An unnecessary flourish can distract from work already strong enough to stand plainly.

Decoration added to solid work often reads as a lack of confidence in it. An extra adjective, a dramatic transition, a clever bit of styling: each pulls attention towards the performance and away from the thing that was already sufficient. Audiences notice effort to impress, and once they have noticed it they start weighing the impression rather than the substance.

Take one pass through whatever you are about to show and remove the parts that exist to be admired. Keep what carries meaning and cut what carries you. If the work then looks bare, that is information worth having before anyone else sees it.