Cliché of the Day (7/19/06)
I’m going to post these fairly regularly…
"Miss Blanche?" Character
Any character in a film who is a false hero and exists only to get killed for shock value -- usually seconds after theyve found out the villain. Examples: Detective Arbogast in "Psycho," the cop in "Misery," the brother in "The Stepfather," the football player in the remake of "The Blob," and, of course, the maid in "What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?" (The title comes from her last words.)
ROB MATSUSHITA, Madison, Wis.
Thanks to Ebert’s Glossary.
5 comments:
Stephen King uses this technique A LOT. Now I have a cutesy name for it.
I'm so happy that I've been quoted, I can't even tell you.
Very groovy.
The other one I have in there, the "Alan Alda rule," just came in handy while I was watching M:I 3, as well.
Hey Rob, you're very welcome!
I am familiar with the Alan Alda rule - "Any character in a murder mystery who is excessively helpful to the main character invariably turns out to be the killer." That's hilarious and DEAD ON accurate! Hehehe...
I've been thinking a lot about bringing back the cliche's, because I just love them and they're just so helpful.
-MM
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Really nice and has a following narrative.. Thanks Divit | Havza Eymir | Jdm Turkiye
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