Mar. 2nd, 2011
Really Off-Topic
Mar. 2nd, 2011 11:17 amDon’t know why, but it’s occurred to me just now that there is an opposite trope to the sexy fadeout, which is the eye-contact-that-leads-directly-to-sex – two characters catch each other’s eye in a public place, or have a short conversation on some mundane topic – then in the next shot they’re in bed together, with no intervening steps shown. Kind of frustrating to those audience members (i.e. me) who’d like to know just *what* was said to get things moving so fast…