Invader Zim Emperor


Posts : 1252 Join date : 2009-09-15 Age : 27 Location : Somewhere in the United States
Characters Name: Invader Zim Desc.: specices: Irken
 | Subject: What is "a Huge Man and a Tiny Woman"? Fri May 11, 2012 10:49 pm | |
|  Some writers like pairing up characters of opposite sex and opposite ends of the size spectrum. The height difference goes well beyond One Head Taller, and the tall one is often several times wider to boot. Averted more often than not in film and Live-Action TV, where props and camera angles are employed to equalize the heights of the leading man and lady, to make filming easier (otherwise, getting them in the same shot would be a pain in the arse). Even when the actors themselves represent this trope, if it appears on screen you can be sure there was an intentional choice to invoke it. Usually, it's the man who's bigger. This is an exaggeration with some basis in truth: the median height for males is slightly higher than that for females, and many men and women choose opposite-gender mates with the "traditional" comparative height. Physical attraction aside, the idea of a big hulking giant showing his soft side for his little lady is popular with female viewers.
Last edited by Invader Zim on Wed Feb 27, 2013 6:45 am; edited 1 time in total | |
|
spongebob Government Concil


Posts : 680 Join date : 2009-09-15 Location : midhudson vally
Characters Name: spongebob Desc.: specices: sea sponge
 | Subject: Re: What is "a Huge Man and a Tiny Woman"? Sun May 13, 2012 10:47 am | |
| | |
|