Board Thread:The Panopticon/@comment-4028641-20170618182814/@comment-24894325-20171004223811

I would really leave Monks out of it. They're not a standard case.

I think I understand what you're saying about the prose. To depict on Video/audio/comics, one really has to show it. Want to depict a movie in a video? Show the screen. Want to depict a song on audio?Include it in the soundtrack (diegetically). Want to depict a person in comics? Include his/her face.

In the prose, on the other hand, everything is a description, which can be more or less precise. One can claim there is a movie playing without giving a clue which movie. One can mention a pop melody dropping tantalising but insufficient hints which one it is. I see the problem.

But I guess the same problem occurs if one tries to "depict" a face on audio.

Perhaps, the rule-of-thumb should be that it can only be a "depiction" if it matches the medium. Visual depictions require a visual medium, audio depictions require sound to be present. Then we still have equality of media. And even prose can have its depictions if they are of narrative kind. For instance, a poem can be depicted in a novel if somebody recites it.