When my brothers were younger I wanted to teach about misogynistic tropes in media without scaring them off by presenting the topic right out the gate as serious and aggressive and intimidating so I pointed out one day that movie dudes usually only ever have three motives- 1. Wife, 2. Daughter, 3. Dog.
And now whenever we watch a movie together and a dude character is about to reveal their angst backstory we take guesses if it’s gonna be 1, 2, or 3.
Which is specifically the most fun to do in bad B-list action movies because you can say “It’s a 1” as it starts and then ten minutes later the ham-fisted Macho Man Tough Guy quietly mentions being married once and you can put your hands in the air and go “AYYY IT WAS 1” like your team just scored a sportsball goal
Truthfully though I think we need more 3’s
I was working with some people to make a movie host/game show like this. Like Elvira or MST3k, and each episode we play a whole movie with breaks, and during the breaks we ask the panel questions about what’s happening next in this crappy movie
OK in the next segment we are going to meet the professor/doctor who’s the expert on astronomy/alien biology/time travel/subject of the movie. Do you think the professor is:
A:German
B: a woman with glasses and her hair up in a tight bun
You’re right, it was B! Now in the next segment, how many minutes will it take for the lady doctor to whip off her glasses and let her hair go wild?
5 minutes
10 minutes
15 minutes?
Each episode you would get a different touring band, or the staff of a bar or restaurant, or a group of artists or actors. Would have been a huge hit
The only “3” I’ve ever seen besides John Wick was Soul Plane