Does crossing the 180-degree line confuse viewers or reduce how much they like a video?

In three experiments with sketch-style videos, viewers noticed 180-degree violations (flagging .42 of critical cuts vs .08 without violation), were slightly more confused (about 8% vs 6% of critical cuts), and liked violated videos just as much (preference .519, Bayes factor favouring no effect). This supports 'detectable and mildly confusing' but not 'harms enjoyment'. Curator qualifications: Papers and interviews read 2026-10-22; nothing re-analysed. Accepted manuscript; repository reuse terms not read; sketch-style stimuli, not feature films. Limitations: Papers and interviews read 2026-10-22; nothing re-analysed. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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