People are sharing the cliches they see in films – 37 tired tropes
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Hello, I’m the villain in the movie. I reveal my plans to the hero while they’re strapped into my slow moving death trap. I could shoot them in the face,thus ensuring they never thwart my plans, but I’m going to walk away & assume they died instead of making sure with my own eyes https://t.co/7YtdWmih4D
— X (@XLNB) January 3, 2019
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Hello, I’m a figure skater in a movie (white, female, straight). All the girls at my rink hate each other, my mom is trying to live her life through me, and my love interest plays hockey and drives the zamboni. I compete at local competitions with packed stands, under spotlights. https://t.co/wd81Y7RZHu
— Rae Marie (@rae_ontherocks) January 3, 2019
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https://twitter.com/alicegoldfuss/status/1080901796476801024
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https://twitter.com/theshrillest/status/1080900507621707776
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Hi … I’m an onscreen pianist who’s hand movements don’t match the piano music you’re listening to https://t.co/VujzBLq8JU
— DavidGArnold (@DavidGArnold) January 3, 2019
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Hi, I’m the mysterious figure at the funeral. I’m stood away from the mourners and will disappear when someone tries to follow me. It’s also raining and everyone has black umbrellas. https://t.co/kvYZschVp2
— Simon Love (@simonloverules) January 3, 2019
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https://twitter.com/NMamatas/status/1080651789257576449
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Hello I’m a trans woman in a movie, I’m played by a man and half of my screen time is either me gazing longfully in the mirror or holding up ridiculously feminine dresses to my my body. I don’t have a life outside of my desire to be female. https://t.co/ialMfwUSH7
— Katelyn Burns (@transscribe) January 3, 2019
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Hi, I'm a person about to have some bad news broken to them in a movie. I breeze in the door, talking wildly and happily. I appear almost manically carefree & shift subjects without waiting for reply. I do not notice your tragic blank stare until the scene calls for me to so do.
— Danny Baker (@prodnose) January 3, 2019
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Hi, I’m a killer in a movie. I always speak, in a “I’m really interested” way, about something quizzical to the person I’m about to kill. I do give myself away by being much to close to them and staring. And also by suddenly breaking off from my quzzical chat and shooting them.
— David Baddiel (@Baddiel) January 3, 2019
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https://twitter.com/almurray/status/1080952693898858496
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Hello, I’m the #HolbyCity anaesthetist. I look scared when the alarms go off and only act when instructed to by the surgeon. I am never allowed to speak to anybody. https://t.co/S2nHKyb8L2
— Dave Jones (@WelshGasDoc) January 3, 2019
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https://twitter.com/MariBrighe/status/1080872688271482880
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https://twitter.com/MuslimIQ/status/1080869548205768704
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https://twitter.com/slooterman/status/1080855258799198209
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Hello, I’m a musketeer in a Hollywood movie. I literally don’t even know what a musket is. Instead, I just leap onto tables and swing off chandeliers, all the while defeating five men with my badass sword skills. I’ve killed 17 people this morning alone, and I’m not even sweaty
— Greg Jenner (@greg_jenner) January 3, 2019
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Hello, I’m a rabbi in a movie. I wear my tefillin wrong and don’t really know how to pronounce the Hebrew of liturgical phrases that get said 3 times a day, every day. I say things from the pulpit that would be grounds for firing most places and maybe one congregant responds. https://t.co/KMVf5lkm2N
— Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg (@TheRaDR) January 3, 2019
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https://twitter.com/ChrisMartinPr/status/1080861857013846016
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Hello, I’m a deaf person in a movie. I can totally read lips from across the street, through a windshield and in the dark. When I sign, someone repeats what I say out loud and nobody else signs because I can read lips super good, duh. Also I’m the only deaf person ever. https://t.co/S8qwYf8yUN
— Wille (@txtnso) January 3, 2019
Let’s spare a thought for this character – we’ve seen them many times and it’s never a happy outcome.
hello I’m a fruit cart vendor in a movie. I hope no one fucks up my fruit today!!
— Bris Bristofferson (@killakow) January 3, 2019
There was also this beautiful little snipe at Hollywood casting habits.
Hello, I'm an Asian woman in a movie and I'm Scarlett Johansson. https://t.co/bHeTKvEklB
— Jen Sookfong Lee (@JenSookfongLee) January 3, 2019
They’re going to need ointment for that burn.