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I hate opera<br />

I hate Oprah<br />

 

 

This is one of the many ways that the [[Grande Dame]] will make life an utter ''Damnation de Faust'' for her [[Henpecked Husband]].

 

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* Inverted in [[Sailor Moon]], Mamoru is ''far'' more cultured than Usagi.

** But then again, [[Idiot Hero|Usagi isn't exactly the most cultured of the women]].

* Inverted with [[Moe Anthropomorphism|Austria]] in ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]''. He loves the fine arts and music, and hates the outdoors--and is definitely more cultured than his [[Hot Amazon]] wife Hungary.

* Unlike the rest of his male comrades who are enthralled with the extravagance that the taxpayers' money give to the Midland aristocratic-held ball, [[Berserk|Guts]] doesn't seem very impressed with his surroundings (noblewomen and all) and spends the majority of the time supporting the wall away from the commotion. {{spoiler|In fact, he only went to the ball in order to counterattack in the assassination plot against Griffith.}} Guts also isn't big on reading, so the only chance he'll be picking up one of [[Doorstopper|those sleeping pills]] is if there is an [[Crowning Moment of Funny|array of pornographic art in it]]. But what do you expect? He's a mercenary.

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* Subverted in a story in the furry ''Beatrix Farmer'' series. When Beatrix, a cute bunny femme, is moving into her cat friend's apartment, she is surprised when her coquettish friend enlists the aid of several handsome males to help them. Although Beatrix doesn't care for the idea of being suddenly surrounded by strange men apparently being old fashioned chivalrous, things improve when she breaks out her massive book collection and finds to her delight that all the men are even more intrigued with her sophisticated taste in literature and they spend just as much time browsing through her books as they put them away.

* [[Donald Duck]] constantly has to prove his cultural capital to impress Daisy.

 

== [[Film]] ==

* Oscar Madison on ''[[The Odd Couple]]''. And Felix is the opposite, obviously.

* Tim Taylor of ''[[Home Improvement]]'' is the patron saint of this trope. He often teases his more [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man|sensitive assistant Al]]. Subverted in one episode where it turns out he actually did read and understand the copy of ''The Feminine Mystique'' that Jill gave him (though he refers to it as ''The Feminine Mistake'').

* Doug in ''[[The King of Queens]]'' resists as much as he can when Carrie tries to take him to classical music concerts or ballet. The trope was at least played with a bit when Carrie, upon actually going to a classical music concert, wound up being so bored she fell asleep.

* A variant in ''[[Noah's Arc]]'': Masculine guy Wade invites the artsy, feminine Noah to watch the movie he worked on. Its turns out to be a cheesy, low-brow [[Buddy Cop Show]] film, during which Noah quickly falls asleep.

** When Gunn, who had fought from moment one against going to a ballet ends up [[I Do Not Like Green Eggs and Ham|going and loving it]]. The seemingly more cultured Cordelia sleeps through it. And snores. LOUDLY. Classy lady.

** For being a badass, leather jacket wearing vampire, Angel was pretty psyched. A badass, leather jacket wearing vampire who has been known to do karaoke versions of Barry Manilow because he "thinks it's pretty".

* Played with in ''[[Emergency]]'' when the personnel of Station 51 are visited by a female TV reporter who assumes they are not cultured. Indignant, they set out to prove her wrong by showing all the sophisticated arts hobbies they indulge in. Unfortunately, they do ''too well'' as the previously promised football game tickets she promised them and they were eagerly anticipating were switched out for opera show ones by her on the assumption that they would prefer them.

* Completely averted in ''[[Frasier]]'', where Frasier and Niles are both very, very cultured. Their father Martin, less so. Daphne also finds opera boring. But subverted behind the scenes where John Mahoney (Martin) is a very cultured man, and in fact introduced David Hyde Pierce (Niles) to opera.

* Virtually all the male detectives and lawyers on the ''[[Law and Order]]'' franchise, save Det. Goren of ''Criminal Intent.'' Expect copious Lenny [[One-Liner|One Liners]] if the victim or suspect is from New York's art scene.

* Often highlighted with Diane and Sam in ''[[Cheers]]'', but in particular, the episode where Sam convinces the bar regulars to go with Diane to the opera. In a genre-savvy moment, Woody is assigned to be the "keep everyone awake" guy, having drunk lots of coffee and wearing his extra-tight shoes. Cut to the viewing box at the opera, and everyone is sound asleep and snoring, including Woody ''and'' Diane.

 

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