How many of these 23 unrealistic film and TV tropes really get your goat?
13.
Hello. I am a person in a film or television drama. I order drinks in a pub then leave with them barely touched.
— Tom Fox (@TomFoxTom) June 6, 2024
14.
I step into a shower and turn it on immediately. It is always exactly the right temperature.
— AnneBruton (@AnnieBruton) June 5, 2024
15.
I turn the bedside lamp off and a mysterious blue light instantly appears so I can still be seen by the audience…
— Chris Gomm (@Gommster) June 5, 2024
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I am a detective in a film or tv drama. I am pursuing a notorious serial killer responsible for numerous gruesome and public deaths but my partner will have no apparent interest and be livid when I am a bit late
— Anna Williamson (@irisesgirl) June 6, 2024
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Hello. I am a person in a film or television drama. Whenever I get stuck in a lift, there is always, and I mean always, a handy hatch in the roof for me to climb out of and escape.
— Hughesy (@ilhughes) June 5, 2024
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Hello. I am a person in a film or television drama. I run a tap on full blast and splash my face with cold water, then proceed to stare at myself in the mirror whilst leaving the tap running.
— Roberto Brilliano (@R_Brilliano) June 6, 2024
19.
You can tell I'm a Catholic because my front room has more crucifixes & holy statues than the gift shop at Lourdes.
— Anne Oatley (@AnneOatley) June 6, 2024
20.
Whenever I use a microphone there's feedback and it's really funny every time.
— Florence (@LoxyFlo) June 5, 2024
21.
I am a doctor at a hospital in a film or TV series and I am literally a doctor of everything and will be the only doctor allowed to look after any other character.
— The Unfinished (@MattBowdler) June 6, 2024
22.
Hello. I am a person in a film or television drama. Whenever I travel anywhere, I can lift my suitcases with such ease you might almost think they were empty.
— Alison M (@Allie_lufc) June 6, 2024
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Hi, I’m someone in a film or television drama. When I sit in the back of a car on my own, I choose the middle seat.
— Gareth (@Garferty) June 6, 2024
We’d love to see this happen to James Bond.
Hello. I am a person in a film or television drama. I never get the door handle caught in my trouser pocket when I enter a room
— Martin Lawrence (@MartoDLawrence) June 6, 2024
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People want film makers to stop using these 21 tropes and stereotypes
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