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Nov. 19th, 2004 12:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
apocalypsosYou know what I would love to put a moratorium on in my entertainment?
-- I see this in books mostly, but when a female character insists on using the word "poop". God, that drives me nuts. Do you know anyone who stills uses that word? 'Cause I sure as hell don't. And as a curse word? ARGH. I might buy it from a character who's an upper-crust snobby Northeasterner, but please don't expect me to buy it from a city chick with no money. Trust me, we curse. We really curse. If adult men in stories don't say it, why the hell should a thirty-year-old woman who's supposedly had a hard life say it?
-- Heavily pregnant ladies in elevators. Dude, NO. Stop that. Nobody finds it funny, because it's the same dumbass jokes every time, and nobody watches a pregnant lady get into an elevator during an action movie and go, "Oh, no! She's getting into the elevator! Whatever will happen!" It's annoying, so stop that.
-- Any "I'm supposed to be a callous jerk" male sitcom-or-comedic-film character who says to a fat lady, "And when is your baby due?" Because at that point, I don't think he's a jerk -- I think he's either mentally handicapped or clinically insane, neither of which is amusing.
Anybody else want to put a moratorium on a stupid cliche or character trait while we're at it?
-- I see this in books mostly, but when a female character insists on using the word "poop". God, that drives me nuts. Do you know anyone who stills uses that word? 'Cause I sure as hell don't. And as a curse word? ARGH. I might buy it from a character who's an upper-crust snobby Northeasterner, but please don't expect me to buy it from a city chick with no money. Trust me, we curse. We really curse. If adult men in stories don't say it, why the hell should a thirty-year-old woman who's supposedly had a hard life say it?
-- Heavily pregnant ladies in elevators. Dude, NO. Stop that. Nobody finds it funny, because it's the same dumbass jokes every time, and nobody watches a pregnant lady get into an elevator during an action movie and go, "Oh, no! She's getting into the elevator! Whatever will happen!" It's annoying, so stop that.
-- Any "I'm supposed to be a callous jerk" male sitcom-or-comedic-film character who says to a fat lady, "And when is your baby due?" Because at that point, I don't think he's a jerk -- I think he's either mentally handicapped or clinically insane, neither of which is amusing.
Anybody else want to put a moratorium on a stupid cliche or character trait while we're at it?
