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-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!”
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!”