Re: Cliche Concepts
Thing is, drugs and prostitution or the sex trade as it's known are big business for the underworld. So yeah, it is a cliché that you see strip joint scenes in those type of movies yet at the same time it makes sense that a scene would be there.
I guess it could come down to how you execute that scene, how you could put a different spin on it. Granted, your options may be limited but it does raise the argument of believability vs. cliché.
Let's say you decide to go for something different like they hold a meeting at the back of a pet store. The pet store could be a front for one of the mafia's operations. Visually, it could be interesting that they hold meetings there and there could be some funny moments. But how realistic would that be? Also, as the pet store is just a front, it wouldn't be a big money earner. Like everything else, the underworld is about making money. Lots of it. So it stands to reason that at some point in the film you'll most likely have scenes that either involve strip joints, casinos, sex clubs, drug dens, a drug baron's villa, etc. It kinda goes with the territory.
Thing is, drugs and prostitution or the sex trade as it's known are big business for the underworld. So yeah, it is a cliché that you see strip joint scenes in those type of movies yet at the same time it makes sense that a scene would be there.
I guess it could come down to how you execute that scene, how you could put a different spin on it. Granted, your options may be limited but it does raise the argument of believability vs. cliché.
Let's say you decide to go for something different like they hold a meeting at the back of a pet store. The pet store could be a front for one of the mafia's operations. Visually, it could be interesting that they hold meetings there and there could be some funny moments. But how realistic would that be? Also, as the pet store is just a front, it wouldn't be a big money earner. Like everything else, the underworld is about making money. Lots of it. So it stands to reason that at some point in the film you'll most likely have scenes that either involve strip joints, casinos, sex clubs, drug dens, a drug baron's villa, etc. It kinda goes with the territory.
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