Oh C’mon! (Movie and TV edition)
Some of my pet peeves involve props in movies and TV shows. We all know about the leafy greens and the baguette that have to be sticking out of every paper grocery bag in every TV show/Movie. I think we all know how horribly inaccurate coffee cups are. Everyone is swinging the cup around like… gee, like it’s empty and not filled with hot liquid. No weight to it. No worry about spilling. I also can’t stand the partner always bringing coffee. A cop approaches a fellow cop already at the scene. “Here, I brought you a coffee.” They’re constantly stopping to get coffee for themselves and another for their partner.
Another one I hate is the beer. Every time anyone comes to someone’s house in a show (mostly sitcoms), they get offered a beer. I don’t think I’ve ever offered a beer to someone just stopping by. They drink one or two sips and then leave. I tell ya, that’s a good reason NOT to offer my friend a beer. If he’s going to waste it like that, nope, at best I’ll ask if you need some water.
The latest one to annoy me occurred on the season two premiere of The Pitt, but it’s another long-standing peeve. Dr. Langdon was sitting in the waiting room, wearing a brand-new Penguins hat. Every time a show wants to show where it is or the die-hard city the character is in, they wear some sports team swag, but it’s always brand-new. Posers. How hard is it when you know the show is set in Pittsburgh to rough up the hat or sweatshirt a bit? Get some sun on it, stains, whatever. Nothing screams more that this character IS NOT an actual resident or fan of the city’s teams than a brand-new hat. “Oh, man, I’m a lifelong Red Sox fan since I grew up in Southie,” yet they have a brand spanking new hat. Uh, no. Every die-hard’s hat is well-loved and well-worn.
Got any others?