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Something recurring across a genre or type of literature, such as the ‘mad scientist’ of horror movies or ‘once upon a time’ as an introduction to fairy tales. Similar to archetype and cliché but not necessarily pejorative.
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Who was the oldest actor to play a teenager?
Wet, Hot American Summer (the Netflix show not the film) had multiple actors in their 40's and early 50's portraying teenage and early 20's characters.
Granted this was part of the joke, but for your …
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"Would the witness please point at the defendant?"
The answer is yes.
To be certain there was no confusion, the judge asked the woman to leave the stand and point to the person.
Here is just one example of it happening in reality. Does it happen of …
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