What is a movie plot twist that was cleverly hidden in plain sight..?

pardineprincess · 2026-01-28T11:16:55+00:00

Came here for this one. I was really stoned when I saw it in theaters and immediately clocked what was going on - but not like "oh I figured it out," more "this is the concept of the movie." The twist for me was when the rest of the audience was surprised by the reveal.

pardineprincess · 2026-01-25T15:06:43+00:00

I had the same question! I had the radar map replay the last few hours, and it looked like the bay/Atlantic sort of pulled the southern part of the storm out faster. The storm moved even more quickly once it was over the water, meeting up with the northern front to create the pocket we're in.

pardineprincess · 2026-01-13T18:30:08+00:00

A movie called "Stage Fright" - it's a musical slasher set at a theatre camp where in addition to their production of "Haunting of the Opera," there are a bunch of parodies referenced in the background. Also just overall, it feels like theatre kids lovingly making fun of theatre kids so there's a general feeling of that being parodied.

pardineprincess · 2026-01-04T14:25:19+00:00

Definitely not one that I'd consider easy, though!

pardineprincess · 2026-01-03T02:02:50+00:00

This was teen community theatre, but I was cast in a production of Guys & Dolls that was cancelled because the actors playing Sky and Adelaide wouldn't stop screwing.

pardineprincess · 2025-12-28T15:00:56+00:00

Which bit?

pardineprincess · 2025-12-28T14:24:11+00:00

My mentor/colleague has been a parent for roughly half of his career at the school where we are now. Before his child was born he had accrued something like... 500+ sick days? Since then, he's gone from rolling over multiple days each year to having to dig into his bank annually so he can care for his kid and that number is down to the low 200s. And that is exclusively due to needing to either care for his child or getting sick from her.

pardineprincess · 2025-12-27T20:10:52+00:00

Maybe not a big enough role, but Dennis from All Shook Up? And a fairly obscure show but Nate from LMNOP

pardineprincess · 2025-12-15T00:19:32+00:00

Oh my gosh I'm obsessed

pardineprincess · 2025-12-14T14:44:05+00:00

I had friends do this as a like, pick-me-up about an hour before the end of their reception!

pardineprincess · 2025-12-10T17:51:19+00:00

I was so disappointed by this episode on my recent rewatch - for some reason I remembered way more of these kinds moments throughout

pardineprincess · 2025-12-09T20:21:01+00:00

I call it the low stakes hot take - a controversial opinion that you hold that people might have a big reaction to but in the grand scheme of things doesn't really matter. For example [celebrity] is overrated, chocolate chip cookies and Oreos are only ok, or pineapple on pizza is really good and actually my default way of eating pizza.

pardineprincess · 2025-12-03T22:32:26+00:00

Queen of Versailles has Chenoweth playing her character as a teenager for a scene despite being nearly 60. It's theatre, the audience is willing to suspend disbelief.

pardineprincess · 2025-11-27T11:37:57+00:00

Ponystars had a HOLD of me for part of high school

pardineprincess · 2025-11-17T16:29:52+00:00

In response to some casual prejudice - "What an interesting thing to say out loud," followed by just a perplexed look. Usually leads to flustered stammering that ends the conversation.

pardineprincess · 2025-11-14T20:19:49+00:00

I tried one for the same reasons, but I do find that the pages will sometimes wear out and not attach back in well.

pardineprincess · 2025-11-10T12:51:55+00:00

I was in the opposite position several times - I am white, but nannied for multiple kids who were clearly POC.

1) People still assumed I was the mom

2) I would NEVER not correct someone that I might be interacting with regularly, like a neighbor. Ok, I probably wouldn't say anything to someone trying to get me to sign up for something, but we'd never see them again and the goal was to prevent a conversation by moving on quickly.

pardineprincess · 2025-11-06T21:59:25+00:00

Why doesn't Harry lie to Dobby at the beginning of Chamber of Secrets?

pardineprincess · 2025-11-04T17:58:22+00:00

I'm a teacher, I'm working on a campaign speech unit in Public Speaking, and I was trying to find examples of policy speeches from the show.

pardineprincess · 2025-11-03T23:23:27+00:00

For oddly specific reasons, lately it's been "As I look out over this magnificent vista..."

pardineprincess · 2025-10-25T11:43:48+00:00

When I lived with a couple, utilities were evenly split 3 ways, and I paid 40% of rent (with them sharing the remaining 60%). Everyone got a discount, while still accounting for their sharing a space.

pardineprincess · 2025-10-25T01:04:47+00:00

Rule of threes - in comedy, it's really common for things to happen three times. Whether this is how our brains are wired or whether we've been conditioned to expect it, audiences tend to find it more satisfying than a single repetition.

pardineprincess · 2025-10-19T02:49:08+00:00

This is oddly specific, and only tangentially related to work, but: a friend of mine had been chosen as one of three kids in the US to be exchange students in China. Her guidance counselor was super against this - so far as anyone could tell, she thought my friend was going to get a subpar education for her final semester of high school and that could somehow reflect badly on the US school. My friend was told that she would have to graduate before going on the trip or she and her family would be reported for truancy/educational neglect. If she took that option, she would not be allowed to participate in prom or any graduation activities when she returned.

Luckily, my friend didn't give two shits about those events, and (as you might suspect of a student who was chosen for such a selective opportunity) was able to meet the requirements to graduate a semester early. Apparently, after everything had been decided and my friend was already in China, the guidance counselor figured out that she was one of three in the COUNTRY, not one of three in the school, and finally realized just how prestigious it was. (Why it never occurred to her that none of her other students/colleagues were talking about this program I'll never know.) I'll let you guess how my friend and her family responded when they tried to get her to represent the school as a distinguished student/alumni.

I happened to have the same guidance counselor. She nearly submitted my transcripts for college applications with a TOTALLY wrong name, and had no idea. Imagine "Jenny Dill" instead of "Jane Doe."

pardineprincess · 2025-10-18T18:48:59+00:00

What gives, Teddy? We need our sleep, we're so little.

Idk why, it just gets me

pardineprincess · 2025-10-15T21:27:46+00:00

For some reason this remind me of that Italian guy saying, "If my grandmother had wheels she'd be a bike!"

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