This is more from the world of screenwriting than books. But it gets my vote for the most overused line in the world, ever:
"Everything will be all right, darling, I promise you."
Have you noticed it? It's in everything. Films, tv shows, soap operas... you name it, the characters regularly spout this drivel. It's very lazy, and it's also very unbelievable, because you can't possibly promise anyone that you can 'make everything all right' for them for ever more. Just doesn't happen like that in real life, does it?
Do people actually use dialogue like this? Or is it a case of Screenwriter's Formula #103?
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I do see that a lot, especially in action movies. It's right up there with "Let's get out of here" and "I'd like that."
And then there's the inevitable Arizona reference. I see that in about 80% of movies, TV shows and even novels. What is it about Arizona?
Maybe it's the desert mystique of living in a place that crests the triple digits in April and doesn't come back down until October.
Peace out,
Dharma in Phurnace (Phoenix), AZ
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