Rover_Wow
06-08-2005, 10:06 PM
Television Tropes and Idioms (http://www.tvtropes.org) has procured an endearingly small anvil that will be sent to the producers of the most anvilicious (see below) scene of the 2004-2005 viewing season. All you have to do is nominate the scene (http://www.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/anvil.php). The scene with the sauciest description picks up the Anvil.
What exactly does Anvilicious mean, you ask? Well:
A contraction of "anvil" and either "delicious" or "malicious", depending on the usage, Anvilicious describes a writer's and/or director's use of an artistic element (be it line of dialogue, visual motif, or plot point) to so obviously convey a particular message that the viewer feels as if he is being hit on the head with an anvil. Frequently, the element becomes Anvilicious through unnecessary repetition, but true masters can achieve Anviliciousness with a single stroke. "Heavy-handed" for the new millennium.
Antonym: subtle
Entries close on June 15, so hurry up!
What exactly does Anvilicious mean, you ask? Well:
A contraction of "anvil" and either "delicious" or "malicious", depending on the usage, Anvilicious describes a writer's and/or director's use of an artistic element (be it line of dialogue, visual motif, or plot point) to so obviously convey a particular message that the viewer feels as if he is being hit on the head with an anvil. Frequently, the element becomes Anvilicious through unnecessary repetition, but true masters can achieve Anviliciousness with a single stroke. "Heavy-handed" for the new millennium.
Antonym: subtle
Entries close on June 15, so hurry up!