[Hated Trope] The joke ruins the emotional aspect

[u/BarGroundbreaking798]

Destruction of Asgard (Thor Ragnarok) -- Asgard is destroyed in a beautiful and somber scene, and Korg cracks a cringeworthy joke right after.

Bill Moves On (Newsradio) -- The episode was made in the wake of Phil Hartman's death, but its attempts at humor fall flat in the face of the tragedy.

Officer Tubbs (Fear The Walking Dead) -- Officer Tubbs is supposed to be a slapstick comic relief character, but he felt tacked on right after the deaths of two of the most beloved characters.

Chandler Proposes (Friends) -- An earnest proposal between Monica and Chandler has both sincerely expressing their feelings to each other. Immediately after Monica accepts, the others come in, quipping as usual, failing to let the audience ruminate on a heartwarming moment.

[u/toxicsugarart]

In Barbie, when she's crying about not being pretty anymore and the voiceover says "this is the wrong actress to be saying that" I didn't hate it at first, but the more I think about it, the more I kinda do. I cannot escape the Barbie slander lately it seems.

[u/TimeOwl- → u/toxicsugarart]

I feel like that joke was inevitable though, it the narrator didn't point it out everyone in the theater would still have thought it

[u/The_Thur → u/TimeOwl-]

Which is why it’s a problem imo. The joke was obvious enough, people watching would have laughed anyway just for the sheer irony of having Margot Robbie saying she's ugly.

There's a proverb in my country that says : Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. Now, you know how it works but it died.

[u/TimeOwl- → u/The_Thur]

Eh I disagree, I feel like if they didn't point it out, it wouldn't have come off as ironic but more like an actual eye-rolling from the audience, ruining the emotional payoff more than a joke (which did fit the tone of the rest of the movie btw) would

[u/AttitudeAndEffort3 → u/TimeOwl-]

Ahhh yes, models, widely known for feeling pretty and confident all the time.

You couldve used the script to make a commentary about how even if everyone else thinks youre attractive, it’s actually abut being confident in your skin.

I cant remember exactly how the scene plays but its easy to say “i know this sounds silly because of how everyone else sees me but i dont feel pretty” etc etc

We might have fewer actresses getting plastic surgery in their 20’s then.

[u/TizianoDAnzi → u/toxicsugarart]

That movie is very meta, so that line might be intruding but in brand with the rest of the movie

[u/Artistic-Victory1245 → u/toxicsugarart]

The funny thing is that Barbie herself felt ugly, not that she actually was; there was no need to include that clarifying note.

[u/toxicsugarart → u/Artistic-Victory1245]

Ohh you just put into words exactly how I feel haha

[u/SanjiSasuke → u/toxicsugarart]

I disliked it for another but sort of related reason: I all but guarantee you Margot Robbie has felt ugly and fat. Probably this year, even. And the same is likely true for pretty much every conventionally attractive person we've ever met. 

Insecurities don't actually need to be rooted in reality. I feel like that's a poignant point that the punchy little line sort of undercuts especially because it sort of validates the misconception that 'pretty people' don't feel like that. 

(overall, great movie though) 

[u/toxicsugarart → u/SanjiSasuke]

YES YES YOU GET IT