is essentially expressing the same idea as Outkast's "Don't pull the thang out unless you plan to bang; don't even bang unless you plan to hit somethang"

Back