18 Forgotten Movie Tropes That Used to Be Everywhere
Society and technology have changed a lot since we started making movies. Once upon a time, you couldn’t even be talking on your cell phone in the background of a Charlie Chaplin movie without causing pandemonium a century later. Seriously, though, Blockbuster used to be a warehouse of cliches ranging from the oppressive (sexism, racism, etc.) to the simply outdated to the inexplicable. Like, why don’t people in non-musicals break into choreographed dance numbers anymore? Why, Disney?!
As pointed out by u/AporiaParadox over on r/movies, “pretty much anything involving phones,” like waiting impatiently for an available payphone or keeping a caller on the line while the police trace it, has been rendered “obsolete” in the smartphone era. Which inspired them to ask their fellow redditors, “What other clichés used to be common but are now mostly forgotten outside of period pieces and parodies?”
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Their fellow redditors more than delivered…
Jocks and Nerds
The Stoner Movie
The Binaca Blast
Consequence-Free KOs
The Fruit Crash
The Hall of Mirrors
RIP “In a World” Guy
The ‘Psycho’ Effect
Dance Numbers
The Gay-chotomy
Piss Vision
Gendered Violence
Stalking
The Reverse Librarian
Sexual Assault
They Sure Do Be
Evil Russians
We Were All Lied To
