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Something I have noticed in recent movies and TV.
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its always been pretty common, but its more frustrating today because communication is so easy to achieve. trivial even. we all are more or less able to communicate with almost anyone else at almost any time. theres simply no excuse anymore.
theres also just shitty writing. the 'im going to keep this a secret so theres a plot' trope. the recent series Evil did a great job of portraying a close team of 'professionals' who constantly fail to tell each other important bits of information the entire series. its beyond frustrating.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PoorCommunicationKills
It's always been a common sign of sloppy writing. At the very least, a writer should create a situation that believably prevents the passage of information. Not just people being too stupid and emotionally blocked to tell each other. That goes for "I love you, and I'm sorry" and also for "the murderer is..."