Consider the asthma trope that appears constantly on tv and in movies.
Why is it used? Because it's a super-convenient, super-lazy medical trope to juice the plot. When I see an inhaler - I cringe. Nearly always I think to myself: In about 10-15 minutes somebody is going to say: "He has asthma and we don't have his inhaler!" And that's what usually happens.
"Your Honor" with Bryan Cranston has an extended use of the trope. I would have liked the tv series more without a fucking inhaler. It's bad enough in a movie but in a tension-filled tv series once you see an inhaler - you can guess it's going to appear over and over.
What is this based on?
I think of "I love you" as the romantic trope version of an inhaler.
Consider the asthma trope that appears constantly on tv and in movies.
Why is it used? Because it's a super-convenient, super-lazy medical trope to juice the plot. When I see an inhaler - I cringe. Nearly always I think to myself: In about 10-15 minutes somebody is going to say: "He has asthma and we don't have his inhaler!" And that's what usually happens.
"Your Honor" with Bryan Cranston has an extended use of the trope. I would have liked the tv series more without a fucking inhaler. It's bad enough in a movie but in a tension-filled tv series once you see an inhaler - you can guess it's going to appear over and over.
I think of "I love you" as the romantic trope version of an inhaler.