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wheredunit
wheredunit
English
Noun
wheredunit (plural wheredunits)
- A type of detective story in which significant focus is placed on where the crime was committed.
- 2008, Justin Chang, "The Chaser", Variety, 17 May 2008:
- "The Chaser" is less whodunit than wheredunit, perversely withholding the location of Young-min's home from everyone but the viewer, who gets to know Seoul's Mangwon district quite intimately as Jung-ho, his bumbling sidekick Meathead (Koo Bon-woong) and other cops run around it in infuriating circles.
- 2008, Justin Chang, "The Chaser", Variety, 17 May 2008:
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