39,327
edits
Pose of Silence: Difference between revisions
m
update links
m (Mass update links) |
m (update links) |
||
Line 9:
== Film ==
* In the film version of ''[[Harry Potter]] and the Chamber of Secrets'', Harry, Ron and Hermione discuss their secret plan which will "break about fifty school rules" while walking down a corridor crowded with students. (In the book, they discussed it in private.)
* [[Played for Laughs]] (or something like it is [[Played for Laughs]]) in ''[[Monty Python and
Line 23:
* Much like [[Shakespeare]]'s characters, Malcolm in ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'' performed this regularly for the audience. This was played with once onstage, while Frankie was presenting for an awards show.
* The ''[[Animorphs (TV series)|Animorphs]]'' TV series had the heroes insanely hold most of their meetings in a crowded arcade/restaurant, where anyone around them could be one of the bad guys. In the books, they logically meet in the privacy of a barn.
** They did this in the books, too, albeit wit less sensitive information.
* Used repeatedly on on ''[[The West Wing]]''. On [[Blonde Republican Sex Kitten|Ainsley]]'s first day, she has to meet with two [[Jerkass|Jerkasses]] about a stupid thing they did, and suggests that they go out into the hallway rather than discuss it in their open-plan office. Being new, she doesn't realize that the hallway will be as full of people [[Walk and Talk|walking and talking]] as any given room. She leans in and says, "Okay, we'll keep our voices down." One Jerkass leans in long enough to sarcastically say, "Okay," then straightens up and they both spend the rest of the scene in normal poses talking at normal volumes, while she continues to lean and whisper. Can't get no respect, can't get no [[Pose of Silence]].
* Averted a couple of times in ''[[Hannah Montana]]'', and even receiving of a lampshade hanging or two.
| |||