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Cake day: July 14th, 2023

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  • Prevalence of Death in Hollywood movies.

    Seriously, how many times does some side character in a Hollywood movie escape death by an inch then looks at the protagonist and smiles, only to be instantly killed anyway.
    Or the fact that if there’s a group of people in a horror movie, only the main protagonist and their estranged love interest or child will survive till the end.
    Or if the protagonist is shown to have a lovely quiet life with their love interest, they will lose them in the next 5 minutes.

    I can excuse the protagonist mowing down some unnamed goons, but Hollywood treats their named side characters as disposable garbage too.

    Watch foreign movies and you’ll get what I’m saying. There, a single character death is usually a big deal and a major pivot point for the story.

    I’ve recently started watching more biographies and it’s so much more enjoyable knowing that a character isn’t going to suddenly get hit by a bus for having a good time.