Being There: Difference between revisions

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'''This novella and its film adaptation include examples of:'''

* [[Adam and or Eve]]

* [[Adaptational Attractiveness]] and [[Informed Attractiveness]]: The former is inverted with Chance -- when you think of a combination of Cary Grant and early-'70s Ted Kennedy, a graying, overweight Peter Sellers is ''not'' who comes to mind. As a result, the latter is invoked when the senator's wife tells Eve that "He's very, very sexy!" (That said, there are Sellers fangirls who ''do'' find Chance extremely attractive.)

* [[A Date with Rosie Palms]]: Eve takes Chance's comment that "he likes to watch" entirely the wrong way.

* [[Eiffel Tower Effect]]: The movie's set in Washington, D.C., but since the P.O.V. is confined to the townhouse until Chance leaves, ''and'' the townhouse is not in the nicest part of town, we don't see any landmarks until he's wandered far. (Up to that point, we only get one hint as to the setting: a ''Washington Post'' ad on TV.)

* [[Equal Opportunity Evil]]: Averted with an all-black street gang.

* [[The Film of the Book]]

* [[Fish Out of Water]]: Chance. Luckily, he adapts quickly.