The obvious difference is that during a story -you know it's "just a story". I sometimes watch true crime re-inactments on Court TV... Even though they don't show massive gore and only describe the most violent goings on through narration -I feel more disturbed knowing that someone actually did this.
Contrast this to "Mars Attacks" where the Martians destroyed the planet earth's most treasured landmarks... It's so obviously a farce that it's funny.
In other words... when we are watching something fictionalized -we are aware what is real and what isn't. We aren't "hypnotized" and to suggest such makes us out to be little children who can't decide things for ourselves.
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