Do people in general recognize how supremely creepy the boombox thing was in that movie? Like she did secretly want to get back together, but he didn't know that. She broke it off, and then he showed up at her house. That's terrifying.
Do people in general recognize how supremely creepy the boombox thing was in that movie? Like she did secretly want to get back together, but he didn't know that. She broke it off, and then he showed up at her house. That's terrifying.
Goes to a lot of romance and romcom tropes. They've been beaten to death at this point.
As they say: "chivalry is dead". At least what used to be considered chivalry is.
As they say: "chivalry is dead". At least what used to be considered chivalry is.
That saying has a thousand different meanings and some of them are even more horrifying and misogynistic than showing up at your ex-girlfriend's house at night and blasting loud music with a boombox. i mean a bunch of chivalric codes were mostly just about being faithful Christians. and later on the kkk considered itself an "order of chivalry"
I asked about whether people in general understand how gross that trope in particular is because the mentality that created it is still alive and well.
ElevatorEleven said: I asked about whether people in general understand how gross that trope in particular is because the mentality that created it is still alive and well.
People have been saying that about this scene for over ten years, as well as the same about many other films. As I was saying, it's a dead topic at this point.
I agree, following a former loved one to their home and standing outside playing loud music would clearly fall under the stalker behavior category. The scene is considered iconic though, and it made that actor famous.
