It's standard advice for screenwriters everywhere: "Show don't tell!" Yet Rom-com screenwriters just can't manage to follow it when it comes to meet cutes. The heroine just can't bring herself to tell the hero that she's attracted to him and he's far too stupid to catch her more subtle signs. But just by stripping off her clothes and adopting this simple pose, she'll be able to let the hero, no matter how stupid and obtuse they are (and most of them are really stupid and obtuse) that she is open to his advances at a very basic and fundamental level. The heroine doesn't have to speak her feelings, she can let her body do the talking. Yet you never see this in rom-coms anywhere. Baffling!
Image source: Taissia Shanti in "Special Yoga With Sister Taissia" on VirtualTaboo.com. (For those wondering, this position is called the 'viennese oyster.')
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