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"Whimsy"

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User09678 · 17/01/2025 08:41

Aibu to have a real aversion to the trend for "whimsy" in current films and TV series? I find it baffling, not funny, I can't suspend disbelief when I'm watching violent scenes interspersed with whatever this new thing is. It leaves me constantly having to shift mental gears to try and understand what's going on and is very unnatural. It might just me. Is it? Am I too old and grumpy now? I'm not sure how I'm meant to be taking it. I probably am being unreasonable. Maybe it always existed and I just notice it now.

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Needmorelego · 17/01/2025 11:40

MissyB1 · 17/01/2025 11:29

Ha ha I immediately thought of the little animals in pp’s photo!

That's why I clicked on the thread. I thought it might be a nice chat about little ornaments.
(I wish I knew what happened to my collection....)

squashyhat · 17/01/2025 11:37

It means Lord Peter to me (although different spelling)

Snowmanscarf · 17/01/2025 11:29

Needmorelego · 17/01/2025 11:21

This is what a Whimsy is to me 😂

Loved collecting those as a kid.

MissyB1 · 17/01/2025 11:29

Ha ha I immediately thought of the little animals in pp’s photo!

Needmorelego · 17/01/2025 11:21

This is what a Whimsy is to me 😂

"Whimsy"
Needmorelego · 17/01/2025 11:19

@User09678 what is "whimsy" ?

BakewellTart66 · 17/01/2025 11:18

God, yes! Whimsy overdose is simply tedious. It’s also forced and somehow smug and twee.
I just watched The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, a film which deals with the dark subject of mental illness. It was good, but would have been excellent without the overlay of quaintness and whimsy.
Let’s leave all that stuff to Mary Poppins and her target audience.

TMGM · 17/01/2025 11:10

Sorry, I don’t want to vote yet as I think I’m not quite understanding you, do you have an example or two of what you mean?