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Misrepresented professions in fiction?
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Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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I am not a detective but I'm pretty sure that this isn't how drug busts work IRL.
OriginofHysteria
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Lawyers.
FrankCanada97
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Aviation.
As a psychotherapist, then number of shows that still take influence from Freud-era practices (Particularly with a fainting couch facing away from the therapist) is surprising.
The only noticeable exception coming to mind is the Always Sunny episode where the gang crashes Dee's therapy session. Even then, they're all let into the office at once & are immediately seen individually afterwards (Granted, an argument could be made for this being a "family session" & the gang has a history of barging into offices unscheduled by tying up whoever's at the front desk, so...).
There has to be more accurate portrayals, though. Since Foolkiller was explicitly stated to be a psychotherapist I picked that series up, but then his origin was explained through an inappropriately long instance of self-disclosure... Plus the fact he kills his clients is a wee bit inaccurate. Just a bit.
The only noticeable exception coming to mind is the Always Sunny episode where the gang crashes Dee's therapy session. Even then, they're all let into the office at once & are immediately seen individually afterwards (Granted, an argument could be made for this being a "family session" & the gang has a history of barging into offices unscheduled by tying up whoever's at the front desk, so...).
There has to be more accurate portrayals, though. Since Foolkiller was explicitly stated to be a psychotherapist I picked that series up, but then his origin was explained through an inappropriately long instance of self-disclosure... Plus the fact he kills his clients is a wee bit inaccurate. Just a bit.
Suicide Squad makes Indiana Jones looks like the best version of archaeology =P
I think it would be easier to mention the ones who are NOT misrepresented =P
Some Fiction loves to show Art as something that comes from nowhere an without effort
Which is weird since those fiction themselves are some form of art.
I think it would be easier to mention the ones who are NOT misrepresented =P
Some Fiction loves to show Art as something that comes from nowhere an without effort
Which is weird since those fiction themselves are some form of art.
echoshifting
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Fun fact, My Cousin Vinnie is considered one of the best illustrations of an actual trial and is even shown to law students
HellforLeather
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Ive never seen SS but know generally what its about...this statement confuses me greatly. Is there a lot of archaeology in SS?
There are like 5 minutes and it destroyes even what indiana jones try to keep from actual.
Like a small woman goes on a solo expedition in the middle of a jungle with minimal clothing, enter a cave and DESTROYS an ancient statue for no reason
obligatory :
https://xkcd.com/683/
Gentleman Jack
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Authors looking for a story.
Fuck you, creator. You just had writer's block, you asshole.
Fuck you, creator. You just had writer's block, you asshole.
Gentleman Jack
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The writer's block description in the novel Misery is spot-fucking-on, though.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Yep. Trial is almost always just an oral recitation of things everyone already knows. Surprise witness testimony in general is almost never going to happen since Judge's won't admit it, and almost every witness that appears on the stand is thoroughly vetted by both sides to know what they will say because the testimony already happened prior to the trial itself.
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Scientists in general, no matter the field
Vincent Grayson
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I just watched Office Christmas Party with my wife last night, and the depiction of whatever the fuck Olivia Munn's job was in that movie (is she some kind of hacker, or genius programmer, or what?) drove me crazy. For a dumb movie about people getting fucked up, I don't know why they crammed in that strange subplot.
Snowman Prophet of Doom
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No show tells you just how much of nursing or doctoring consists of sitting your ass at a computer and typing.
Exactly. Creative license.
People might not believe this, but it is true.
As someone who did 5 years of research work as a graduate student, yeeeeeep
Trigonometrize.
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Every single one. Which is a good thing. I don't want every movie to be Spotlight.
DiipuSurotu
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LordKasual
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Anything science
Anything computers ^10^100
Anything computers ^10^100
shawnbuddy
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Just be easier to name ones they get right. I've been a journalist and a programmer and although there are exceptions they usually get those hilariously wrong.
Here's an example that's fresh in my mind. Last night I watched an episode of Smallville featuring Clark Kent and Lois Lane's super inaccurate journalistic adventures, in which Clark intentionally blows an important deadline so he can get Lois to help him rewrite a story to get close to her. She takes a red pen to it for 30 seconds and corrects some minor grammar errors so he offers to share the byline. This is so many shades of wrong and fireable.
And another one (or maybe the same one, they run together) where Chloe tries to hack into a system but has to get through 100 "firewalls."
Here's an example that's fresh in my mind. Last night I watched an episode of Smallville featuring Clark Kent and Lois Lane's super inaccurate journalistic adventures, in which Clark intentionally blows an important deadline so he can get Lois to help him rewrite a story to get close to her. She takes a red pen to it for 30 seconds and corrects some minor grammar errors so he offers to share the byline. This is so many shades of wrong and fireable.
And another one (or maybe the same one, they run together) where Chloe tries to hack into a system but has to get through 100 "firewalls."
UnemployedVillain
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Two big ones that come to mind are programming/cyber security (or anything involving computers)
What, you've never done pair programming before?
My Cousin Vinny is surprisingly accurate in its portrayal of a criminal trial. The main liberty taken is the short time between the crime and the trial.
The Verdict is also pretty good, though it's representative of a bygone era.
That's pretty spot on on slow days though.
Marmaladefire
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Anthropology/Archaeology
I studied media, linguistic, and cultural anthro. If only fieldwork were as exciting as the movies sometimes.
Weird one that media gets right: People who work at theme parks. It's the weirdest, most exasperating, groan inducing thing, but you're also a little bit brainwashed into thinking you're having a good time, so you keep going
I studied media, linguistic, and cultural anthro. If only fieldwork were as exciting as the movies sometimes.
Weird one that media gets right: People who work at theme parks. It's the weirdest, most exasperating, groan inducing thing, but you're also a little bit brainwashed into thinking you're having a good time, so you keep going
I've had some lawyer friends tell me Better Caul Saul certainly takes liberties with the law profession but a lot of it is pretty accurate. Mostly the inaccurate stuff revolves around Saul himself but that's kind of the point considering his character and how he works.
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I've yet to see an accurate portrayal of law enforcement, like, ever.
I H8 Memes
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Internal Affairs being some bizarre type of asshole who wants to arrest normal cops for doing nothing vs real life where IA is basically the HR dept of the police force.
TangoAlphaLima
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This can't be real.
shawnbuddy
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Surprise evidence, too. I think My Cousin Vinny is the only movie I've ever seen explain disclosure.
Don't even serve a drink, just clean one glass endlessly. With the towel thrown over your shoulder to signify your profession.
The modern storyline of Assassin's Creed was one of the more on the point looks at making a AAA game across a gigantic company and several studios even if it takes place in the far future and in the end its Templar BS but still. It was really meta considering it was Ubisoft game at that.
DeadlyParasite
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Chimney sweep.
That shit was pretty lethal and not something to be romanticized about in books and shows based around the 18th century era.
That shit was pretty lethal and not something to be romanticized about in books and shows based around the 18th century era.
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