Date:    Fri, 5 Jun 1998 15:41:34 -0400
<br>From:    Larry Horn <laurence.horn[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]YALE.EDU>
<br>Subject: Re: "...they met cute..."
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<br>At 10:58 AM +0000 6/5/98, Peter McGraw wrote:
<br>>I guess I'm both dense and clueless, but from the discussion so far I
<br>>have been unable to figure out what "they met cute" MEANS.  They met in
<br>>a cute fashion?  They ran into something cute?  The contexts, as far as
<br>>they go, suggest it's none of the above.  Can anyone who's more into
<br>>cine-speak explain?
<br>>
<br>Basically, they met in a cute fashion.  Archetype of this is bumping into
<br>each other in their cars, or rushing heedless into each other on the street
<br>carrying many packages, or the like; in any case, not being introduced by
<br>friends or on a date or at a party.  Maybe she's a doctor and he's someone
<br>hired to portray a patient nude on an operating table, or vice versa.  Or
<br>she's skydiving, floating down gently to earth, until her arc is
<br>intercepted by his hang-glider and they tumble off together.  Only the
<br>imagination of the screenwriter's the limit.      --Larry
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