the discs aren’t bad, you guys are just mean: an essay
Deconstruction is a style of analysis that explores the relationship between text and meaning. When used to analyze and/or critique a plot device, the plot device is used seriously and examined in detail, usually to demonstrate a circumstance in which it would make logical sense, its real-life consequences, and its flaws. I pulled that mostly from the TV Tropes page and ninth grade English, so don’t quote me or anything, but that should give you an idea of what I mean when I use the term.
The Wikipedia definition of a MacGuffin is “an object, device, or event that is necessary to the plot and the motivation of the characters, but insignificant, unimportant, or irrelevant in itself.”
