Name: Milk in Movies: Why Do Characters Drink It?
Uploaded: 2017-01-09T12:56:30.000Z
Duration: 4 min 3 s
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What a character chooses to drink says a lot about them

if they get a shot of whiskey, they're cool.

But there's one drink in cinema that requires a bit of explanation

I see you're drinking one percent, is that cause you think you're fat?

Probably the first thing that comes to mind when you think of milk is youth and innocence.

When a sixteen year old, uses his charm and grace to mimic being a pilot

We're reminded of his age by his drink choice.

In "A Clockwork Orange", the adolescents drink milk

a gentle reminder that all this mayhem is being caused by kids.

James Dean famously nurses a bottle of milk in such a way

that we get a visual cue of his conflict between maturity in adulthood.

Of course if you don't drink milk then you're manly.

I had a bowl of nails for breakfast this morning

Ah.. right this way. Sorry, to keep you waiting.

you could say that Kevin spilling milk in home

Milk is a symbol of childishness so it's humorous

a hyper-masculine assassin drinking it throughout the movie.

comedic moments of the movie, but it also

sheds light on his maternal side as he...

in this instance drinking milk is a joke but

it's an eerie choice to have milk, a drink we

I don't think it would have had nearly the same

That's because, that's some Deby's left breast, Greg.

"Short mad max fury road" is a movie about

breast milk men are exploited for their blood

...character arcs non-verbally after Mad...

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Milk in Movies: Why Do Characters Drink It?

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