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Title drops in movies
A title drop is when a character in a movie says the title of the movie they're in. Here's a large-scale analysis of 73,921 movies from the last 80 years on how often, when and maybe even why that happens.
Similarly, the rise of the colon in movie titles would make for some very awkward dialogue (LUKE: "Gosh Mr. Kenobi, it's almost like we're in the middle of some Star Wars Episode Four: A New Hope!"). Michael The Brave, King Lear or Barry Lyndon might mention a character's name ('Michael', 'Lear', 'Barry') but leave out the title or surname - so zero drops. Think of all the trashy slasher and horror movies about Meth Marmots and Killer Ballerinas - wouldn't their characters in the sparse dialogues constantly mention the title for brand recognition and all that?
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