Did you ever find the dating skill of male protagonists in traditional romantic movies? They teach their girls to perform sports. Usually the sports is not too strenuous so that they can be close to each other and whispering the points of the sports. The picture on the left is from Princess Diaries 2, you can judge what kind of movie it is by the title. The princess and her boyfriend are performing archery. Both of them hold a relatively serious facial expression, which means they really focus on the sports. But actually subtle changes occur just at this serious moment. They fall in love very soon. Guys always like to teach girls sports cause they can show how brisk and strong they are. So actually the male protagonists in movies do those free sports tutoring jobs intentionally, they plan to attract girls in this way. The same goes to some other older works where guys teaches girls to ride on horses. All plots like this try to generate a romantic background and thus move the viewers. Similar plot appears in Big Lebowski, as the picture on the right shows, the Dude is helping Maude bowling. But this is in the illusion of the Dude. Their behaviors are in fact different from ordinary protagonists in those traditional romantic movies. Usually in this situation, guys should be calm and perform the sports elegantly. And girls should enjoy watching his performance and enjoy his help. But the Dude appears to be anxious here, whereas Maude shows over-independence. This gender inversion is emphasized throughout the movie to show the Dude's unique personality.
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