However, Devdas survives there because it is a "comfort film." Just as people are content to watch classic sitcoms on low-quality cable TV channels, there is a segment of the audience that consumes Devdas as background noise, as comfort food. They don't need to see every bead of sweat on Devdas’s brow to feel the pain of his unrequited love.
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