Originally Posted By hbquikcomjamesl As I was banging out my observation on verb-derived adjectives as titles, I suddenly remembered something about the film that started the pattern: Did anybody else find it a bit odd that Giselle, who'd spent her whole life in an animated fairy-tale world, before being plopped down in 21st century Manhattan, would instantly understand how to use indoor plumbing and household appliances (and even be able to make witty references to such things in "Happy Working Song")?
Originally Posted By basil fan Giselle is amazed by the shower, implying that they do not have such things in her world. But she certainly knows what a vacuum is. The Kolchak Files <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/etc/kolchak.html">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/...hak.html</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros In "person gets transported to unfamiliar location"-type stories, I'm always amazed by what characters think is commonplace and what is unusual. Neither Giselle nor Edward had any issues taking an elevator, but apparently a city bus was just too much to handle
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: I always assumed somebody explained certain things to them that the audience doesn't witness because it would slow down the action too much if they took the time to show all that. Sometimes you have to fill in the blanks for things like this or you'll drive yourself crazy.
Originally Posted By Fowley The critters she called on to help showed her. The pigeons would have looked on many windows
Originally Posted By hbquikcomjamesl Or maybe it's just a case of mind, as well as matter, behaving according to toon physics.
