TheImpressiveX@piefed.socialM to movies@piefed.socialEnglish · 18 hours agoWhat is a "cliché" in movies that people like to reference, that doesn't actually happen in movies?message-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up135
arrow-up135message-squareWhat is a "cliché" in movies that people like to reference, that doesn't actually happen in movies?TheImpressiveX@piefed.socialM to movies@piefed.socialEnglish · 18 hours agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squaregedaliyah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44·edit-217 hours agoThe most famous is “the butler did it,” which is a cliche with that apparently predates the reference.
minus-squaretiramichu@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-210 hours agoThis article in The Guardian suggests a story where the butler did it earlier than that - The Strange Case of Mr Challoner in 1921. Even so “the butler did it” is still a great example of a cliché that hardly ever actually happens. I could easily believe the cliché originated independently from any particular book, purely as a piece of writing advice meaning “don’t be obvious!”
minus-squaregedfromgont@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 hours agoIf you do a write-up like that you should probably include some information which works you are talking about.
minus-squareLumidaub@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoNo need, I’d trust this account with my life. You don’t ask Prof Brian Cox for his sources, do you?
The most famous is “the butler did it,” which is a cliche with that apparently predates the reference.
This article in The Guardian suggests a story where the butler did it earlier than that - The Strange Case of Mr Challoner in 1921.
Even so “the butler did it” is still a great example of a cliché that hardly ever actually happens.
I could easily believe the cliché originated independently from any particular book, purely as a piece of writing advice meaning “don’t be obvious!”
If you do a write-up like that you should probably include some information which works you are talking about.
No need, I’d trust this account with my life. You don’t ask Prof Brian Cox for his sources, do you?