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* Another live-action example: The [[Villain Recruitment Song]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaQMVdkFDr0 "That's Motivation"] in ''[[Absolute Beginners]]'' (1986) is presented in this manner. The villain in question (played by [[David Bowie]], who also wrote the song) is an advertising executive who sees his work as selling dreams, and he's encouraging the idealistic photographer hero to become part of his all-style, no-substance world.

* The 1969 movie, ''[[The Magic Christian]]'', has several of these.

{{quote|'''Wonka:''' There's no earthly way of knowing...Which direction we are going...There's no knowing where we're rowing...Or which way the river's flowing...Is it raining? Is it snowing?...Is a hurricane a-blowing?...Not a speck of light is showing so the danger ''must'' be growing...Are the fires of Hell a-glowing?...Is the grisly Reaper mowing?...YES! THE DANGER MUST BE GROWING FOR THE ROWERS KEEP ON ROWING!! AND THEY CERTAINLY AREN'T SHOWING ANY SIGNS THAT THEY ARE SLOWING!!! '''RRRRUUUUUUUUGGHHH!!!!'''}}

** [[Lampshaded]] by Violet Beauregard who asks if the whole tunnel sequence is a "freak out".

 

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