I hate so-called "cool, calm, and collected" characters being presented as superior beings that are shown being correct so often that the consumer take-away message is that being emotionally cold and abrasive makes them smart too. :reddit-logo: worshiped characters like that pretty much since Digg collapsed and also LARPed as being the same way in their own self-descriptions. The "misanthropic genius asshole flattered by the script and by total screen time" cliche is related to this too.

  • Dolores [love/loves]
    ·
    2 years ago

    i do like the opposite trope of charlatans being called in to solve actual supernatural stuff and get clowned on. that's hilarious

    • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
      ·
      edit-2
      2 years ago

      The scene at the beginning of the Casper movie is very funny. Where the ghosts run off a priest and a Ghostbuster (with Dan Akroyd cameo)

      Also Whoopie Goldberg in Ghost being shocked she's actually a psychic after being a charlatan for years

      • Southloop [he/him]
        ·
        edit-2
        2 years ago

        Wow, the Guido Sarducci cameo in Casper. I almost forgot that one. I’ve never figured out the SNL connection to that movie.